Adolescent Development Books

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71. Personality Development

    Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Investigations of Loevinger's Conception of Ego Development

    Edited by P. Michiel Westenberg, Augusto Blasi, Lawrence D. Cohn

    Jane Loevinger's innovative research methodology, psychometric rigor, and theoretical scope have attracted the attention of numerous scholars and researchers. Empirical investigations employing Loevinger's Washington University Sentence Completion Test of ego development (WUSCT) have appeared with...

    Published January 31st 1998 by Psychology Press
72. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics To Developmental Process Modeling

    Edited by Karl M. Newell, Peter C.M. Molenaar

    There has been an increasing interest in the application of dynamical systems to the study of development over the last decade. The explosion of the dynamical systems framework in the physical and biological sciences has opened the door to a new Zeitgeist for studying development. This appeal to...

    Published December 31st 1997 by Psychology Press
73. The Developmental Psychology of Planning

    Why, How, and When Do We Plan?

    Edited by Sarah L. Friedman, Ellin Kofsky Scholnick

    Planning is defined as formulating an organized method for action in advance. Although people do not plan all the time and planning does not occur in every situation, planning skill is central to all human behavior. There are developmental differences in planning skill and in the motivation to plan...

    Published July 31st 1997 by Psychology Press
74. Immigration and the Family

    Research and Policy on U.s. Immigrants

    Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Nancy Landale, Nancy S. Landale

    Series: Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series

    This book documents the third in a series of annual symposia on family issues--the National Symposium on International Migration and Family Change: The Experience of U.S. Immigrants--held at Pennsylvania State University. Although most existing literature on migration focuses solely on the origin...

    Published December 31st 1996 by Routledge
75. Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood

    The Impacts of New Freedoms and New Responsibilities

    By Jerald G. Bachman, Katherine N. Wadsworth, Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd D. Johnston, John E. Schulenberg

    Series: Research Monographs in Adolescence Series

    Why do some young adults substantially change their patterns of smoking, drinking, or illicit drug use after graduating from high school? In this book, the authors show that leaving high school and leaving home create new freedoms that are linked to increases in the use of cigarettes, alcohol,...

    Published December 31st 1996 by Psychology Press
76. Adolescent Coping

    Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

    By Erica Frydenberg

    Series: Adolescence and Society

    Published December 25th 1996 by Routledge
77. Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting

    Findings From A Racially Diverse Sample

    By Patricia L. East, Marianne E. Felice

    Series: Research Monographs in Adolescence Series

    Written by a pediatrician/adolescent medicine specialist and a developmental psychologist, this book is a collection of informative, nonredundant yet comprehensive studies on adolescent pregnancy and parenting. More than 200 adolescent women in an ethnically diverse sample were studied prenatally...

    Published June 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
78. Transitions Through Adolescence

    Interpersonal Domains and Context

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

    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...

    Published May 31st 1996 by Psychology Press
79. Social Networks and Social Influences in Adolescence

    By John Cotterell

    Adolescence is a crucial time for the development of social identity. Some young people ease effortlessly into friendships with their peers whilst others experience the pain of rejection or become involved with antisocial groups or gangs. Social Networks and Social Influences in Adolescence is...

    Published May 22nd 1996 by Routledge
80. Pathways Through Adolescence

    individual Development in Relation To Social Contexts

    Edited by Lisa J. Crockett, Ann C. Crouter

    Series: Penn State Series on Child and Adolescent Development

    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...

    Published September 30th 1995 by Psychology Press