ThisbookexploresPositiveYouthDevelopment(PYD)inRomaethnicminorityyouth.Standingapartfromcurrentvolumes,thisbookfocusesontheRomaethnicminority--oneofthemostmarginalizedandoppressedminoritygroupsinEurope--andonstrengthsandresourcesforoptimalwell-beinginthecommunity.TheinternationalandmultidisciplinarycontributorstothisbookaddressthecomplexitiesofRomalifeinavarietyofculturalsettings,exploringhowkeydevelopmentalprocessesandperson-contextinteractionscancontributetooptimalandsuccessfuladaptation.TheconclusionsclarifyhowthePYDofethnicminoritychildrenandyouthmaybefosteredbasedontheempiricalfindingsreportedinthevolume.ThebookdrawsoncoretheoreticalmodelsofPYDandtheoriesofnormativedevelopmentfromtheperspectiveofdevelopmentalsciencetohighlighttheapplicabilityoftheseframeworkstoRomagroups.Withaspecialfocusoncultural,contextual,andsocio-economiccharacteristicsofRoma,thisprojectalsoaimstoprovideabetterunderstandingofwhatdoesandwhatdoesnotcontributetothesuccessofyouthinoppressedminoritygroups.
