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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. For orders and information please contact the publisher Lexington Books A division of Rowman & Littlefi eld Publishers, Inc. EDITED BY JAY A. MANCINI 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200 Lanham, Maryland 20706 1-800-462-6420 www.lexingtonboks.com AND KAREN A. ROBERTO PathwaysHumanPODLITH.indd 1 7/20/09 8:32:45 AM 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 Lexington Books A division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK Published by Lexington Books A division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.lexingtonbooks.com Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY, United Kingdom Copyright © 2009 by Lexington Books All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pathways of human development : explorations of change / edited by Jay A. Mancini and Karen A. Roberto. p. cm. 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. HM831.P375 2009 305.2—dc22 2009017336 ™ ⬁ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America 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 v 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 ix
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