Revenge across Childhood and Adolescence
Revenge across Childhood and Adolescence
This volume brings together research on revenge across childhood and adolescence to explore how revenge is a part of normative development, but also arises from maladaptive social environments. The chapters demonstrate the ways in which revenge is intertwined with social, emotional, cognitive, and moral development as well as being informed by interpersonal experiences within familial, educational, community, and cultural social settings. The book summarizes international scholarship on revenge across early childhood to late adolescence from a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. The authors address how individual differences in revenge emerge as an adaptation to the challenges faced when growing up in adverse social and societal conditions. They then suggest a range of avenues for effective intervention that take account of the complexity of revenge as a psychological and social phenomenon.
- Presents diverse theoretical and disciplinary perspectives on revenge in childhood and adolescence
- Considers a variety of approaches aimed at addressing revenge in childhood and adolescence across various levels of youth social ecologies
- Maps out the ways in which revenge is part of normative development, but also emerges from adverse social environments
Reviews & endorsements
‘The editors bring together an impressive group of international researchers who explore both developmental similarities and cross-cultural differences in revenge. This is an essential resource for scholars, educators, and anyone interested in child development.’ William Arsenio, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Yeshiva University, USA
‘This is a very important and timely contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of aggression and violence in childhood and adolescence. Revenge often has been overlooked as a driver of violence, and preventive interventions have not paid enough attention to this powerful motive.’ Nancy Guerra, Dean of the School of Social Ecology and Professor of Psychological Science, University of California Irvine, USA
‘This is the most comprehensive and in-depth investigation of the topic of revenge in children and adolescents currently available. It has a distinguished and international roster of contributors examining revenge at multiple levels from the person to society and in the context of children's lived experience and development.’ Charles C. Helwig, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada
‘This is a gem of a book. It addresses an overlooked aspect of moral development. The editors brilliantly set the stage for this wonderful volume. The chapters are all highly original contributions from the very best researchers in the field of moral development.’ Larry Nucci, Adjunct Professor of Human Development and Learning Sciences, University of California Berkeley and Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
‘This is an insightful, thought-provoking, and theoretically sophisticated new volume. It shows how we struggle with vengeance beginning in early childhood, pondering the moral status of revenge and its complex relations with justice, retribution, retaliation, forgiveness, and mercy.’ David Moshman, Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
‘Parents, counselors working with youth, and school administrators seeking an informed understanding of revenge and the retaliatory behaviors youthful actors present will value this work … Recommended.’ R. E. Osborne, CHOICE
Product details
July 2021Hardback
9781108489362
350 pages
235 × 160 × 21 mm
0.63kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. And if you Wrong us, Shall we not Revenge? The Value of Grappling With the Experience of Revenge Among Youth Cecilia Wainryb and Holly Recchia
- 2. A Framework for Understanding Variation in Youth Revenge Motivations and Retaliatory Behaviors Kristina L. McDonald, Joo Young Yang, Sunmi Seo and Stephen A. Erath
- 3. Normative Changes and Individual Differences in Retaliation Judgments: A Constructivist Developmental Perspective Courtney L. Ball, Judith G. Smetana, Jessica S. Caporaso, Janet J. Boseovski and Stuart Marcovitch
- 4. Developing Revenge in Early Childhood: Current Evidence and Future Directions Charles P. Baxley and Audun Dahl
- 5. Understanding Youths' Retaliatory Experiences Through the Lens of Moral Agency Holly Recchia and Cecilia Wainryb
- 6. Cultural Systems and the Development of Norms Governing Revenge and Retribution Karin S. Frey, Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi, Zoe Higheagle Strong and Ian A. Waller
- 7. Settling the Score in a Zero-Sum Game: Understanding Revenge Among Urban Male Youth Overexposed to Gun Violence Deanna L. Wilkinson
- 8. Intergroup Processes: Revenge among Youth Living Amid Protracted Conflict Dean O'Driscoll, Angelica Restrepo and Laura K. Taylor
- 9. Revenge, Justice Systems, and Institutional Trust in Schools: Narrative Considerations Monisha Pasupathi and Paula Smith
- 10. The Importance of a Positive School Climate in Addressing Youth Retaliation Allison Ann Payne and Denise Wilson
- 11. Socioemotional Competencies and Positive Classroom Climate as Alternatives to Prevent Revenge in Colombian Schools Andrea Bustamante, Ana MarÃa Velásquez and Enrique Chaux
- 12. Looking Back and Charting a Course: Considering Individual, Interpersonal and Institutional Contributions to the Development of Revenge in Childhood and Adolescence Holly Recchia and Cecilia Wainryb.
