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This book is unique in bringing together cutting-edge research on adolescent development with a focus on policies and interventions directed toward adolescents. The book is also distinctive in its focus on issues that uniquely affect adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

This study examines the ways in which different family processes and personal experiences of social contexts are related to the adjustment of adolescents in a subsample of 755 mother‐child dyads drawn from the National Survey of Families and Households. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine a model in which joint family contexts (socioeconomic resources), mothers' and adolescents' experiences of outside‐family contexts (perceived social network quality and experience of school stress, respectively), and individual characteristics of mothers (distress) were expected to relate to adolescents' externalizing and internalizing behaviors through their association with within‐family contexts (mother‐adolescent conflict, family warmth). This conceptual model was supported by the data. Pathways were consistent for boys and girls.

AbstractInterpersonal acceptance–rejection theory (IPARTheory) proposes that across cultures and other sociodemographic groups, interpersonal acceptance and rejection consistently predict the psychological and behavioral adjustment of children and adults (Rohner, 1986, 2004). The goals of this article are to provide a description of the major tenets of IPARTheory, summarize findings from empirical tests of the theory, and suggest future directions tied to the other articles in this special collection as well as for the field moving forward.

The child protection system in Qatar is newly developed and still fragmented and lacking a comprehensive legal framework. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of social workers in civil society organizations within the Qatar Social Work Foundation to understand barriers encountered by social workers in child protection and strategies used to overcome these barriers. Findings suggest that policy makers should establish a national framework for child protection and a national referral system that supports social workers in case management. Policies for social worker safety are needed, as are permanent supervisors who are specialized in child protection.

Most interventions for at-risk youth are group based. Yet, research indicates that young people often learn to become deviant by interacting with deviant peers. This volume analyzes how, and to what extent, programs that aggregate deviant youth actually promote problem behavior. It offers recommendations for improving services

"This vital volume advances understanding of how parenting from childhood to adolescence changes or remains the same in a variety of sociodemographic, psychological, and cultural contexts, providing a truly global understanding of parenting across cultures.This vital volume advances understanding of how parenting from childhood to adolescence changes or remains the same in a variety of sociodemographic, psychological, and cultural contexts, providing a truly global understanding of parenting across cultures"--

This timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It addresses several major deficits in knowledge regarding family issues in the Gulf countries, bringing a critical perspective to the emerging challenges facing families in this region. Lansford, Ben Brik, and Badahdah examine the role of urbanization, educational progress, emigration, globalization, and changes in the status of women on social change, as well as tackling issues related to marriage, fertility and parenthood, and family well-being. This book explores how family relationships and social policies can promote physical health, psychological well-being, social relationships, safety, cognitive development, and economic security in the Gulf countries, placing a unique emphasis on contemporary families in this region. Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region is essential reading for scholars from psychology, sociology, education, law, and public policy. It will also be of interest to graduate students in these disciplines

Family circumstances of children in immigrant families : looking to the future of America / Donald J. Hernandez, Nancy A. Denton, and Suzanne E. Macartney -- Health of children in immigrant families / Fernando S. Mendoza, Joyce R. Javier, and Anthony E. Burgos -- Ethnic identity development in immigrant families / Jean S. Phinney and Anthony D. Ong -- Acculturation strategies and adaption / John W. Berry -- Immigrant families in sociology / Vappu Tyyskä -- How economists have studied the immigrant family / Neeraj Kaushal and Cordelia Reimers -- Knowledge of child development and family interactions among immigrants to America : perspectives from developmental science / Marc H. Bornstein and Linda R. Cote -- A multidisiplinary perspective on the development of young children in immigrant families / P. Lindasy Chase-Lansdale, Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo, and Natalia Palacios -- Managing the differences within : immigration and early education in the United States / Robert H. Bradley and Lorraine McKelvey -- The role of preschool and after-school policies in improving the school achievement of children of immigrants / Jane Waldfogel and Claudia Lahaie -- Cultural and religious contexts of parenting by immigrant South Asian Muslim mothers / Fariyal Ross-Sheriff, M. Taqi Tirmazi, and Tasanee R. Walsh -- Immigration, globalization, and the Chinese American families / Bernard P. Wong -- Immigrant families and the educational development of their children / Andrew J. Fuligni and Allison Sidle Fuligni -- Work-family linkages in the lives of families of Mexican origin / Kimberly A. Updegraff ... [et al.] -- Building bridges : strategies to promote academic and psychological resilience for adolescents of Mexican origin / Nancy A. Gonzales ... [et al.] -- The role of the law in relationships within immigrant families : traditional parenting practices in conflict with American concepts of maltreatment / Doriane Lambelet Coleman -- Closing thoughts / Kirby Deater-Deckard, Marc H. Bornstein, and Jennifer E. Lansford -- Afterword : Reflections on research with immigrant families / Carola Suárez-Orozco

AbstractAlthough much work addresses the importance of siblings and friendships in separate investigations, few studies simultaneously examine both relationships. Young adults (N= 102, M age = 18.7) were surveyed about their friendships, their sibling relationships, and their psychological well‐being (assessed by self‐esteem and loneliness). Participants with harmonious (high warmth, low conflict) sibling relations and same‐gender friends had the highest well‐being. Participants with affect‐intense (high warmth, high conflict) sibling relationships had low well‐being. However, participants who had low‐involved (low warmth, low conflict) and affect‐intense same‐gender friendships did not differ in well‐being. When examining joint effects, having a harmonious same‐gender friendship compensated for having a low‐involved sibling relationship, but having harmonious sibling relations did not compensate for having low‐involved friendships. Overall, the results underscore the importance of positive and negative relationship properties and the joint effects of multiple relationships.

This study examined associations between social relationships and psychological well-being through (a) quantitative analyses of surveys of representative samples ranging in age from 13 to 93 in the United States (N = 1498) and Japan (N = 1641) and (b) qualitative content analyses of 12 focus group discussions conducted separately with American and Japanese participants. Survey results revealed that having a spouse or a best friend was related more strongly to some aspects of psychological well-being in Japan than in the United States. Findings regarding the quality of social relationships were more mixed; some aspects of quality were related more strongly to well-being in Japan but others were related more strongly in the United States. Focus group participants described social relationships as influencing well-being by offering a sense of belonging, providing someone in whom to confide, making too many demands and not allowing enough independence, and affecting perceptions of success in relationships.