Pathways Through Adolescence: individual Development in Relation To Social Contexts

by Crockett; Lisa J.

• ISBN13: 9780805815009
• ISBN10: 0805815007
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-10-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Adolescent researchers are increasingly aware that they must examine development both across time and across context. To do so, however, requires new conceptualizations and methodological approaches to the study of development, including attention to the pathways young people choose in adolescence and follow into adulthood. This volume assembles work by key researchers in the field who are struggling to understand how developmental trajectories are constructed and maintained throughout the adolescent period. A complete understanding of developmental pathways requires the recognition that adolescents' social contexts--family, school, neighborhood, and/or peer group--are important influences on the choices they make at this developmental period. Researchers have traditionally studied contexts in isolation rather than examining the interrelationships among contexts and their implications for adolescent development. The present volume seeks to address this gap in the literature, with attention given not only to the interrelationships among contexts for white, middle-class youth, but also to these issues for minority adolescents in neighborhoods that vary in terms of access to resources. It concludes with an examination of researcher-community collaboration as a strategy to move communities toward a greater awareness of adolescent development and the problems facing youth in their community, and as a means to promote potential avenues for policy change and intervention.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
Pathways Through Adolescence An Overview	p. 1
References	p. 10
Developmental Trajectories In Adolescence	p. 13
Developmental Sequences in Delinquency: Dynamic Typologies	p. 15
Appendix: Brief Description Of Explanatorymeasures Used In This Chapter	p. 32
References	p. 33
Social Networks Over Time and Space in Adolescence	p. 35
References	p. 53
Puberty and the Gender Organization of Schools How Biology and Social Context Shape the Adolescent Experience	p. 57
Acknowledgments	p. 72
References	p. 73
Developmental Paths in Adolescence: Commentary	p. 75
References	p. 83
Risks From Within And Without Resilience In Context	p. 85
The Knowledge Base on Resilience in African-American Adolescents	p. 87
References	p. 113
Social Context and Adolescence Perspectives on Development Among Inner-City African-American Teens	p. 119
Acknowledgments	p. 135
References	p. 135
Lessons About Adolescent Development From the Study of African-American Youth Commentary	p. 139
References	p. 146
Interrelations Among Social Contexts	p. 149
Examining Parenting Practices in Different Peer Contexts Implications for Adolescent Trajectories	p. 151
Acknowledgments	p. 172
References	p. 173
Trajectory and Forms of Institutional Participation	p. 175
References	p. 195
How Parenting Styles and Crowd Contexts Interact in Actualizing Potentials for Development Commentary	p. 197
References	p. 207
Acknowledgments	p. 207
Approaches To Intervention	p. 209
Enhancing Contexts of Adolescent Development The Role of Community-Based Action Research	p. 211
References	p. 232
Community-Based Action Research and Adolescent Development Commentary	p. 235
References	p. 242
Future Directions	p. 243
Commentary On Developmental Pathways and Social Contexts in Adolescence	p. 245
References	p. 253
Author Index	p. 255
Subject Index	p. 263
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