Generation Disaster
Coming of Age Post-9/11
Published on 13. August 2021
336 pages
978-0-19-006164-7 (ISBN)
Description
Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 focuses on the numerous stressors that have had an impact on today's emerging adults including climate change, school shootings, economic recession, and of course, the national trauma of 9/11. Disaster mental health expert Karla Vermeulen draws on a combination of statistics, academic sources, and her own original research, including results from a nationally representative survey, to examine these challenges as they are experienced by emerging adults who continue to fight for their future. The result is a corrective to previous works that dismiss "kids today" as fragile or entitled, and instead emphasizes the generation's strength in the face of unprecedented uncertainties and obstacles.
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10/2021
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Karla Vermeulen, Ph.D., is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health and an Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY New Paltz, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in disaster mental health, grief counseling, and developmental psychology. In addition to teaching and research, she has coordinated the development and production of training curricula on disaster mental health for the New York State Department of Health and Office of Mental Health, the American Red Cross, the United Nations, and other organizations.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction
Section 1: Generation Disaster in Their Youth: Formative Experiences
Chapter 2. Meet Generation Disaster
Chapter 3. Parenting Post-9/11
Chapter 4. Lockdown Drills in Kindergarten: The Threat (Perceived and Actual) of School Shootings
Section 2: Generation Disaster in Emerging Adulthood: The Current Impact of Cumulative Early Stressors
Chapter 5. Unsafe at Any Time
Chapter 6. Mistrusting Authorities in an Unstable World
Chapter 7. Climate Change and Expectations for the Future of the Planet
Chapter 8. Questioning College: Necessary, Expensive, and No Guarantee of Success
Section 3: Generation Disaster Moving Forward: How Will They Shape Our Future Society?
Chapter 9. Economic Expectations
Chapter 10. Family Expectations
Chapter 11. Conclusion
