Developing Social Competency in Adolescence

by Gullotta, Thomas P.; Adams, Gerald R.; Montemayor, Raymond

• ISBN13: 9780803938991
• ISBN10: 0803938993
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-10-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

What role does biology play in how socially competent an adolescent will be? Can education or medical interventions enhance adolescent social competence? Can lack of social competence lead to juvenile delinquency or truancy? Answering these and other questions, leading specialists in adolescent development examine the factors that contribute to adolescent social competence. This volume covers a broad range of topics that include social environmental constructs, family influences and the effects of sports on social competence. It is divided into three parts which examine respectively the foundations of, influences on, and a framework for studying, social competency. Social Competency in Adolescence will be valuable to students, researchers and practitioners in developmental psychology, social work, family studies and criminal justice.

Table of Contents

On the Meaning of Social Competency

Foundations of Social Competency

The Psychosocial Constructs of Social Competency

The Social Environmental Constructs of Social Competency

The Social Biological Constructs of Social Competency

Influences On Social Competency

The Family and Social Competence in Adolescence

Promoting Social Competencies through Educational Efforts

Sport as a Context for Developing Competence

Religion and Adolescent Social Competence

Medical Interventions for the Enhancement of Adolescents' Physical Appearance

Implications for Social Competence

Concluding Remarks

Social Competence and the Language of Adequacy as a Subject Matter for Psychology

A Quadrapartite Tri-level Framework

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