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 …

In this meta‐analytic review, we examined the relation between natural mentoring and youth
outcomes in four domains: academic and vocational functioning, social‐emotional …

This article builds on a sociological account of working-class minority youth development
and differential access to social capital—defined in terms of key resources and support …

▪ Abstract Adolescent resilience research differs from risk research by focusing on the assets
and resources that enable some adolescents to overcome the negative effects of risk …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

This review is designed to summarize and critique current life skills through sport research.
In particular, life skills are defined, the conditions needed to examine life skills development …

This study examines the interrelationships among racial discrimination, racial identity, and
psychological functioning in a sample of 314 African American adolescents. Racial …

Dominant theoretical explanations of racial disparities in criminal offending overlook a key
risk factor associated with race: interpersonal racial discrimination. Building on recent …

Most of us know of instances in which a mentoring relationship has enabled a child or
adolescent to overcome even the most difficult life circumstances. Anecdotal reports of …

Objectives. We used nationally representative data to examine the impact of natural (or
informal) mentoring relationships on health-related outcomes among older adolescents and …