Introduction to a special section on Explaining Positive Adaptation of Immigrant and Minority Youth across Cultures

authored by

Peter F. Titzmann, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Radosveta Dimitrova

Abstract

This special section on “Explaining Positive Adaptation of Immigrant and Minority Youth across Cultures” is the result of an expert meeting organized by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), the European Association of Developmental Psychology (EADP), and the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA). The aim of this special section was to bring together empirical studies and expert commentaries on a pressing topic of global importance, and to explore intersections between the fields of acculturation and positive youth development. From these contributions, several major challenges were identified. These included the need for greater attention to the strengths and adaptation of immigrant adolescents (i.e., to include a positive youth development framework in acculturation research and theory), the differentiation and intersections between acculturative processes and normative developmental challenges, the evolution acculturation theory, the need to better understand contact between multiple groups, the consideration of context-dependency and dynamic nature of acculturative processes.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Psychology

External Organisation(s)

Stockholm University

Type

Editorial in journal

Journal

Journal of Adolescence

Volume

62

Pages

171-174

No. of pages

4

ISSN

0140-1971

Publication date

04.10.2017

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health, Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.09.008 (Access: Closed)