{"product_id":"thriving-and-spirituality-among-youth-9780470948309","title":"Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThriving and Spirituality Among Youth\u003c\/i\u003e empirically explores the connections between spirituality and positive youth development through the research of a set of scholars from the wide array of scientific fields including biology, sociology, and theology. This unique handbook shows how to foster positive development during adolescence, including youth contributions to families and communities in civil society. The material draws on research conducted with various populations including immigrant Hispanic, Chinese, Israeli, and Muslim-American youth. Social workers and mental health professionals will find a new, developmentally rigorous data base for a science of adolescent spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThriving and Spirituality Among Youth\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book. The research described in the current book combines qualitative and quantitative multimethod approached applies toward understanding of positive youth development that features spirituality in relation to a number of diverse types of variables. This is a timely yet sparsely explored subject in studies of youth development. Apart from the importance of the topic of positive human development in youths in contrast to the huge number of studies on negative development leading to violence and risk behavior, this book documents the first stages of scholarly exploration based on the roles of spirituality and religion in youths’ lives that are potentially promising for the prevention of risk behavior.\" (P\u003ci\u003esycCRITIQUES\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2012)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Research Perspectives and Future Possibilities in the Study of Thriving and Spirituality: A View of the Issues 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Eva Alberts Warren, Richard M. Lerner, and Erin Phelps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Biological Contexts of Positive Youth Development and Spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Prefrontal Cortical Activation during Emotion Regulation: Linking Religious\/Spiritual Practices with Well-Being 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather L. Urry, Robert W. Roeser, Sara W. Lazar, and Alan P. Poey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Closeness of All Kinds: The Role of Oxytocin and Vasopressin in the Physiology of Spiritual and Religious Behavior 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElena L. Grigorenko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Positive Youth Development and Age-Related Changes in Cortical Thickness during Adolescence 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomàš Paus, Gabriel Leonard, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Richard M. Lerner, Michel Perron, G. Bruce Pike, Louis Richer,Roberto Toro, Suzanne Veillette, and Zdenka Pausova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Neural Correlates of Positive Youth Development 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara W. Lazar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Individual and Psychological Contexts of Positive Youth Development and Spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Strengthening Human Potential for Great Love-Compassion through Elaborative Development 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Eva Alberts Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 When Beliefs Fit and When They Don’t: Religious Conversion, Spirituality, and Positive Youth Development 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Henry Feldman, Mona M. Abo-Zena, Robert W. Roeser and Amy Eva Alberts Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Shared Pathways of Religious\/Spiritual Engagement and Positive Youth Development 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGabriel S. Spiewak and Lonnie R. Sherrod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Religious Adolescents’ Views of Success and Spirituality 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenni Menon Mariano, Robert W. Roeser, Paula Taylor Greathouse, and Sonia S. Issac Koshy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Assessing the Relationship between Ethnic and Religious Identity Among and Between Diverse American Youth 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAerika S. Brittian and Margaret Beale Spencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Social and Cultural Contexts of Positive Youth Development and Spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Contributions despite Challenges: Exploring Positive Youth Development Among Muslim American Youth 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelcuk R. Sirin, Mona M. Abo-Zena, and Hala Shehadeh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Role of Religion and Worship Communities in the Positive Development of Immigrant Youth 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarola Suárez-Orozco, Sukhmani Singh, Mona M. Abo-Zena, Dan Du, and Robert W. Roeser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Interplay of Self-Transcendence and Psychological Maturity among Israeli College Students 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOfra Mayseless and Pninit Russo-Netzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Belief Systems and Positive Youth Development among Chinese and American Youth 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWei Zhang, Dan Du, and Shuangju Zhen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 359\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525397717335,"sku":"9780470948309","price":62.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470948309.jpg?v=1731860359","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thriving-and-spirituality-among-youth-9780470948309","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}