Vulnerable Children and Youth in Brazil : Innovative Approaches from the Psychology of Social Development

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Studying Human Development in Situations of Vulnerability in Brazil (Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Silvia Helena Koller)....Pages 1-6 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 Intrafamily Violence: A Study on Vulnerability and Resilience (Alessandra Marques Cecconello, Silvia Helena Koller)....Pages 9-25 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 Theoretical-Methodological Aspects of Research on Violence in Adolescent Dating Relationships (Jeane Lessinger Borges, Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio)....Pages 41-54 Research on the Disclosure of Sexual Violence: Ethical and Methodological Paths (Samara Silva dos Santos, Andressa Sauzem Mayer, Suélem Lopes Silva)....Pages 55-75 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 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 Front Matter ....Pages 103-103 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 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 Emerging Adulthood in Brazil: Socioeconomic Influences and Methodological Issues in the Study of Young Adults (Luciana Dutra-Thomé, Anderson Siqueira Pereira)....Pages 141-153 Front Matter ....Pages 155-155 Longitudinal Adolescent Mother-Infant Interactions: How Do They Happen Within Vulnerable Backgrounds? (Eva Diniz, Silvia Helena Koller)....Pages 157-168 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 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 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 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 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 Front Matter ....Pages 245-245 The Applicability of Hidden Resilience in the Lives of Adolescents Involved in Drug Trafficking (Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa, Renata Maria Coimbra, Amity Noltemeyer, Dorothy Bottrell)....Pages 247-260 Systematization of Recording in Field Diary: A Case of a Research in Brazilian Juvenile Detention Centers (Vinicius Coscioni)....Pages 261-274 Back Matter ....Pages 275-282