Adolescents and war
Subtitle: how youth deal with political violence
By: edited by Brian K. Barber.
Contributors: Barber, Brian K., 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780195343359
Subjects: Youth and war -- Psychological aspects; Youth and violence -- Psychological aspects; Political violence -- Psychological aspects; Violence -- Psychological aspects; War -- Psychological aspects
Description: Experts aim to understand and document the intricacies of youth who have been involved in political violence. They argue that the assumption that youth are automatically debilitated by this violence is too simplistic: effective care must include an awareness of motives and beliefs, roles they played in the conflict, relationships, et cetera.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Glimpsing the complexity of youth and political violence / Brian K. Barber; title: An overview of the empirical literature on adolescents and political violence / Brian K. Barber and Julie Mikles Schluterman; title: War, military violence, and aggressive development: child, family and social preconditions / Raija-Leena Punamäki; title: Growing up in Israel : lessons on understanding the effects of political violence on children / Michelle Slone; title: Youth soldiering : an integrated framework for understanding psychosocial impact / Michael Wessells and Kathleen Kostelny; title: Young people's perceptions of political violence : the case of northern Ireland / Orla Muldoon, Clare Cassidy, and Nichola McCullough; title: Measuring adolescent perceived support amidst war and disaster : the multi-sector social support inventory / Christopher M. Layne ... [et al.]; title: The effects of wartime violence on young Bosnians' postwar behaviors : policy contours for the reconstruction period / Robert J. McCouch; title: Positive and negative psychosocial functioning after political conflict : examining adolescents of the first Palestinian intifada / Brian K. Barber and Joseph A. Olsen; title: Mozambican child soldier life outcome study / Neil Boothby, Jennifer Crawford, and Agostinho Mamade; title: Tasting the world : life after wartime for Bosnian teens in Chicago / Stevan Weine ... [et al.]; title: Making sense and no sense of war : issues of identity and meaning in adolescents' experience with political conflict / Brian K. Barber; title: Conclusion: Moving forward with research on adolescents and political violence / Brian K. Barber.