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Brown, Joanne – Scarecrow Press, 2010
Although the United States prides itself as a nation of diversity, the country that boasts of its immigrant past also wrestles with much of its immigrant present. While conflicting attitudes about immigration are debated, newcomers--both legal and otherwise--continue to arrive on American soil. And books about the immigrant experience--aimed at…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Young Adults, Immigration
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King, Pamela Ebstyne; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Mueller, Ross A.; White, Krystal; Schultz, William; Osborn, Peter; Dickerson, Everett; Bobek, Deborah L.; Lerner, Richard M.; Benson, Peter L.; Scales, Peter C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2005
This study assesses if correspondence existed between concepts scholars use to discuss positive youth development (PYD) and terms used by practitioners, parents, and youth to discuss exemplary PYD, or thriving. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of 173 interviews about the meaning of thriving found no significant commonality between the terms…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Adolescent Development, Late Adolescents, Competence