Embracing the hidden potential: The contribution of majority world research to developmental science

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Authors

  • Philip Baiden
  • Yao Zheng
  • Amanda J. Nguyen
  • Graciela Espinosa-Hernandez
  • Lucía Magis-Weinberg
  • Peter F. Titzmann

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • University of Alberta
  • University of Virginia
  • University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • University of Washington
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)521-525
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of research on adolescence
Volume34
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jul 2024

Abstract

Research on adolescence from the Majority World possesses major hidden potential in contributing to global adolescent research and developmental science more broadly. In this commentary, the authors (1) describe the background and the process through which this special issue came into fruition, (2) introduce the emic approaches to study the influences of macro-contextual variations on developmental science and provide several pertinent examples on the contributions of Majority World research, (3) elaborate on challenges and barriers that Majority World scholars often face in conducting and disseminating their research, and (4) a few actionable steps and recommendations in promoting the representation and inclusion of Majority World research into global developmental science. Only when our field fully integrates findings from all regions of the world will we be able to develop a fundamental scientific representation and understanding of what it means to be an adolescent, how adolescents develop over time, and what tasks or phenomena in adolescent development are truly universal or specific to particular groups, regions, or areas.

Keywords

    challenges and barriers, global developmental science, majority world research

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Embracing the hidden potential: The contribution of majority world research to developmental science. / Baiden, Philip; Zheng, Yao; Nguyen, Amanda J. et al.
In: Journal of research on adolescence, Vol. 34, No. 2, 08.07.2024, p. 521-525.

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Baiden, P, Zheng, Y, Nguyen, AJ, Espinosa-Hernandez, G, Magis-Weinberg, L & Titzmann, PF 2024, 'Embracing the hidden potential: The contribution of majority world research to developmental science', Journal of research on adolescence, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 521-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12958
Baiden, P., Zheng, Y., Nguyen, A. J., Espinosa-Hernandez, G., Magis-Weinberg, L., & Titzmann, P. F. (2024). Embracing the hidden potential: The contribution of majority world research to developmental science. Journal of research on adolescence, 34(2), 521-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12958
Baiden P, Zheng Y, Nguyen AJ, Espinosa-Hernandez G, Magis-Weinberg L, Titzmann PF. Embracing the hidden potential: The contribution of majority world research to developmental science. Journal of research on adolescence. 2024 Jul 8;34(2):521-525. doi: 10.1111/jora.12958
Baiden, Philip ; Zheng, Yao ; Nguyen, Amanda J. et al. / Embracing the hidden potential : The contribution of majority world research to developmental science. In: Journal of research on adolescence. 2024 ; Vol. 34, No. 2. pp. 521-525.
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