We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues:(a) why traditional
preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for …

Although ethnic and racial identity (ERI) are central to the normative development of youth of
color, there have been few efforts to bring scholars together to discuss the theoretical …

Resilience theory provides a framework for studying and understanding how some youths
overcome risk exposure and guides the development of interventions for prevention using a …

One point of intersection in ethnic and racial identity research is the conceptual attention
paid to how positively youth feel about their ethnicity or race, or positive ethnic–racial affect …

Exposure to race-related stressors such as discrimination may take a toll on Black
undergraduates attending predominantly White institutions (PWIs) who must contend with …

A high school education prepares young people to participate positively in the economy and
in civic life, among other positive life outcomes. However, nearly one in five American high …

Over the last 20 years, ethnic/racial identity (ERI) has been regarded as a component central
to identity for minority students, and often proposed to be positively associated with …

Youth mentoring interventions are often designed with the intention of promoting improved
outcomes among marginalized youth. Despite their promise to reduce inequality through the …

This book introduces the concept of critical mentoring, presenting its theoretical and
empirical foundations, and providing telling examples of what it looks like in practice, and …

A shift occurred in research about adolescents in the general population. Research is
moving away from deficits toward a resilience paradigm and understanding trajectories of …