Several Selves and Many Homes: Black Youths Adaptation to Geographical and Cultural Mobility

Chapters in this book

1. I-IV I
2. General Editor's Preface V
3. Preface IX
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE Growth and Health Care in Adolescence
6. Growth After Puberty 17
7. Late Adolescent Changes in Weight 55
8. Growth and Development Patterns and Human Differentiation in Papua New Guinean Communities 65
9. Physical Growth and the Social Environment: A West African Example 79
10. Medical Care of Adolescents in a Suburban Community 93
11. Psychotherapy in Adolescents 109
12. Transcultural Aspects of Mental Illness Among Puerto Rican Adolescents in New York 113
13. PART TWO The Cultural Context
14. Several Selves and Many Homes: Black Youths Adaptation to Geographical and Cultural Mobility 125
15. Impact of Urbanization on Life Patterns of the Ga Adolescent 137
16. Mississippi Choctaw Youth 161
17. Future Time Perspectives and Attitudes of New Zealand Maori and Pakeha Adolescents 167
18. The Economic Importance of Children in a Javanese Village 187
19. The Community of Young People in a Transylvanian Village 207
20. Community Interrelations with the Government: A Study of Adolescent Group Movements in a Japanese Fishing Community 213
21. Parental Authority and Family Size: A Chinese Case 239
22. Psychological Correlates of Family Socialization in the United States and Korea 273
23. Intragroup Competitive Pressures and the Selection of Social Strategies: Neglected Paradigms in the Study of Adolescent Socialization 287
24. Students and Society: A Cross- National Comparison of Youth Attitudes and Values 315
25. Biographical Notes 335
26. Index of Names 341
27. Index of Subjects 345