Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults across Cultures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults from Indigenous Populations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Developmental and Cross-Cultural Considerations in the Study of Well-Being Among Young People

      • Mariya Petrova, Seth J. Schwartz

      Pages 3-18

   3. The Contribution of Religiosity and Optimism on Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults in Italy

      • Cristiano Inguglia, Pasquale Musso, Nicolò Maria Iannello, Alida Lo Coco

      Pages 19-33

   4. Positive Youth Development in China

      • Bin-Bin Chen, Xixi Li, Ning Chen

      Pages 35-48

   5. A Different Pathway to Adulthood? Relationships Between Identity Formation and Positive Psychological Outcomes in Japanese Adolescents and Emerging Adults

      • Kazumi Sugimura, Kai Hatano

      Pages 49-60

   6. The Relationship Between Well-Being and Value Priorities as Well as Intersubjective Norms Among Emerging Adults in South Africa

      • Byron G. Adams, Ronald Fischer, Amina Abubakar

      Pages 61-73

   7. Thriving and Contribution among Emerging Adults in Ghana

      • Nora Wiium

      Pages 75-93

   8. Positive Affect and the Experience of Meaning in Life Among Romanian Emerging Adults

      • Carmen Buzea, Radosveta Dimitrova

      Pages 95-103

   9. Goal Orientation Profiles, Academic Achievement and Well-Being of Adolescents in Greece

      • Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, Michael A. Talias, Frosso Motti-Stefanidi

      Pages 105-120

3. Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults from Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Populations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Intersectionality and Well-Being Among Racial/Ethnic Minority and LGB Youth: Extended Family Members as Support Against Negative Parental Reactions to Coming Out

      • Jose-Michael Gonzalez, Katerina O. Sinclair, Anthony R. D’Augelli, Arnold H. Grossman

      Pages 123-144

   3. Positive Affect and School Related Outcomes: Feeling Good Facilitates School Engagement Among Turkish-Bulgarian Minority Adolescents

      • Arzu Aydinli-Karakulak, Ayben Baylar, Seray Çağla Keleş, Radosveta Dimitrova

      Pages 145-156

   4. Only Real When Shared: Social Well-Being, Collective Efficacy, and Social Networks Among Immigrant Emerging Adults in Spain

      • Magdalena Bobowik, Nekane Basabe, Anna Wlodarczyk

      Pages 157-171

   5. Overall and Contextually-Bound Well-Being: Life Satisfaction of Romanian Migrant Emerging Adults as the Outcome of a Mediated Association Acculturation-Adaptation

      • Adrian Stanciu

      Pages 173-190

   6. Collective Identity Resources for Positive Well-Being Among Turkish-Bulgarian and Muslim-Bulgarian Minority Adolescents in Bulgaria

      • Radosveta Dimitrova, Athanasios Chasiotis, Michael Bender, Fons J. R. van de Vijver

      Pages 191-207

   7. Positive Youth Development Among Chinese Migrant Youth: The Protective Roles of Future Orientation and Social Support

      • Shaobing Su, Haiying Guo, Danhua Lin

      Pages 209-222

4. Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults in a Comparative Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. Relationships Between Religiousness and Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults in Mexico and Nicaragua

      • Radosveta Dimitrova, Alejandra del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa

      Pages 225-234

   3. Parenting and Positive Adjustment for Adolescents in Nine Countries

      • Jennifer E. Lansford, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Bin-Bin Chen et al.

      Pages 235-248

The current volume presents new empirical data on well-being of youth and emerging adults from a global international perspective. Its outstanding features are the focus on vast geographical regions (e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America), and on strengths and resources for optimal well-being. The international and multidisciplinary contributions address the complexities of young people’s life in a variety of cultural settings to explore how key developmental processes such as identity, religiosity and optimism, social networks, and social interaction in families and society at large promote optimal and successful adaptation. The volume draws on core theoretical models of human development to highlight the applicability of these frameworks to culturally diverse youth and emerging adults as well as universalities and cultural specifics in optimal outcomes. With its innovative and cutting-edge approaches to cultural, theoretical and methodological issues, the book offers up-to-date evidence and insights for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the fields of cross-cultural psychology, developmental science, human development, sociology, and social work.

• Study of Well-Being among Young People
• Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults in Italy
• Positive Youth Development
• Research on Positive Youth in China
• Identity Formation and Positive Psychological Outcomes
• Well-Being among Japanese Youth and Emerging Adults
• Well-Being of Emerging Adults in South Africa
• Well-Being of Emerging Adults in Ghana
• Experiencing the Meaning of Life in Romania
• Well-Being among Racial/Ethnic Minority
• Well-Being among LGB Youth and Adolescents
• Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents in Greece
• Turkish-Bulgarian Minority Adolescents
• Social Well-Being in Spain
• Life Satisfaction of Migrants
• Positive Well-Being in Turkey and Bulgaria
• Well-Being among Young Chinese Migrants
• Religiousness and Life Satisfaction in Mexico and Nicaragua
• Promoting Optimal Well-Being

• Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

  Radosveta Dimitrova

Radosveta Dimitrova is a Docent at the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden. She holds PhD in Developmental Psychology (University of Trieste, Italy awarded the 2009 Best Doctoral Thesis by the Italian Association of Psychologists), and a PhD in Cross-Cultural Psychology (Tilburg University, the Netherlands, awarded the 2012 Student and Early Career Council Dissertation Award of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). She holds the 2016 Young Scientist Award of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, ISSBD for distinguished theoretical contribution, research and dissemination of developmental science. Her research interests regard migration, positive youth development, marginalized ethnic minority communities (Roma).

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