Pathways of Human Development

Jay A. Mancini is senior research fellow, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment and professor of human development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.Karen A. Roberto is director of the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment and the Center for Gerontology, and professor of human development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

• Part 1 Part I. Human Development, Contexts, and ChangeChapter 2 Chapter 1. A Roadmap for Understanding Human Development, Contexts, and ChangePart 3 Part II. Individuals, Challenges, and TrajectoriesChapter 4 Chapter 2. Positive Turning Points in the Dynamics of Change over the Life CourseChapter 5 Chapter 3. "We Lost Touch of Who Each Other Was": Swift Transformations in Close RelationshipsChapter 6 Chapter 4. Change and Continuity in Young People's Lives: Biography in ContextChapter 7 Chapter 5. African American Female Adolescent Sexuality: Creating Change Using an Ecological-Womanist LensChapter 8 Chapter 6. Social Anxiety Disorder in Youth: An Ecological-Developmental PerspectiveChapter 9 Chapter 7. Risk and Protective Factors for Drug Use among American YouthChapter 10 Chapter 8. Placing Developmental Paradigms in Context: Health and Adaptation in Late LifePart 11 Part III. Families, Relationships, and TransitionsChapter 12 Chapter 9. Dialectics and Transactional Models: Conceptualizing Antecedents, Processes, and Consequences of Change in Parent-Child RelationshipsChapter 13 Chapter 10. The Dynamic Cultural Context of Emotional SocializationChapter 14 Chapter 11. Transformation and Change: Parenting in Chinese SocietiesChapter 15 Chapter 12. Becoming a Parent Again: An Exploration of Transformation Among Grandparents Raising GrandchildrenChapter 16 Chapter 13. Exploring Processes of Family Stress and Adaptation: An Expanded ModelPart 17 Part IV: Society, Systems, and InterventionsChapter 18 Chapter 14. Community Resilience: A Social Organization Theory of Action and ChangeChapter 19 Chapter 15. The Dynamics of Families, Social Capital and Social Change: A Critical Case StudyChapter 20 Chapter 16. Psychosocial Impact of Illness: A Transformative ExperienceChapter 21 Chapter 17. Toward an Integrative Theory of Care: Formal and Informal IntersectionsChapter 22 Chapter 18. From Welfare to Well-Being: Turning Things Around Among Homeless VeteransPart 23 Part V: Theorizing Human Development and ChangeChapter 24 Chapter 19. Theorizing about Human Development: Identifying Antecedents, Processes and Consequences of Change