Transitions Through Adolescence

by Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Petersen, Anne C.

• ISBN13: 9780805815948
• ISBN10: 0805815945
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pr

Summary

The adolescent period has attracted much attention as an ideal period for investigating interactive models incorporating biological maturation with intra- and interpersonal development. The focus of this volume is on adolescent transitions in three domains: the peer system, the family system, and school and work contexts. Its goal is to highlight specific aspects of innovative research programs and initiatives, and look forward to future directions in the field. Because interest in adolescence has spanned the disciplines, this volume reflects a multidisciplinary perspective--presenting research and methods from life-span development, sociology, anthropology, and education to provide exemplars of the range of approaches used in understanding the processes and transitions of adolescent development. These exemplars encompass the breadth not only of the investigation of adolescence--from survey research on drug use to ethnographic studies of involvement in criminal activities--but also of individual differences in the experience of adolescent transitions--from the transition to college and work in White, middle-class youth to the work experiences of urban, African-American high school students. The chapters collected here offer a rich sample of the diversity of research experience with an emphasis on in-depth investigation of adolescent transitions. The volume will serve as a resource to investigators across several disciplines as it identifies approaches and recent findings from alternate fields.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Intrapersonal Transitions	p. 1
Continuity and Discontinuity Across the Transition of Early Adolescence: A Developmental Contextual Perspective	p. 3
References	p. 19
Pubertal Processes: Methods, Measures, and Models	p. 23
References	p. 49
Transitions in the Peer System and Social Behaviors	p. 55
Transitions in Friendship and Friends' Influence	p. 57
References	p. 81
Sexual Transitions in Adolescence	p. 85
References	p. 109
Transitions in Drug Use During Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood	p. 111
References	p. 138
Developmental Transitions in Poor Youth: Delinquency and Crime	p. 141
References	p. 162
Transitions in the Family System	p. 165
A Model of Family Relational Transformations During the Transition to Adolescence: Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Adaptation	p. 167
References	p. 194
Adolescent Parenthood and the Transition to Adulthood	p. 201
Early Parenting and Intergenerational Family Relationships Within African American Families	p. 233
References	p. 245
School and Work Transitions	p. 249
School Transitions in Early Adolescence: What Are We Doing to Our Young People?	p. 251
References	p. 281
Dropping Out	p. 285
References	p. 320
Working Poor: Low-Wage Employment in the Lives of Harlem Youth	p. 323
References	p. 343
Family Factors and Young Adult Transitions: Educational Attainment and Occupational Prestige	p. 345
References	p. 363
Summary	p. 367
Adolescent Transitions in Context	p. 369
Author Index	p. 385
Subject Index	p. 401
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