Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth

This Handbook presents current research on children and youth in ethnic minority families. It reflects the development currently taking place in the field of social sciences research to highlight the positive adaptation of minority children and youth. It

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Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth

Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth

Natasha J. Cabrera Birgit Leyendecker •

Editors

Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth

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Editors Natasha J. Cabrera Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology University of Maryland College Park, MD USA

ISBN 978-3-319-43643-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43645-6

Birgit Leyendecker Fakultät für Psychologie Ruhr-Universität Bochum Bochum Germany

ISBN 978-3-319-43645-6

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016952814 © The Editor(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

Part I

Conceptual and Methodological Approaches Frosso Motti-Stefanidi

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 M. Tirrell, Edmond P. Bowers, and Jacqueline V. Lerner A Resilience Perspective on Immigrant Youth Adaptation and Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frosso Motti-Stefanidi and Ann S. Masten Measuring Positive Development I: Multilevel Analysis . . . . . . . Jens B. Asendorpf Equivalence in Research on Positive Development of Minority Children: Methodological Approaches . . . . . . . . . . Fons J.R. van de Vijver and Jia He Part II

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Individual Level Influences Robert H. Bradley

Parental Sensitivity and Attachment in Ethnic Minority Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maike Malda and Judi Mesman

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Conceptualizing Variability in U.S. Latino Children’s Dual-Language Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .