Youth in a Changing World : : Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Adolescence / / ed. by Estelle Fuchs.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©1976
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Reprint 2011
Language:English
Series:World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (346 p.) :; Figs. Tabs. Plates
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Table of Contents:
  • I-IV
  • General Editor's Preface
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE Growth and Health Care in Adolescence
  • Growth After Puberty
  • Late Adolescent Changes in Weight
  • Growth and Development Patterns and Human Differentiation in Papua New Guinean Communities
  • Physical Growth and the Social Environment: A West African Example
  • Medical Care of Adolescents in a Suburban Community
  • Psychotherapy in Adolescents
  • Transcultural Aspects of Mental Illness Among Puerto Rican Adolescents in New York
  • PART TWO The Cultural Context
  • Several Selves and Many Homes: Black Youths Adaptation to Geographical and Cultural Mobility
  • Impact of Urbanization on Life Patterns of the Ga Adolescent
  • Mississippi Choctaw Youth
  • Future Time Perspectives and Attitudes of New Zealand Maori and Pakeha Adolescents
  • The Economic Importance of Children in a Javanese Village
  • The Community of Young People in a Transylvanian Village
  • Community Interrelations with the Government: A Study of Adolescent Group Movements in a Japanese Fishing Community
  • Parental Authority and Family Size: A Chinese Case
  • Psychological Correlates of Family Socialization in the United States and Korea
  • Intragroup Competitive Pressures and the Selection of Social Strategies: Neglected Paradigms in the Study of Adolescent Socialization
  • Students and Society: A Cross- National Comparison of Youth Attitudes and Values
  • Biographical Notes
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects