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Preface | |
Introduction: The Study of Adolescent Development | |
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Adolescence | |
The Boundaries of Adolescence | |
A Framework for Studying Adolescent Development | |
Theoretical Perspectives on Adolescence | |
Stereotypes Versus Scientific Study | |
The Fundamental Changes of Adolescence | |
Biological Transitions | |
Puberty: An Overview | |
Somatic Development | |
Timing and Tempo of Puberty | |
The Psychological and Social Impacts of Puberty | |
Eating Disorders | |
Physical Health and Health Care in Adolescence | |
Cognitive Transitions | |
Changes in Cognition | |
Theoretical Perspectives on Adolescent Thinking | |
The Adolescent Brain | |
Individual Differences in Intelligence in Adolescence | |
Adolescent Thinking in Context | |
Social Transitions | |
Social Redefinition and Psychosocial Development | |
The Elongation of Adolescence | |
Adolescence as a Social Invention | |
Changes in Status | |
The Process of Social Redefinition | |
The Transition into Adulthood in Contemporary Society | |
The Influence of Neighborhood Conditions on Adolescent Development | |
The Contexts of Adolescence | |
Families | |
Is Conflict Between Teenagers and Parents Inevitable? | |
Family Relationships at Adolescence | |
Family Relationships and Adolescent Development | |
Behavioral Genetics and Adolescent Development | |
The Adolescent’s Family in a Changing Society | |
The Importance of the Family in Adolescent Development | |
Peer Groups | |
The Origins of Adolescent Peer Groups in Contemporary Society | |
The Adolescent Peer Group: A Problem or a Necessity? | |
The Nature of Adolescent Peer Groups | |
Adolescents and Their Crowds | |
Adolescents and Their Cliques | |
Popularity and Rejection in Adolescent Peer Groups | |
The Peer Group and Psychosocial Development | |
Schools | |
The Broader Context of Secondary Education | |
The Social Organization of Schools | |
Classroom Climate | |
Beyond High School | |
Schools and Adolescent Development | |
Work, Leisure, and the Mass Media | |
Adolescents’ Free Time in Contemporary Society | |
Adolescents and Work | |
Adolescents and Leisure | |
Adolescents and the Mass Media | |
Free Time and Adolescent Development | |
Psychosocial Development During Adolescence | |
Identity | |
Identity as an Adolescent Issue | |
Changes in Self-Conceptions | |
Changes in Self-Esteem | |
The Adolescent Identity Crisis | |
Research on Identity Development | |
The Development of Ethnic Identity | |
Gender-Role Development | |
Autonomy | |
Autonomy as an Adolescent Issue | |
The Development of Emotional Autonomy | |
The Development of Behavioral Autonomy | |
The Development of Value Autonomy | |
Intimacy | |
Intimacy as an Adolescent Issue | |
Theoretical Perspectives on Adolescent Intimacy | |
The Development of Intimacy in Adolescence | |
Dating and Romantic Relationships | |
Intimacy and Psychosocial Development | |
Sexuality | |
Sexuality as an Adolescent Issue | |
How Sexually Permissive Is Contemporary Society? | |
Sexual Activity During Adolescence | |
The Sexually Active Adolescent | |
Teenage Pregnancy and Childbearing | |
Achievement | |
Achievement as an Adolescent Issue | |
Achievement Motives and Beliefs | |
Environmental Influences on Achievement | |
Educational Achievement | |
Occupational Achievement | |
Psychosocial Problems in Adolescence | |
Some General Principles About Problems in Adolescence | |
Psychosocial Problems: Their Nature and Covariation | |
Substance Use and Abuse | |
Externalizing Problems | |
Internalizing Problems | |
Stress and Coping | |
Glossary | |
References | |
Credits | |
Name Index | |
Subject Index | |
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