Competence and Character Through Life
Published on 28. July 1998
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-226-11316-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this collection, leading psychologists, sociologists and criminologists highlight the potential for positive human development in different domains. Covering the years from youth to middle age, they examine a range of social, political and moral components of "competence and character", from teenage pregnancy and life-planning skills to voting records and educational attainment in low income households. By positing the possibility of multiple pathways of development rather than a single universal sequence, the contributors view the individual as potentially advancing in a wide range of interrelated and overlapping competencies. This volume frames issues, events and longitudinal data through the lens of possibility rather than the pathology of defeat, stressing a positive approach to the conception of human potential.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
40 tables, 11 figures
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-11316-6 (9780226113166)
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Content
Preface List of Contributors 1: Reflections on Character and Competence Diana Baumrind 2: Future Talk: The Role of the Family in the Development of Competence at Planning Mary Gauvain, Ruth Duran Huard. 3: Competence in Sexual Decision-Making by African-American, Female Adolescents: The Role of Peer Relations and Future Plans Marion K. Underwood 4: The Long-term Reach of Adolescent Competence: Socioeconomic Achievement in the Lives of Disadvantaged Men John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson. 5: An Expert-Novice Approach to Assessing Implicit Models of the Self Jill Bond Caire, Patricia Pliner, Sarah C. Stoker. 6: Family Values about Education and Their Transmission Among Black Inner-City Young Women Naomi B. Farber, Roberta Rehner Iversen. 7: Exploring American Character in the Sixties Generation Connie Flanagan 8: Family Structure and Political Participation of African-American Women Eric Plutzer 9: Adult Character: Agency, Communion, Insight, and the Expression of Generativity in Midlife Adults Shelley MacDermid, Carol E. Franz, Lee Ann De Reus. Author Index Subject Index