Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Introduction to the Handbook; Natasha J. Cabrera and Birgit Leyendecker.- Section I. Conceptual and Methodological Approaches.- Introduction: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches; Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, Section Editor.- 1. Positive Youth Development among Minority Youth: A Relational Developmental Systems Model; Richard M. Lerner, Jun Wang, Rachel M. Hershberg, Mary H. Buckingham, Elise M. Harris, Jonathan Tirrell, Edmond P. Bowers and Jacqueline V. Lerner.- 2. A Resilience Perspective on Immigrant Youth Adaptation and Development; Frosso Motti-Stefanidi and Ann Masten. - 3. Measuring Positive Development I: Multilevel Analysis; Jens B. Asendorpf.- 4. Equivalence in Research on Positive Development of Minority Children: Methodological Approaches; Fons J. R. van de Vijver and Jia He.- Section II. Individual Level Influences.- Introduction: The Puzzle of Coaction and The Imbroglio of Paradox; Robert H. Bradley, Section Editor.- 5. Parental Sensitivity and Attachment in Ethnic Minority Families; Maike Malda and Judi Mesman.- 6. Conceptualizing Variability in U.S. Latino Children's Dual-Language Development; Kelly Escobar and Catherine S. TamisLeMonda.- 7. An International Perspective on Parenting and Children's Adjustment; Jennifer E. Lansford.- 8. Cultural Identity Development as a Developmental Resource; Paul Vedder and Mitch van Geel.- 9. Differential Susceptibility in Minority Children: Individual Differences in Environmental Sensitivity; Elham Assary and Michael Pluess.- Section III. Family/Parenting Level Influences.- Introduction: Parenting and Language in Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Families in North America and the European Union: Toward an Emphasis on Positive Development; Marc H. Bornstein, Section Editor.- 10. Parenting and families in the United States and Canada; Catherine Costigan, Joelle Taknint, and Sheena Miao.- 11. Family Resources for Promoting Positive Development among Minority Children: European Perspectives; Sabine Walper and Birgit Leyendecker.- 12. Minority Fathers and Children's Positive Development in the United States; Natasha Cabrera, Elizabeth Karberg, and Catherine Kuhns.- 13. Language and Parenting: Minority Languages in North America; Allyssa McCabe.- 14. Minority Language Parenting in Europe and Children's Well-Being; Annick De Houwer.- Section IV. Peers and Friendship Level Influences.- Introduction: The Contribution of Friendship and Peers to Immigrant Youth' Positive Development; Christiane Spiel, Section Editor.- 15. Interethnic Friendship Formation; Peter F. Titzmann.- 16. The Friendships of Racial-Ethnic Minority Youth In Context; Leoandra Onnie Rogers, Erika Y. Niwa, and Niobe Way.- 17. Minority and Majority Children's Evaluations of Social Exclusion in Intergroup Contexts; Aline Hitti, Kelly Lynn Mulvey, and Melanie Killen.- 18. Children's Healthy Social-Emotional Development in Contexts of Peer Exclusion; Tina Malti, Antonio Zuffiano, Lixian Cui, Tyler Colasante, Joanna Peplak, and Na Young Bae.- 19. Positive Development of Minority Children; Radosveta Dimitrova and Laura Ferrer-Wreder.- Section V. Early Childhood Education and Schools.- Introduction: The Positive Development of Minority Children At Home and In School; Allan Wigfield.- 20. Promoting Positive Self-Esteem in Ethnic Minority Students: The Role of School and Classroom Context; Jochem Thijs and Maykel Verkuyten.- 21. Parental Educational Involvement and Latino Children's Academic Attainment ; Rosario Ceballo, Rosanne M. Jocson and Francheska Alers-Rojas.- 22. Using Self-Regulated Learning as a Framework for Creating Inclusive Classrooms for Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Learners in Canada; Nancy Perry, NikkiYee, Silvia Mazabel-Ortega, Simon Lisaingo and Elina Maattaa.- Section VI. Policies/Prevention/Programs.- Introduction: Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth: Translating Theory to Action; Nancy Gonzalez, Section Editor.- 23. Documentation Status and Child Development in the U.S. and Euro