2024
Volunteer programs, empowerment, and life satisfaction in Jordan: mapping local knowledge and systems change to inform public policy and science diplomacy
Panter-Brick C, Qtaishat L, Eggerman J, Thomas H, Kumar P, Dajani R. Volunteer programs, empowerment, and life satisfaction in Jordan: mapping local knowledge and systems change to inform public policy and science diplomacy. Frontiers In Sociology 2024, 9: 1371760. PMID: 38873342, PMCID: PMC11170447, DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1371760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic policyVolunteer programsScience diplomacyLife satisfactionConcept of empowermentGlobal SouthSyrian refugeesCultural empowermentLocal communitiesDiverse narrativesEmpowermentLocal knowledgeLocal perspectiveParticipatory approachParticipatory methodologyIdentified several dimensionsReduce cultural biasTrained volunteersPolicyJordanian womenDiplomacyCatalyze changeCultural biasEmpirical evidenceProgram efficacy
2020
A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Adolescent Resilience
Höltge J, Theron L, Cowden RG, Govender K, Maximo SI, Carranza JS, Kapoor B, Tomar A, van Rensburg A, Lu S, Hu H, Cavioni V, Agliati A, Grazzani I, Smedema Y, Kaur G, Hurlington KG, Sanders J, Munford R, Colomeischi AA, Panter-Brick C, Sarathamani S, Boratne AV, Avudaiappan S, Patil R, Borualogo I, Katisi M, Jefferies P, Ungar M. A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Adolescent Resilience. Journal Of Adolescent Health 2020, 68: 580-588. PMID: 32919888, DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.07.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSituations of adversityYouth Resilience MeasureAdolescent resilienceYoung peopleNetwork analysisResources matterContextual resourcesCountriesResilience interventionsResilience measuresResilienceDifferent countriesResource networksEmpirical evidenceMultiple countriesEmpirical studyCentral resourceSupportive caregiversNetwork approachRelevant resourcesResourcesAdditional resourcesFirst empirical evidenceSaliencePeople
2014
Healthy Human Development as a Path to Peace
Christie D, Panter-Brick C, Behrman J, Cochrane J, Dawes A, Goth K, Hayden J, Masten A, Nasser I, Punamäki R, Tomlinson M. Healthy Human Development as a Path to Peace. 2014, 273-302. DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10243.003.0022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild developmentConcrete actionsHealthy human developmentStrengthening familiesViolent conditionsSocial underpinningsEquitable relationsReports empirical evidenceCommunity leadersHuman developmentGovernment agenciesPolicy makersSustainable partnershipsEmpirical evidencePsychologyService providersNeuroscienceChildrenCommunityPeaceGovernmentYouthPolicyConflictDisciplines