Vulnerable Children and Youth in Brazil

1. Front Matter

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2. Studying Human Development in Situations of Vulnerability in Brazil

   • Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Silvia Helena Koller

   Pages 1-6

3. Contexts of Violence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Intrafamily Violence: A Study on Vulnerability and Resilience

      • Alessandra Marques Cecconello, Silvia Helena Koller

      Pages 9-25

   3. Methodological Aspects of Research on Violence Against Adolescents in Brazilian Public Schools

      • Jaqueline Portella Giordani, Naiana Dapieve Patias, Doralúcia Gil da Silva, Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio

      Pages 27-40

   4. Theoretical-Methodological Aspects of Research on Violence in Adolescent Dating Relationships

      • Jeane Lessinger Borges, Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio

      Pages 41-54

   5. Research on the Disclosure of Sexual Violence: Ethical and Methodological Paths

      • Samara Silva dos Santos, Andressa Sauzem Mayer, Suélem Lopes Silva

      Pages 55-75

   6. An Integrative Conceptual Model for Enhanced Understanding of the Dynamics of Sexual Violence Against Children

      • Jean Von Hohendorff, Debra Nelson-Gardell, Luísa Fernanda Habigzang, Silvia Helena Koller

      Pages 77-88

   7. Discussion on Prejudice and Empathy in Children and Adolescents in Situations of Social Vulnerability: Proposition of Interventions

      • André Verzoni, Carolina Saraiva de Macedo Lisboa

      Pages 89-101

4. Risk and Protective Factors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Protective Factors for the Development of Adolescents with DM1: An Interface Between Positive Psychology and Health Psychology

      • Luciana Cassarino-Perez, Juliana Prytula Greco-Soares, Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio

      Pages 105-121

   3. Youth Positive Development Through Sport: Strategies from Social Project Coaches in Brazil and Spain

      • Maurício Pinto Marques, Luciano Alencastro, Rodrigo de Vargas Araújo

      Pages 123-140

   4. Emerging Adulthood in Brazil: Socioeconomic Influences and Methodological Issues in the Study of Young Adults

      • Luciana Dutra-Thomé, Anderson Siqueira Pereira

      Pages 141-153

5. Vulnerability in Mother-Infant Relations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Longitudinal Adolescent Mother-Infant Interactions: How Do They Happen Within Vulnerable Backgrounds?

      • Eva Diniz, Silvia Helena Koller

      Pages 157-168

   3. Ensuring the Rights of Birthmothers to Place Their Children for Adoption

      • Aline Cardoso Siqueira, Daniele Dalla Porta, Marina Peripolli Antoniazzi, Suane Pastoriza Faraj

      Pages 169-188

6. Institutional Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Children’s Perceptions of the Relational and Educational Practices at Shelter Institutions

      • Eliane Lima Piske, Angela Adriane Schmidt Bersch, Maria Angela Mattar Yunes

      Pages 191-210

   3. The Use of Visual Methods and Reflexive Interviews in the Research with Children Living in Foster Care

      • Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa, Jaqueline Knupp Medeiros, Débora Belizário da Fonseca, Linda Lienbeberg

      Pages 211-227

   4. Social Images of Children in Care, Their Families, and Residential Care Institutions

      • Bruna Wendt, Jana Gonçalves Zappe, Juliano Beck Scott, Aline Cardoso Siqueira, Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio

      Pages 229-243

This book presents the results of researches conducted with children and youth at risk for over 20 years in Brazil. It addresses a series of topics related to children and youth living in poverty or in situations of social vulnerability, such as family, sexual and dating violence; adolescent mothers and mothers who put their children for adoption; children and youth living in foster and institutional care; and adolescents involved in drug trafficking or incarcerated in juvenile detention centers.

Building upon the Bioecological Theory of Human Development, this volume emphasizes the innovative knowledge about psychosocial development of vulnerable children and youth produced in Brazil and aims to present theoretical and methodological approaches developed especially for the countries of the Global South, in an attempt to overcome the scientific divide between the North and South. Northern research agenda defines as global the theories, methodologies, and application of knowledge on social policies and interventions. However, the contexts, histories, and cultural processes are essential for producing and applying research knowledge according to specific regional characteristics, organizations, and conditions. Human development is related to contextual features and cannot be directly imported from one place to another.

Departing from these original theoretical and methodological approaches, the book also presents the results of evidence-based interventions, showing its effectiveness in specific contexts. All of this makes Vulnerable Children and Youth in Brazil – Innovative Approaches from the Psychology of Social Development a valuable tool for psychologists, educators, social scientists and public health professionals studying or working with children and youth at risk in different parts of the world, contributing to the understanding of human development in cultural context.  

 

 

• Children at risk
• Youth at risk
• Children in poverty
• Children and youth in need
• Children and youth rights
• Children for adoption
• Social vulnerability
• Resilience
• Bioecological Theory of Human Development
• Family violence
• Violence at school
• Dating violence
• Sexual violence against children
• Drug trafficking
• Foster care
• Social stigma
• Psychology of Global South
• childhood studies
• maternal and child health

• Psychology Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  Débora Dalbosco Dell'Aglio, Silvia Helena Koller

Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio is a professor of the Psychology Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where she coordinates the Center for Studies and Research in Adolescence (NEPA), advising master and PhD students. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and her research focuses on broad questions of human development, with special attention to the following topics: adolescence, institutionalization, coping, sexual abuse, support network, well-being, resilience, personal risk, violence exposition and contextual variables. Dr. Dell’Aglio has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and 38 chapters in edited volumes. She has also edited five books in Brazil and has a productivity grant from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development.

Silvia H. Koller is a professor of the Psychology Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where she directs the Center for Studies of At-Risk Children, Youth and Families (CEP-Rua). She holds a PhD in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and her research focuses on broad questions of development and social cognition, including risk and resilience among impoverished and homeless children and adolescents, children’s rights, violence, prejudice, and positive psychology. Dr. Koller has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and 40 chapters in edited volumes in national, regional, and international outlets on these topics. She also edited more than 10 books in Brazil. She leads an active research group that has conducted numerous empirical studies and developed and/or evaluated programs that focus on promoting social justice; preventing and treating emotional, sexual and physical abuse and outcomes; training teachers and professionals who work with at-risk populations, and fostering economic and international development. Dr. Koller has received funding from the Kellogg Foundation, World Childhood Foundation (WCF), World Bank, and Brazilian agencies. Through these activities, Dr. Koller has established a major network of contacts and research collaborations throughout the five continents.

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