Lifelines and risks: pathways of youth in our time

In this highly original work, Robert and Beverley Cairns follow the pathways of 695 young people growing up in the 1980s and 1990s (their educational successes and failures, their friendships, their loves--in short, the events and feelings they experience). INDICE: Foreword Beverley D. Cairns, Robert B. Cairns; 1. Lives in progress; 2. Taking a long look; 3. Growth and aggression; 4. Stepping stones to violence: developmental roots; 5. Social networks and the functions of friendships; 6. Shadows of synchrony; 7. The self and the other; 8. Dropouts, throwouts, and runaways; 9. Life and death; 10. Risks and lifelines: the opportunities ofa lifetime; 11. The developmental perspective: puzzles and proposals; 12. Extending lifelines: intervention and prevention; Notes; References.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-48570-8
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 28/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés