Full Description
Empirically based, the daily experiences of adolescent black females is explicated within an explanatory model of social context and developmental theory. The author argues that adolescence must be seen from strengths and health perspectives. Self-relatedness or intersubjectivity expressed in assertion, empathy and recognition is the core matrix of development where social contextual responses can be adaptive or maladaptive.
Contents
Prologue: A Book About the Strengths of Inner-City Black Girls
Part 1: Theory Overview
1: Risk and Resiliency in Social Contexts
2: Adolescent Developmental Theories
3: Person-Process-Context: An Ecological Transactional Model
Part 2: Developmental Domains
4: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Role Commitment
5: Care Protective Sensibility and Role Model Formulation
6: Decision Making, Dating, and Mate Selection
7: Opportunity Mobility and Adulthood Preparation
Part 3: Clinical Implications
8: A Social Work Practice Model: Core Principles of Intervention
Epilogue