ABSTRACT
What are the problems that concern young people today? How do young people cope? This book presents the findings of a team of international researchers including both social scientists and practitioners, who have surveyed more than 5000 youths in twelve countries in order to find answers to these vital questions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Introduction
part |2 pages
PART II The multinational study
chapter 3|18 pages
The multinational study: reports from Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian, Ethiopian-immigrant-Israeli, mainstream Jewish-Israeli, Japanese, American and Venezuelan young people
Reports from Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian, Ethiopian-immigrant-Israeli, mainstream Jewish-Israeli,
part |2 pages
PART III National studies of advantaged and non-advantaged youth
chapter 7|15 pages
England: youth from the south and south-west of Britain K. FEAVIOUR AND D. ACRES
Youth from the south and south-west of Britain
chapter 13|12 pages
Continental USA: university students in Pittsburgh,
University students in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
part |2 pages
PART IV Special youth populations
part |2 pages
PART V Conclusions and implications for the helping professions
chapter 17|16 pages
Conclusions and implications for theory and practice: from reports of Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian, Ethiopian-immigrant-Israeli, mainstream Jewish-Israeli, Japanese, Russian, American and Venezuelan youth
From reports of Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Indian, Ethiopian-immigrant-Israeli, mainstream Jewish-Israeli, Japanese,
chapter 1|4 pages
Classes and categories-within-those-classes listed in taxonomy of problems, coping strategies, desired helpers, desired helper qualities and desired modes of helping
Classes and categories-within-those- classes listed in taxonomy of problems, coping strategies, desired helpers, desired helper qualities and desired modes of helping
chapter 2|1 pages
Appendix II
Percentage of agreement between responses of researcher-coders and ‘master code’ to sample responses from fifteen multinational subjects
chapter 3|30 pages
Statistical findings of the 1997 and 1989 national studies: advantaged, non-advantaged, poverty and non-classified SES groups classified and not classified by SES
Statistical findings of the 1997 and 1989 national studies: advantaged, non-advantaged, poverty and non- classified SES groups
