Roma Minority Youth Across Cultural Contexts

Taking a Positive Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-19-065406-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

This book explores Positive Youth Development (PYD) in Roma ethnic minority youth. Standing apart from current volumes, this book focuses on the Roma ethnic minority -- one of the most marginalized and oppressed minority groups in Europe -- and on strengths and resources for optimal well-being in the community. The international and multidisciplinary contributors to this book address the complexities of Roma life in a variety of cultural settings, exploring how key developmental processes and person-context interactions can contribute to optimal and successful adaptation. The conclusions clarify how the PYD of ethnic minority children and youth may be fostered based on the empirical findings reported in the volume. The book draws on core theoretical models of PYD and theories of normative development from the perspective of developmental science to highlight the applicability of these frameworks to Roma groups. With a special focus on cultural, contextual, and socio-economic characteristics of Roma, this project also aims to provide a better understanding of what does and what does not contribute to the success of youth in oppressed minority groups.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dimitrova, Radosveta

Sam, David Lackland

Ferrer Wreder, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword

- Richard M. Lerner

- Contributors List

- Introduction

- Radosveta Dimitrova, David Lackland Sam, and Laura Ferrer-Wreder

- Part A The Current Situation of Roma

- Chapter 1 The Roma Context

- Carmen Buzea and Radosveta Dimitrova

- Chapter 2 How Positive Youth Development Can Support Low-Income Roma Youth Living in the United States

- Marija Bingulac

- Chapter 3 Engaging Vulnerable Romani Youth in Provision of Early Childhood Services

- Stanislav Daniel

- Part B Theories on Roma Adaptation and Well-Being

- Chapter 4 Actualizing Change with Roma Youth and Their Communities: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations

- Carolyn Cass Lorente and Laura Ferrer-Wreder

- Chapter 5 Roma Youth: Positive Development and Challenges

- Pasquale Musso, Cristiano Inguglia, Michele Mannoia, and Alida Lo Coco

- Part C Empirical Findings on PYD and Well-Being of Roma

- Chapter 6 Positive Youth Development: An Empirical Study of Roma Youth

- Nora Wiium and Fitim Uka

- Chapter 7 Reframing the Narrative: Revealing Positive Youth Development in the Self-Descriptions of Roma Adolescents

- Deborah J. Johnson, Barbara Thelamour, Sudha Sankar, and Radosveta Dimitrova

- Chapter 8 Associations Between Social Connectedness and Academic Achievement Among Roma Youth in Eastern Europe

- Amina Abubakar, Radosveta Dimitrova, Delia Stefenel, Fitim Uka, Skerdi Zahaj, Paul Murimi, and Fons van de Vijver

- Chapter 9 Youth Development, Education, and Identity: A Case Study of Attitudes Toward Roma Youth in Hungary

- Jekatyerina Dunajeva

- Chapter 10 How Positive Youth Development Framework Can Improve Lives of Excluded People: The Case of Low-Income Roma Youth in Serbia

- Marija Bingulac

- Chapter 11 Out of the Margins: Reflections on Roma and Youth Development

- Peter Vermeersch

- Chapter 12 Roma Youth Development in Context: What Next?

- David Lackland Sam, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, and Radosveta Dimitrova

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Radosveta Dimitrova is an Affiliate Research Fellow and Docent at the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden. Her main research interests include positive youth development, adaptation of measures in different cultures, acculturation, migration, and marginalized ethnic minority communities (Roma).

David Lackland Sam is a Professor of Cross-Cultural Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. His research interests include the psychology of acculturation and the role of culture in health.

Laura Ferrer-Wreder is an Associate Professor (Docent) at the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden. Her work integrates the study of human development, culture, intervention, and implementation science.