Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment A Developme
This book reviews and critiques the growing literature on youth development under conditions of political violence and armed conflict. It presents a robust framework, based in developmental psychopathology, for evaluating current research on this topic fo
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cal Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Research and Intervention
Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment
E. Mark Cummings Christine E. Merrilees Laura K. Taylor Christina F. Mondi •
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Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Research and Intervention
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E. Mark Cummings Department of Psychology University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN USA
Laura K. Taylor School of Psychology Queens University Belfast Belfast UK
Christine E. Merrilees Department of Psychology State University of New York at Geneseo Geneseo, NY USA
Christina F. Mondi Institute of Child Development University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN USA
ISBN 978-3-319-51582-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51583-0
ISBN 978-3-319-51583-0
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Preface
Over one billion children are growing up throughout the world in contexts of political violence and armed conflict. A burgeoning literature attests to the significant and many risks and challenges these environments pose to the development of children. The well-being and mental health of these children are a matter of great international concern and an issue of rapidly growing interest to scholars, students, and practitioners who may wish to contribute to both understanding of the risks and challenges and the development of more effective prevention and intervention strategies to help the children cope with these environments. However, gaining access to the contributi
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