PSYC 1070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Positive Youth Development
30 Apr 2015
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Chapter 6: living well at every stage of life (page 99-123: those who study resilience identify the naturally occurring personal and environmental resources that help children and adolescents to overcome challenges. +ve youth developmentalists put findings of resilience researchers and other +ve psychos into action and designing and conducting programs. Resilience in childhood - jackson"s case raped at 8 and lost trust in ppl; became withdrawn, anxious; wouldn"t talk about it until 20 years later. Resilience a class of phenomena characterized by patterns of +ve adaptation in the context of significant adversity or risk. External adaptation (social, educational, occupational expectations); internal adaptation (+ve psych wb) Positive youth development: defined as an ongoing process that all youth are engaged and invested, rewarding bonding; promoting social, emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and moral competencies; encouraging self-determination; fostering spirituality, the more/the earlier/the structured, the better.
