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Adolescence

Laurence Steinberg

McGraw-Hill, c1993

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-506) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text on adolescence development has been updated to include the most current research in this discipline, providing a multidisciplinary view of adolescence that is based on coverage of research and theory. Stein berg's recent research deals with adolescents and work and teenage single parents. This third edition emphasizes the contexts of development with regard to adolescence, such as the school setting, peer groups, families, and the workplace. Issues such as eating disorders, scholastic achievement, and adolescent sexuality are covered as well. There are expanded sections on hormonal influences, physical health, information processing, adolescent risk-taking, non college-bound adolescents, the impact of divorce and remarriage, peer crowds, AIDS, and more. The text presents an ecological model that explains the contexts in which young people come of age and how it affects the nature of the adolescent experience. Students from a variety of disciplines including psychology, education, human development, nursing and social work should be interested in this text, which combines research, theory and applications.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: adoelscent development in context. Part 1 The fundamental changes of adolescence: puberty and its impact
  • cognitive development
  • social transitions. Part 2 The contexts of adolescence: families
  • peer groups
  • schools
  • work and leisure. Part 3 Psychosocial development during adolescence: identity
  • autonomy
  • intimacy
  • sexuality
  • achievement
  • psychosocial problems in adolescence. Appendix: theoretical perspectives and research methods in the study of adolescence.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA43760101
  • ISBN
    • 0070612188
  • LCCN
    92015734
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 522 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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