Uwe P. Gielen, PhD, is the founder and executive director of the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology as well as professor emeritus at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NY.
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, PhD, is the Jack Reilly Professor of Childhood and Family Studies and director of the Jack Reilly Institute for Early Childhood and Provider Education at Syracuse University.

Preface
Introduction
Uwe P. Gielen
Part I Worldwide Perspectives on Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 1
The Cross-Cultural Study of Human Development: A Skeptical Yet Optimistic Historical Introduction
Uwe P. Gielen
Chapter 2
Cultural Models of Stages in Child Development
M. Annette Grove and David F. Lancy
Chapter 3
The Changing Lives of 2.2 Billion Children: Global Demographic Trends and Economic Disparities
Uwe P. Gielen
Chapter 4
Literacy Development: Global Research and Policy Perspectives
Daniel A. Wagner, Fatima Tuz Zahra, and Jinsol Lee
Part II Childcare, Parenting, and Family Systems
Chapter 5
Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection in the Arab World: How Do They Influence Children's Development?
Ramadan A. Ahmed, Ronald P. Rohner, Abdul Khaleque, and Uwe P. Gielen
Chapter 6
Family Structure and Socialization Patterns in Caribbean and Caribbean Immigrant Families: Developmental Outcomes
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Elif Dede Yildirim
Chapter 7
Parents and Childcare in South Korean and Japanese Families
Jung-Hwan Hyun, Jun Nakazawa, David W. Shwalb, and Barbara J. Shwalb
Part III Three Themes in Children's Lives: Gender Roles, Siblings, and Becoming an Adolescent
Chapter 8
Gender Roles in Childhood and Adolescence
Deborah L. Best and Caitlin D. Bush
Chapter 9
Sibling Interactions
Ashley E. Maynard
Chapter 10
Adolescents in the Majority World
Katelyn E. Poelker and Judith L. Gibbons
Part IV Transnational and Immigrant Children
Chapter 11
Growing Up Internationally, and How It Shapes a Child
Gene H. Bell-Villada
Chapter 12
Adaptation of Immigrant Children, Adolescents, and Their Families
John W. Berry and Paul Vedder
Chapter 13
Chinese American Adolescents and Emerging Adults in New York City: Striving for a Place in the Sun
Jennifer Ho and Uwe P. Gielen
Part V Difficult Circumstances and Adjustments
Chapter 14
Violence against Girls
Janet A. Sigal, Carrol S. Perrino, Florence L. Denmark, Emily A. A. Dow, Renata Strashnaya, Talia Zarbiv, and Felicia Wright
Chapter 15
Cultural Nuances and Other Particulars That Impact Street Children and War-Traumatized Adolescents
Lewis Aptekar and Lisa Oliver
Chapter 16
Developmental Psychopathology: Multicultural Challenges, Findings, and Applications
Thomas M. Achenbach
Epilogue
Cross-Cultural Human Development: Following the Yellow Brick Road in Search of New Approaches for the 21st Century
Harry W. Gardiner
Selected Bibliography
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

This comprehensive reference analyzes psychological and anthropological studies concerning child and adolescent development across cultures, digging into often-forgotten topics like street children, child soldiers, and parenting in war-torn countries.
Traditionally, research on child and adolescent development has focused on American youth, inadvertently neglecting 96 percent of the world's children. This all-encompassing volume introduces global perspectives on young people across the globe, focusing on such topics as parenting and childcare, gender roles, violence against girls, adolescence in poor and rich countries, and developmental psychopathology across cultures. Recently updated, the second edition includes the latest findings in the field, additional content, and new photos and charts.
With contributions from leading psychological and anthropological scholars, chapters address worldwide changes in children's lives, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, immigrant children and their families, and adolescents in both industrialized and developing nations. A special section discusses children living in difficult circumstances, including street children, child soldiers, global nomads, and children suffering from various internalizing and externalizing disorders. This book is the perfect introduction to the latest trends in developmental psychology.