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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of research on adolescence |
| Early online date | 16 May 2024 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 16 May 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
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Cultural Studies
- Psychology(all)
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences(all)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Neuroscience(all)
- Behavioral Neuroscience
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In: Journal of research on adolescence, 16.05.2024.
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T1 - Embracing the hidden potential: The contribution of majority world research to developmental science
AU - Baiden, Philip
AU - Zheng, Yao
AU - Nguyen, Amanda J.
AU - Espinosa-Hernandez, Graciela
AU - Magis-Weinberg, Lucía
AU - Titzmann, Peter F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research on Adolescence.
PY - 2024/5/16
Y1 - 2024/5/16
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - challenges and barriers
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U2 - 10.1111/jora.12958
DO - 10.1111/jora.12958
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JO - Journal of research on adolescence
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