Madelene Sta. Maria
De La Salle University, Philippines
Biography
Madelene Sta. Maria is currently teaching and doing research at De La Salle University in Manila. She teaches graduate courses in human development and her researches to include investigations on risk and protection mechanisms in adolescent development, on social networks among older adults, and on resilience among youth living on the streets. Her researches also cover the area community mental health interventions and programs. She is currently doing researches on teenage pregnancies and on the impact of transnational family structures on the development of left-behind children and on caregiving arrangements in the Filipino family. Her publications have been on the sociocultural approach to the study of the self, spiritual development, adolescent mental health, the socioemotional development in aging, global citizenship, and on youth-at-risk.
Abstract
Abstract : Positive psychology in the life span