Other People's Kids

Social Expectations and American Adults? Involvement with Children and Adolescents

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Av Peter C. Scales

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Social norms theory suggests that adults are more likely to get deeply involved if that involvement is viewed as highly important, and if they perceive a social expectation to do so.This volume examines the nature of social norms in general and in relationship to children and adolescents.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-09-24
Mått178 x 254 x 17 mm
Vikt569 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSearch Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society
Antal sidor274
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781461349433

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1. Adults’ Real Relationships with Young People.- 2. Parents, Other Adults, and Responsibility for Positive Child and Youth Development.- 3. The Nature and Operation of Social Norms.- 4. How Content and Culture Influence Adults’ Sense of Reasonable Responsibility for Young People.- 5. Personal and Collective Action to Raise Healthy, Caring, Competent Young People: Defining Reasonable Responsibilities and Expectations for All Adults.- 6. Engagement with Kids: An American Consensus on Core Adult Actions.- 7. Normative Fragmentation: The Disappearance of Consensus.- 8. Multiple Normative Americas: The Differences among Us.- 9. Strategies for Increasing Adult Engagement with Other People’s Kids.- Appendix A: Study Methodology.- Appendix B: Forced-Choice National Survey Questions.- Appendix C: Hypothetical Situations Posed for In-Depth Interviews.- Appendix D: Sampling Tolerance.- References.- About the Author.