Pathways of Human Development: Explorations of Change

411 Pages·2009·3.05 MB·English

by  H, Jay A. Mancini, Karen A. Roberto, Gary L. Bowen, Susan Chuang, Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab, Julie C. Dunsmore, Rosalind Edwards, April L. Few, Robbie Gilligan, Amy G. Halberstadt, Janet Holland, Angela J. Huebner, Kee Jeong Kim, Leon Kuczynski, Susan Lollis

Psychology • Human Development • Sociology
PATHWAYS
Pathways of Human Development uses theoretical perspectives from developmental, social,
and behavioral sciences to examine the ways that individuals, families, and communities
intersect and interface. Focusing on the impact of change on human development, including
OF HUMAN
its antecedents, processes, and consequences, the chapters examine a range of topics such
as health and adaptation; social anxiety disorder; protective factors and risk behaviors; par-
ent-child relationships; adolescent sexuality; intergenerational relationships; family stress
and adaptation; and community resilience. By extending human development theory acros DEVELOPMENT
these pivotal life-changing issues, this volume offers a comprehensive map of the trajectories
of development among individuals, families, and communities.
Explorations of Change
Contributors
Gary L. Bowen, Susan S. Chuang, Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab, Julie C. Dunsmore, Rosalind
Edwards, April L. Few, Robbie Gilligan, Amy G. Halberstadt, Janet Holland, Angela J.
Huebner, Kee Jeong Kim, Leon Kuczynski, Susan Lollis, Jay A. Mancini, Hugh Milroy, Monique
B. Mitchell, Thomas H. Ollendick, Robyn Pitman, Michele Prèyde, Karen A. Roberto, Dionne P.
Stephens, Virpi Timonen
Jay A. Mancini is senior research fellow, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, and
professor of human development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Karen A. Roberto is director of the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment and the
Center for Gerontology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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MANCINI AND
ROBERTO PATHWAYS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Pathways of
Human Development
Pathways of
Human Development
Explorations of Change
Edited by Jay A. Mancini and Karen A. Roberto
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Pathways of human development : explorations of change / edited by Jay A.
Mancini and Karen A. Roberto.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7391-3686-7 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-7391-3688-1
(electronic)
1. Social change. 2. Change (Psychology) 3. Life cycle, Human. 4. Life
change events. I. Mancini, Jay A. II. Roberto, Karen A.
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Contents
Figures and Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xi
Part I: Human Development, Contexts, and Change
1 A Roadmap for Understanding Human Development,
Contexts, and Change 3
Jay A. Mancini and Karen A. Roberto
Part II: Individuals, Challenges, and Trajectories
2 P ositive Turning Points in the Dynamics of Change over
the Life Course 15
Robbie Gilligan
3 “ We Lost Touch of Who Each Other Was”:
Swift Transformations in Close Relationships 35
Susan Lollis
4 C hange and Continuity in Young People’s Lives:
Biography in Context 53
Janet Holland
5 A frican American Female Adolescent Sexuality: Creating
Change Using an Ecological-Womanist Lens 75
April L. Few and Dionne P. Stephens
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vi CONTENTS
6 S ocial Anxiety Disorder in Youth: An Ecological-
Developmental Perspective 95
Thomas H. Ollendick
7 R isk and Protective Factors for Drug Use among
American Youth 113
Kee Jeong Kim
8 P lacing Developmental Paradigms in Context: Health and
Adaptation in Late Life 127
Karen A. Roberto
Part III: Families, Relationships, and Transitions
9 D ialectics and Transactional Models: Conceptualizing
Antecedents, Processes, and Consequences of Change in
Parent-Child Relationships 151
Leon Kuczynski, Robyn Pitman, and Monique B. Mitchell
10 The Dynamic Cultural Context of Emotion Socialization 171
Julie C. Dunsmore and Amy G. Halberstadt
11 T ransformation and Change: Parenting in Chinese Societies 191
Susan S. Chuang
12 B ecoming a Parent Again: An Exploration of
Transformation Among Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren 207
Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab
13 E xploring Processes of Family Stress and Adaptation:
An Expanded Model 227
Angela J. Huebner
Part IV: Society, Systems, and Interventions
14 C ommunity Resilience: A Social Organization Theory
of Action and Change 245
Jay A. Mancini and Gary L. Bowen
15 T he Dynamics of Families, Social Capital, and Social
Change: A Critical Case Study 267
Rosalind Edwards
CONTENTS vii
16 P sychosocial Impact of Illness:
A Transformative Experience 291
Michèle Preyde
17 T oward an Integrative Theory of Care: Formal and
Informal Intersections 307
Virpi Timonen
18 F rom Welfare to Well-Being: Turning Things Around
Among Homeless Veterans 327
Hugh Milroy
Part V: Theorizing Human Development and Change
19 T heorizing about Human Development: Identifying
Antecedents, Processes, and Consequences of Change 349
Karen A. Roberto and Jay A. Mancini
Index 367
About the Contributors 391
Figures and Tables
FIGURES
2.1 S equence of Pre-Conditions for Enduring Turning
Points in Individual Developmental Pathways 27
4.1 D imensions and Fields of Youth Transitions
(Henderson et al., 2007) 66
7.1 A Developmental Pathway to Adolescent Drug Use 122
7.2 A Transactional Model of Risk, Resilience, and Drug Use 123
8.1 C ontextualized SOC Model (Roberto & Husser, 2007) 135
8.2 A ntecedents, Processes, and Consequences of Health
Changes in Late Life 136
13.1 E xpanded Double ABCX Model of Adjustment
for Deployment 230
13.2 Model of Relationships among Attachments 236
14.1 Social Organization and Change 250
14.2 Community Capacity Typology 258
18.1 Change Process—VA System 336
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