Hundreds of thousands of children are forced or legally recruited combatants in no fewer than 70 warring parties across the world. In addition to these child soldiers, thousands of youth voluntarily participate in politically related conflict. Why, how, and in what capacities are such large numbers of teenagers involved in war and how are they affected? Adolescents and War brings together world experts in an evidence-based volume to thoroughly understand and document the intricacies of youth who have had substantial involvement in political violence.
Hundreds of thousands of children are forced or legally recruited combatants in no fewer than 70 warring parties across the world. In addition to these child soldiers, thousands of youth voluntarily participate in politically related conflict. Why, how, and in what capacities are such large numbers of teenagers involved in war and how are they affected? Adolescents and War brings together world experts in an evidence-based volume to thoroughly understand and document the intricacies of youth who have had substantial involvement in political violence.
* Introduction * 1: Glimpsing the Complexity of Youth and Political Violence - Brian K. Barber * Part I. General Treatments of Youth and Political Violence * 2: An Overview of the Empirical Literature on Adolescents and Political Violence - Brian K. Barber and Julie Mikles Schluterman * 3: Why War and Military Violence Can Increase the Risk for Aggressive Child Behavior? Child- and Family-Related Issues - Raija-Leena Punamäki * 4: Growing up in Israel: Lessons on Understanding the Effects of Political Violence on Children - Michelle Slone * 5: Youth Soldiering: An Integrated Framework for Understanding Psychosocial Impact - Michael Wessells and Kathleen Kostelny * Part II. Specifying the Effects of Political Violence * 6: Young People's Perceptions of Political Violence: The Case of Northern Ireland - Orla Muldoon, Clare Cassidy, and Nichola McCullough * 7: Measuring Adolescent Perceived Support amidst War and Disaster: The Multi-Sector Social Support Inventory - Christopher Layne and colleagues * 8: The Effects of Wartime Violence on Young Bosnians' Postwar Behaviors: Policy Contours for the Reconstruction Period - Robert J. McCouch * Part III. Expanding the Scope of Inquiry into Youth and Political Violence * 9: Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning after Political Conflict: Examining Adolescents of the First Palestinian Intifada - Brian K. Barber and Joseph A. Olsen * 10: Mozambican Child Soldier Life Outcome Study - Neil Boothby, Jennifer Crawford, and Agostinho Mamade * 11: Tasting the World: Life after Wartime for Bosnian Teens in Chicago - Steven Weine and colleagues * 12: Making Sense and No Sense of War: Issues of Identity and Meaning in Adolescents Experience with Political Conflict - Brian K. Barber * Conclusion * 13: Moving Forward with Research on Adolescents and Political Violence - Brian K. Barber
* Introduction * 1: Glimpsing the Complexity of Youth and Political Violence - Brian K. Barber * Part I. General Treatments of Youth and Political Violence * 2: An Overview of the Empirical Literature on Adolescents and Political Violence - Brian K. Barber and Julie Mikles Schluterman * 3: Why War and Military Violence Can Increase the Risk for Aggressive Child Behavior? Child- and Family-Related Issues - Raija-Leena Punamäki * 4: Growing up in Israel: Lessons on Understanding the Effects of Political Violence on Children - Michelle Slone * 5: Youth Soldiering: An Integrated Framework for Understanding Psychosocial Impact - Michael Wessells and Kathleen Kostelny * Part II. Specifying the Effects of Political Violence * 6: Young People's Perceptions of Political Violence: The Case of Northern Ireland - Orla Muldoon, Clare Cassidy, and Nichola McCullough * 7: Measuring Adolescent Perceived Support amidst War and Disaster: The Multi-Sector Social Support Inventory - Christopher Layne and colleagues * 8: The Effects of Wartime Violence on Young Bosnians' Postwar Behaviors: Policy Contours for the Reconstruction Period - Robert J. McCouch * Part III. Expanding the Scope of Inquiry into Youth and Political Violence * 9: Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning after Political Conflict: Examining Adolescents of the First Palestinian Intifada - Brian K. Barber and Joseph A. Olsen * 10: Mozambican Child Soldier Life Outcome Study - Neil Boothby, Jennifer Crawford, and Agostinho Mamade * 11: Tasting the World: Life after Wartime for Bosnian Teens in Chicago - Steven Weine and colleagues * 12: Making Sense and No Sense of War: Issues of Identity and Meaning in Adolescents Experience with Political Conflict - Brian K. Barber * Conclusion * 13: Moving Forward with Research on Adolescents and Political Violence - Brian K. Barber
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