1st Edition

Youth and Coping in Twelve Nations Surveys of 18–20-Year-Old Young People

Edited By Janice Gibson-Cline Copyright 2000
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

What are the problems that concern young people today? How do young people cope? Originally published in 2000, this book presents the findings of a team of international researchers, including both social scientists and practitioners, who had surveyed more than 5,000 youth in twelve countries in order to find answers to these vital questions. The book is arranged into five key sections: Part I... Read more

List of Figures.  List of Tables.  List of Contributors.  Acknowledgements.  Preface.  Foreword  Part I: Introduction  1. Our Study and its Methodology J. Gibson-Cline, C. Baker and M. Dikaiou  2. Concepts, Theories and Practices M. Dikaiou  Part II: The Multinational Study  3. The Multinational Study: Reports from Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian, Ethiopian-Immigrant-Israeli, Mainstream Jewish-Israeli, Japanese, American and Venezuelan Young People J. Gibson-Cline and The Youth and Coping Research Team  Part III: National Studies of Advantaged and Non-Advantaged Youth  4. Brazil: University and College Students in Campinas E. Pereira  5. Canada: 18-Year-Old Youth in their Last year of a Vancouver High School L. Martinson, B. J. Shaw and W. A. Borgen  6. China: College Students During China’s Period of Reform, 1989–97 Qi Chen and Fengchun Miao  7. England: Youth from the South and South-West of Britain K. Feaviour and D. Acres  8. Greece: University and Technical Institute Students in Thessaloniki M. Dikaiou and M. Haritos-Fatouras  9. India: University and Technical Institute Students in Mumbai L. Kashyap  10. Israel: Mainstream Jewish Youth B. Shafrir  11. Japan: University and Business School Students in Tokyo K. Honda  12. Russia: University Students in Moscow Before and After Perestroika N. F. Talyzina, G. Emelianov and A. Adaskina  13. Continental USA: University Students in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania L. Maccarelli and J. Gibson-Cline  14. Venezuela: Advantaged and Non-Advantaged Youth in Caracas M. E. Felce-Dipaula  Part IV: Special Youth Populations  15 Immigrant Youth: Ethiopians in Israel R. Erhard  16. Impoverished Youth: Examples from Brazil, England and the Philippines E. Pereira  Part V: Conclusions and Implications for the Helping Professions  17. Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Practice: From Reports of Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian, Ethiopian-Immigrant-Israeli, Mainstream Jewish-Israeli, Japanese, Russian, American and Venezuelan Youth J. Gibson-Cline with L. Martinson, B. Shaw and the Youth and Coping Research Team.  Appendices.  Index.

Biography

Janice Gibson-Cline was Professor Emeritus of Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh. She served as Fulbright Research Professor in Greece and the Philippines, National Academy of Science Exchange Professor in the former Soviet Union and Visiting Research Professor in the People’s Republic of China. Her previous publications related to Youth and Coping include Adolescence: From Crisis to Coping (Routledge 1996, reissued in 2026).