Author : Linda Liebenberg
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 144269713X
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Book Synopsis Researching Resilience by : Linda Liebenberg
Download or read book Researching Resilience written by Linda Liebenberg and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-10-10 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being. This collection assembles qualitative and quantitative studies from a diverse group of scholars and disciplines, stressing the importance of studying the strength and resilience of youth who are faced with adversity. Working with youth in a variety of cultures and contexts, the contributors provide critically astute analyses of existing scholarship as well as rigorous methods for conducting resilience research in less Eurocentric and more culturally sensitive ways. An important collection, Researching Resilience is unique in approaching interventions with youth specifically from the point of view of research methods and challenges.