Adolescent Psychology, 1998-1999

by Meehan, Anita M.

• ISBN13: 9780697391285
• ISBN10: 0697391280
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	2	(2)
Selected World Wide Web Sites	4	(2)
Unit 1 Perspectives on Adolescence
Overview	6	(14)
Teenage Wasteland? U.S. News & World Report, October 23, 1995	8	(4)
The Way We Weren't: The Myth and Reality of the ``Traditional'' Family	12	(4)
National Forum
Stephanie Coontz
WAAAH!! Why Kids Have a Lot to Cry About	16	(4)
Psychology Today
David Elkind
Unit 2 Biological and Psychological Aspects of Puberty
Overview	20	(24)
The Age of Embarrassment	22	(2)
Anne C. Bernstein
``My Body Is So Ugly,''	24	(3)
Richard M. Lerner
Cheryl K. Olson
I'm Okay! Michelle Murphy	27	(4)
St. Raphael's Better Health
The Body of the Beholder	31	(2)
Michele Ingrassia
A Study of White Middle-Class Adolescent Boys' Responses to ``Semenarche'' (The First Ejaculation)	33	(7)
James H. Stein
Lynn Whisnant Reiser
A Dangerous Rite of Passage	40	(1)
Stephanie Welsh
The Long and Short of It: New Medications for Growth Disorders	41	(3)
Margie Patlak
Unit 3 Cognitive Growth and Education
Overview	44	(34)
School Issues
Developmentally Appropriate Middle Level Schools	46	(3)
M. Lee Manning
Program Helps Kids Map Realistic Goals	49	(2)
Bridget Murray
Mommy, What's a Classroom?	51	(7)
Bill Roorbach
Boys' Schools Reconsidered: Good News in Troubled Times	58	(3)
Richard Hawley
At-Risk Students and Resiliency: Factors Contributing to Academic Success	61	(4)
James H. McMillan
Daisy F. Reed
Good Mentoring Keeps At-Risk Youth in School	65	(2)
Bridget Murray
Measuring and Explaining Cognitive Performance
Schools the Source of Rough Transitions	67	(2)
Beth Azar
The Test of Their Lives	69	(2)
James S. Kunen
International Differences in Mathematical Achievement: Their Nature, Causes, and Consequences	71	(5)
David C. Geary
Gender Gap in Math Scores Is Closing	76	(2)
Bridget Murray
Unit 4 Identity and Socioemotional Development
Overview	78	(18)
There's a First Time for Everything: Understanding Adolescence	80	(3)
Janna Siegel
Michael F. Shaughnessy
College Kids' Parents Should ``Keep Cool,''	83	(1)
Ethnicity, Identity Formation, and Risk Behavior among Adolescents of Mexican Descent	84	(3)
Arik V. Marcell
``I'm Just Who I Am,''	87	(4)
Jack E. White
The EQ Factor	91	(5)
Nancy Gibbs
Unit 5 Family Relationships
Overview	96	(28)
Adolescence: Whose Hell Is It?	98	(7)
Virginia Rutter
How Teens Strain the Family	105	(3)
Murray Dubin
Enjoying Your Child's Teenage Years	108	(3)
Laurence Steinberg
Ann Levine
``Don't Talk Back!''	111	(2)
Richard M. Lerner
Cheryl K. Olson
Gay Families Come Out	113	(3)
Barbara Kantrowitz
Bringing Up Father	116	(4)
Nancy R. Gibbs
Longitudinal Studies of Effects of Divorce on Children in Great Britain and the United States	120	(4)
Andrew J. Cherlin
Unit 6 Peers and Youth Culture
Overview	124	(28)
Football, Fast Cars, and Cheerleading: Adolescent Gender Norms, 1978-1989	126	(4)
J. Jill Suitor
Rebel Reavis
Friendship and Friends' Influence in Adolescence	130	(5)
Thomas J. Berndt
Too Old, Too Fast?	135	(3)
Steven Waldman
Karen Springen
Why Working Teens Get into Trouble	138	(2)
Diane Crispell
Perils of Prohibition	140	(2)
Elizabeth M. Whelan
Surge in Teen-Age Smoking Left an Industry Vulnerable	142	(3)
Barnaby J. Feder
The New Pot Culture	145	(4)
Monika Guttman
Chips Ahoy	149	(3)
Richard Zoglin
Unit 7 Teenage Sexuality
Overview	152	(44)
Sexual Attitudes and Behavior
Too Young to Date?	154	(2)
Debra Morgenstern Katz
A Clack of Tiny Sparks	156	(4)
Bernard Cooper
Learning to Love	160	(3)
Nell Bernstein
Virgin Cool	163	(4)
Michele Ingrassia
The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Danger of Premature Sexual Involvement	167	(5)
Thomas Lickona
Sexual Correctness: Has It Gone Too Far?	172	(4)
Sarah Crichton
In Defense of Teenaged Mothers	176	(2)
Mike Males
Sex Education
How Should We Teach Our Children about Sex?	178	(6)
Nancy Gibbs
Key Skill for Teen Parents: Having Realistic Expectations	184	(3)
Bridget Murray
Will Schools Risk Teaching about the Risk of AIDS?	187	(6)
Gerald Unks
Young Adults and AIDS: `It Can't Happen to Me,'	193	(3)
Nathan Seppa
Unit 8 Problem Behaviors and Interventions
Overview	196	(29)
Programs Go beyond ``Just Saying No,''	198	(3)
Bridget Murray
Seeking the Criminal Element	201	(6)
W. Wayt Gibbs
The Youngest Ex-Cons: Facing a Difficult Road Out of Crime	207	(3)
Pam Belluck
Clinical Assessment of Adolescents Involved in Satanism	210	(4)
Cynthia M. Clark
The A's and B's of Eating Disorders: Eating to Extremes	214	(5)
Sandra Arbetter
Biceps in a Bottle	219	(2)
James Deacon
Adolescent Suicide: Risk Factors and Countermeasures	221	(4)
Raquel D. Norton
Index	225	(2)
Credits and Acknowledgments	227	(1)
Article Review Form	228	(1)
Article Rating Form	229