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Youth Perspectives on Risk and Resiliency: A Case Study from Juiz De Fora, Brazil

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Morrison, Penelope; Nikolajski, Cara; Borrero, Sonya; Zickmund, Susan – Youth & Society, 2014

The present work seeks to contribute to studies of cross-cultural risk and resiliency by presenting results from qualitative research with adolescents attending programs for at-risk youth in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. In 1990, Brazil introduced the Child and Adolescent Act (ECA), a significant piece of legislation that has had a direct impact on how…

Descriptors: Risk, Resilience (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Adolescent Attitudes