Socio-Emotional Development in Latin America: Development of children and adolescents in adverse circumstances

A sizable portion of the current research on the socio-emotional development of children and adolescents focuses on negative outcomes of aversive circumstances. However, Lerner (2002) has highlighted the need to explore positive youth development. As such, this special issue aims to explore research...

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Published inThe journal of Latino-Latin American studies Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Bass, Ellyn C, Santo, Jonathan Bruce, Saldarriaga, Lina Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Omaha University of Nebraska at Omaha 01.09.2015
The Journal of Latino - Latin American Studies
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Child development
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Summary:A sizable portion of the current research on the socio-emotional development of children and adolescents focuses on negative outcomes of aversive circumstances. However, Lerner (2002) has highlighted the need to explore positive youth development. As such, this special issue aims to explore research on promoting positive socio-emotional development from underrepresented contexts. In doing so, we've invited articles on development in adverse circumstances using samples from Latin America, in addition to reports of intervention programs that have shown success and have the potential to be replicated in other settings. Creative programs to address these issues have been implemented at the local, regional and national levels, yet rarely are the results of these interventions disseminated to academic audiences in the U.S.
ISSN:1549-9502
DOI:10.18085/1549-9502-7.1.1