Rural Ethnic Minority Youth and Families in the United States

Chapter 1: Ethnic and Racial Minority Youth in the Rural United States: An Overview.- Chapter 2: Racial Ethnic Minority Youth in Rural America: Theoretical Perspectives, Conceptual Challenges and Future Directions.- Chapter 3 Latinos in Rural, New Immigrant Destinations: A Modification of the Integrative Model of Child Development.- Chapter 4: Theoretical Perspectives on African American Youth and Families in Rural Settings.- Chapter 5: Theoretical Perspectives on Asian American Youth and Families in Rural and New Immigrant Destinations.- Chapter 6: Development and Well-Being of Rural Latino Youth: Research Findings and Methodological Aspects.- Chapter 7: School, Community, and Cultural Connectedness as Predictors of Adjustment Among Rural American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Adolescents.- Chapter 8: African American Couples in Rural Contexts.- Chapter 9: Minority Families in the Rural United States: Family Processes, Child Care, and Early Schooling.- Chapter 10: Rural Latino/a Youth and Parents on the Northern Great Plains: Preliminary Findings from the Latino Youth Care Project (LYCP).- Chapter 11: Suicide and Substance Use Disorder Prevention for Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Youth.- Chapter 12: Rural African American Adolescents Development: A Critical Review of Empirical Studies and Preventive Intervention Programs.- Chapter 13: Strengths-Based Educational Interventions in Rural Settings: Promoting Child Development through Home-School Partnerships.- Chapter 14: Promoting Supportive Contexts for Minority Youth in Low-Resource Rural Communities: The SEALS Model, Directed Consultation, and the Scouting Report Approach.- Chapter 15: Future Prospects for Studying Ethnic and Racial Minority Youths and Families in Diverse Rural and Nonrural Contexts.

Lisa J. Crockett, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an expert on adolescent development, risk behavior, parenting, and ethnic group differences. Her work on rural youth includes a 10-year longitudinal study extending from early adolescence to early adulthood and a study of the psychological, cultural, and contextual factors that contribute to adjustment among Latino/a youth from rural and urban communities.  Her research has been funded by NIH and NSF and published in numerous journal articles and books. Her co-edited volumes include Negotiating Adolescence in Times of Social Change, Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships, and Health Disparities in Families and Youth: Research and Applications.

Gustavo Carlo, Ph.D., is the Millsap Professor of Diversity and Multicultural Studies, the Director of the Center for Family Policy and Research, and the Co-Director of the Center for Children and Families Across Cultures, at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. He is an expert on child and adolescent development, cultural studies, parenting, and personality. His research on prosocial competencies in diverse children and families has been published in well over 100 peer-reviewed articles, and he has co-edited several volumes (e.g., Handbook of U.S. Latino Psychology; Health Disparities in Youth and Families: Research and Applications; Moral Development Across the Life Span). NSF and NIH have funded Dr. Carlo's research. He has also worked on education programs and evaluation focusing on Latino/a children and is currently PI or Co-PI on several programs focusing on early childhood education in low-SES families.