Researching Resilience / / ed. by Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar.

• MitwirkendeR: Best, Katherine A.,; Boothroyd, Roger A.,; Cameron, Catherine Ann,; Delongis, Anita,; Este, David,; Liebenberg, Linda,; Maclaurin, Bruce,; Mertens, Donna M.,; Mouton, Johann,; Munford, Robyn,; Sanders, Jackie,; Sitter, Kathleen,; Smith-Osborne, Alexa,; Stiles, Paul G.,; Teram, Eli,; Tweed, Roger G.,; Ungar, Michael,; Wildschut, Lauren,
• HerausgeberIn: Liebenberg, Linda,; Ungar, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and quantitative studies from a diverse group of scholars and disciplines, stressing the importance of studying the strength and resilience of youth who are faced with adversity. Working with youth in a variety of cultures and contexts, the contributors provide critically astute analyses of existing scholarship as well as rigorous methods for conducting resilience research in less Eurocentric and more culturally sensitive ways.An important collection, Researching Resilience is unique in approaching interventions with youth specifically from the point of view of research methods and challenges.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author Biographies -- Overview -- 1. Introduction: The Challenges in Researching Resilience -- 2. The Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Children in International Settings -- Qualitative Research -- 3. Participatory Action Research -- 4. Not Just the Master Discourse: A Case for Holistic Case Studies of Youth Resilience -- 5. The Use of Image-Based Methods in Research with Youth -- Quantitative Research -- 6. Cross-Cultural Resilience Research on Youth: Avoiding Methodological Hazards -- 7. Use of Meta-Analysis to Study Resilience Factors: An Exemplar -- Mixes Methods -- 8. Using Mixed Methods to Understand Youth Resilience -- 9. Constructing Syntheses: Striving for Convergent Methods for Investigating Youth in Diverse Cultures -- Application of Methods -- 10. Playing Catch-Up: Evaluating a Mathematics Intervention for Disadvantaged Learners in South Africa -- 11. A Sample Research Proposal for a Mixed-Methods Investigation of Resilience: The Pathways to Resilience Project -- 12. Youth Resilience Research and the Transformative Paradigm