Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth

Abstract

Foreword vii Preface xi Contributors xv 1 Research Perspectives and Future Possibilities in the Study of Thriving and Spirituality: A View of the Issues 1 Amy Eva Alberts Warren, Richard M. Lerner, and Erin Phelps Part I: Biological Contexts of Positive Youth Development and Spirituality 2 Prefrontal Cortical Activation During Emotion Regulation: Linking Religious/Spiritual Practices With Well-Being 19 Heather L. Urry, Robert W. Roeser, Sara W. Lazar, and Alan P. Poey 3 Closeness of All Kinds: The Role of Oxytocin and Vasopressin in the Physiology of Spiritual and Religious Behavior 33 Elena L. Grigorenko 4 Positive Youth Development and Age-Related Changes in Cortical Thickness During Adolescence 61 Tomas Paus, Gabriel Leonard, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Richard M. Lerner, Michel Perron, G. Bruce Pike, Louis Richer, Roberto Toro, Suzanne Veillette, and Zdenka Pausova 5 Neural Correlates of Positive Youth Development 77 Sara W. Lazar Part II: Individual and Psychological Contexts of Positive Youth Development and Spirituality 6 Strengthening Human Potential for Great Love-Compassion Through Elaborative Development 91 Amy Eva Alberts Warren 7 When Beliefs Fit and When They Don't: Religious Conversion, Spirituality, and Positive Youth Development 129 David Henry Feldman, Mona M. Abo-Zena, Robert W. Roeser, and Amy Eva Alberts Warren 8 The Shared Pathways of Religious/Spiritual Engagement and Positive Youth Development 167 Gabriel S. Spiewak and Lonnie R. Sherrod 9 Religious Adolescents' Views of Success and Spirituality 183 Jenni Menon Mariano, Robert W. Roeser, Paula Taylor Greathouse, and Sonia S. Issac Koshy 10 Assessing the Relationship Between Ethnic and Religious Identity Among and Between Diverse American Youth 205 Aerika S. Brittian and Margaret Beale Spencer Part III: Social and Cultural Contexts of Positive Youth Development and Spirituality 11 Contributions Despite Challenges: Exploring Positive Youth Development Among Muslim American Youth 233 Selcuk R. Sirin, Mona M. Abo-Zena, and Hala Shehadeh 12 The Role of Religion and Worship Communities in the Positive Development of Immigrant Youth 255 Carola Suarez-Orozco, Sukhmani Singh, Mona M. Abo-Zena, Dan Du, and Robert W. Roeser 13 The Interplay of Self-Transcendence and Psychological Maturity Among Israeli College Students 289 Ofra Mayseless and Pninit Russo-Netzer 14 Belief Systems and Positive Youth Development Among Chinese and American Youth 309 Wei Zhang, Dan Du, and Shuangju Zhen Afterword 333 Author Index 343 Subject Index 359