What are the problems that concern young people today? How do young people cope? First published in 2000, this title presents the findings of a team of international researchers, including both social scientists and practitioners, who had surveyed more than 5,000 youth in twelve countries in order to find answers to these vital questions.
What are the problems that concern young people today? How do young people cope? Originally published in 2000, this book presents the findings of a team of international researchers, including both social scientists and practitioners, who had surveyed more than 5,000 youth in twelve countries in order to find answers to these vital questions.
The book is arranged into five key sections: Part I outlines the innovative research methods and theories underpinning the study, including the central ‘intervention research paradigm’. Part II offers a composite portrait of concerns and coping strategies across the survey, examining trends by socio-economic status and gender. Part III provides detailed case-studies from Brazil, Canada, China, England, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, the USA and Venezuela. Part IV examines special youth populations, both immigrant and impoverished. Part V draws conclusions and implications for theory and practice, and offers a basis from which helping professionals can develop successful interventions and practices.
Youth and Coping in Twelve Nations is an innovative work of cross-cultural research that offers a wealth of empirical research material, as well as important new conclusions and recommendations for practice. It will still be of vital interest to all sociologists and social psychologists, as well as youth and social work professionals.
List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements.
Preface. Foreword Part I: Introduction
1. Our Study and its Methodology J.
Gibson-Cline, C. Baker and M. Dikaiou
2. Concepts, Theories and Practices M.
Dikaiou Part II: The Multinational Study
3. The Multinational Study: Reports
from Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian,
Ethiopian-Immigrant-Israeli, Mainstream Jewish-Israeli, Japanese, American
and Venezuelan Young People J. Gibson-Cline and The Youth and Coping Research
Team Part III: National Studies of Advantaged and Non-Advantaged Youth
4.
Brazil: University and College Students in Campinas E. Pereira
5. Canada:
18-Year-Old Youth in their Last year of a Vancouver High School L. Martinson,
B. J. Shaw and W. A. Borgen
6. China: College Students During Chinas Period
of Reform, 198997 Qi Chen and Fengchun Miao
7. England: Youth from the South
and South-West of Britain K. Feaviour and D. Acres
8. Greece: University and
Technical Institute Students in Thessaloniki M. Dikaiou and M.
Haritos-Fatouras
9. India: University and Technical Institute Students in
Mumbai L. Kashyap
10. Israel: Mainstream Jewish Youth B. Shafrir
11. Japan:
University and Business School Students in Tokyo K. Honda
12. Russia:
University Students in Moscow Before and After Perestroika N. F. Talyzina, G.
Emelianov and A. Adaskina
13. Continental USA: University Students in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania L. Maccarelli and J. Gibson-Cline
14. Venezuela:
Advantaged and Non-Advantaged Youth in Caracas M. E. Felce-Dipaula Part IV:
Special Youth Populations 15 Immigrant Youth: Ethiopians in Israel R. Erhard
16. Impoverished Youth: Examples from Brazil, England and the Philippines E.
Pereira Part V: Conclusions and Implications for the Helping Professions
17.
Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Practice: From Reports of
Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian,
Ethiopian-Immigrant-Israeli, Mainstream Jewish-Israeli, Japanese, Russian,
American and Venezuelan Youth J. Gibson-Cline with L. Martinson, B. Shaw and
the Youth and Coping Research Team. Appendices. Index.
Janice Gibson-Cline was Professor Emeritus of Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh. She served as Fulbright Research Professor in Greece and the Philippines, National Academy of Science Exchange Professor in the former Soviet Union and Visiting Research Professor in the Peoples Republic of China. Her previous publications related to Youth and Coping include Adolescence: From Crisis to Coping (Routledge 1996, reissued in 2026).
