Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods : Successful Development in Social Context


Delbert S. Elliott
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 2006.
Omfang
1 online resource (417 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Growing Up in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods; Growing Up in Denver and Chicago; 2 Growing Up in Denver and Chicago; Good and Bad Neighborhoods for Raising Children; 3 Good and Bad Neighborhoods for Raising Children; The Effects of Growing Up in a Bad Neighborhood; 4 The Effects of Growing Up in a Bad Neighborhood; Critical Dimensions of Neighborhood Organization and Culture; 5 Critical Dimensions of Neighborhood Organization and Culture; The Effects of Neighborhood Organization and Culture. - 6 The Effects of Neighborhood Organization and CultureFamily Influences; 7 Family Influences; School Climate and Types of Peer Groups; 8 School Climate and Types of Peer Groups; What Matters Most for Successful Youth Development?; 9 What Matters Most for Successful Youth Development?; 10 Successful Development in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods; Appendix A; Appendix B: Directly Explained Variance as an Estimate of the Influence of a Predictor on an Outcome; References; Author Index; Subject Index. - This is a study of successful youth development in poor, disadvantaged neighborhoods in Denver and Chicago - a study of how children living in the worst neighborhoods develop or fail to develop the values, competencies and commitments that lead to a productive, healthy responsible adult life.
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0521682215. - 0521863570. - 9780521682213. - 9780521863575

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