Uwe P. Gielen, PhD, is the founder and executive director of the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology as well as professor emeritus at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NY.Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, PhD, is the Jack Reilly Professor of Childhood and Family Studies and director of the Jack Reilly Institute for Early Childhood and Provider Education at Syracuse University.

• PrefaceIntroductionUwe P. GielenPart I Worldwide Perspectives on Childhood and AdolescenceChapter 1The Cross-Cultural Study of Human Development: A Skeptical Yet Optimistic Historical IntroductionUwe P. GielenChapter 2Cultural Models of Stages in Child DevelopmentM. Annette Grove and David F. LancyChapter 3The Changing Lives of 2.2 Billion Children: Global Demographic Trends and Economic DisparitiesUwe P. GielenChapter 4Literacy Development: Global Research and Policy PerspectivesDaniel A. Wagner, Fatima Tuz Zahra, and Jinsol LeePart II Childcare, Parenting, and Family SystemsChapter 5Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection in the Arab World: How Do They Influence Children's Development?Ramadan A. Ahmed, Ronald P. Rohner, Abdul Khaleque, and Uwe P. GielenChapter 6Family Structure and Socialization Patterns in Caribbean and Caribbean Immigrant Families: Developmental OutcomesJaipaul L. Roopnarine and Elif Dede YildirimChapter 7Parents and Childcare in South Korean and Japanese FamiliesJung-Hwan Hyun, Jun Nakazawa, David W. Shwalb, and Barbara J. ShwalbPart III Three Themes in Children's Lives: Gender Roles, Siblings, and Becoming an AdolescentChapter 8Gender Roles in Childhood and AdolescenceDeborah L. Best and Caitlin D. BushChapter 9Sibling InteractionsAshley E. MaynardChapter 10Adolescents in the Majority WorldKatelyn E. Poelker and Judith L. GibbonsPart IV Transnational and Immigrant ChildrenChapter 11Growing Up Internationally, and How It Shapes a ChildGene H. Bell-VilladaChapter 12Adaptation of Immigrant Children, Adolescents, and Their FamiliesJohn W. Berry and Paul VedderChapter 13Chinese American Adolescents and Emerging Adults in New York City: Striving for a Place in the SunJennifer Ho and Uwe P. GielenPart V Difficult Circumstances and AdjustmentsChapter 14Violence against GirlsJanet A. Sigal, Carrol S. Perrino, Florence L. Denmark, Emily A. A. Dow, Renata Strashnaya, Talia Zarbiv, and Felicia WrightChapter 15Cultural Nuances and Other Particulars That Impact Street Children and War-Traumatized AdolescentsLewis Aptekar and Lisa OliverChapter 16Developmental Psychopathology: Multicultural Challenges, Findings, and ApplicationsThomas M. AchenbachEpilogueCross-Cultural Human Development: Following the Yellow Brick Road in Search of New Approaches for the 21st CenturyHarry W. GardinerSelected BibliographyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex

"This focus on contextualism, which is on display in this collection, not only permits one to study cultural similarities and differences in developmental processes but also to make developmental comparisons within cultural contexts by integrating contributions by anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." - Choice