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Offers a culturally and contextually grounded understanding of adolescence in urban India
Presents indigenous frameworks of parenting adolescents and the parent-adolescent relationship,derived from the perspectives of both adolescents and parents
Illustrates the nature and process of parent-adolescent disagreements in the changing Indian society
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Set against the backdrop of social change and globalization, this book presents the contents and contours of adolescence in contemporary urban India. Based on the trends derived from a series of mixed-method studies with adolescent girls and boys, and parents from urban upper middle class families, it explores adolescents’ and parents’ interpretations of the stage of adolescence, illustrates views on parenting, and discusses approaches to interpersonal disagreements to derive a framework of the parent-adolescent relationship. Drawing from the cultural-contextual perspective of human development, the book in its essence offers a culturally and contextually sensitive model of adolescence that is shaped along the central tenets of family interdependence, harmony, and sensitivity to parental concerns. Highlighted as well are aspects that have remained mostly unexplored, for example, adolescents’ capacity for empathy and perspective taking, and emerging issues of autonomy in a primarily relational culture. At a broader level, the book reflects upon the interplay of cultural continuity and change, and contributes to an understanding of globalizing influences on human development. Overall, the depiction of adolescent development captured in the book has significant implications for enhancing family relationships and fostering self-growth---elements that are crucial for positive youth development.The book will be of immense use to scholars in human development, psychology, and allied fields as well as to practitioners who work with adolescents.
Keywords
- Adolescent-parent relationship in India
- Contemporary understanding of parenting adolescents
- Culturally grounded theorizing in human development
- Culturally sensitive model of adolescence
- Culturally variable nature of adolescence
- Expectations of parents and adolescents
- Familism and adolescence
- Globalizing influences on adolescent development
- Multidimensional frameworks of adolescence
- Parent-adolescent dispute resolution
- Parents' views of adolescence
- Positive youth development
- Wellbeing and families
- childhood studies
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Shagufa Kapadia
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adolescence in Urban India
Book Subtitle: Cultural Construction in a Society in Transition
Authors: Shagufa Kapadia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3733-4
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3731-0Published: 25 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3897-3Published: 23 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-3733-4Published: 11 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 197
Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Developmental Psychology, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Educational Psychology