商品簡介
The editors (both of the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) present the product of a September 2008 meeting bringing together social and behavioral scientists for the purpose of exploring antecedents, processes, and consequences of societal and individual change over the lifespan. Among the topics addressed are swift transformations in close relationships, change and continuity in young people's lives, change in African American female adolescent sexuality, social anxiety disorder in youth, risk and protective factors for drug use among American youth, health and adaptation in late life, dialectics and transactional models of change in parent-child relationships, the dynamic cultural context of emotion socialization, transformation and change in parenting in Chinese societies, transformation among grandparents raising grandchildren, processes of family stress and adaptation, a social organization theory of community resilience, social capital and the dynamics of families, the psychosocial impact of illness, change and homeless veterans, and theorizing human development and change. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Jay A. Mancini is senior research fellow, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment and professor of human development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Karen A. Roberto is director of the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment and the Center for Gerontology, and professor of human development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
