Adolescence

ISBN-13: 9780471571902 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 688 str.

Michael L. Jaffe;Jaffe

Opis

This text offers a blend of current research, theory, clinical perspectives, and topics that reflect modern adolescent life. Each chapter features adolescents discussing their opinions, hopes, concerns, and everyday issues. Adopting an ecological-interactional approach, the book provides coverage to the links between different domains of adolescent development: family, peer group, school, and community. The text emphasizes individual, gender, and cultural differences in development, while challenging stereotypical views of adolescents and cultural myths about adolescent development.

Spis treści

Introduction to Adolescence.

Theoretical Perspectives.

Physical Growth and Development.

Cognitive Development in Adolescence.

Moral Development in Adolescence.

Adolescent Identity, Self–Concept, and Self–Esteem.

Adolescents in Families.

The World of Adolescents: Peer and Youth Culture.

Adolescent Sexuality.

Intimacy, Pregnancy, Marriage, and Child Rearing.

Schooling and Achievement.

Vocational Development.

Adolescents in Crisis.

Epilogue.

Appendix.

Answers to Self–Tests.

References.

Photo Credits.

Indexes.

Blurb

Next time you come across a crowd of teenagers in a park, on the street, in a mall eavesdrop a little. Their conversations reflect all the joys and hazards of modern adolescent life. Each chapter of Adolescence is filled with the voices of today’s adolescents, through interviews in which they discuss their opinions, hopes, and concerns. These first–hand accounts frame a powerful blend of current research, theory, clinical perspectives, and topics that give students a deep understanding of adolescent psychology. This exciting new text:

• Shows the impact of individual, gender, and cultural differences on development with extended attention to ethnic identity, biculturalism, physical disabilities, mentoring, and adolescent vulnerability and resilience.
• Challenges stereotypical views of adolescents and persistent cultural myths about adolescent development.
• Offers extensive coverage of high interest topics such as sexual orientation, drug use, popular music, popularity, intimacy, employment, and parent–adolescent conflict and their role in adolescent development.
• Examines concepts such as adolescent egocentrism, adolescent motherhood, and gender difference in achievement and cognitive and moral development.
• Provides strong pedagogical features (such as ‘Spotlight’, which presents a topic and the relevant studies about that issue) which promote student interest in and retention of the material.