Moving into Adolescence : The Impact of Pubertal Change and School Context

ISBN-13: 9780202362946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 458 str.

Roberta G. Simmons; Dale Blyth

Opis

From the sociological point of view, adolescence traditionally has been described as a period of physical maturity and social immaturity. Adolescents reach physical adulthood before they are capable of functioning well in adult social roles. The disjunction between physical capabilities and socially allowed independence and power and the concurrent status ambiguities are viewed as stressful for the adolescent in modern Western society. It has been assumed that the need to disengage from parents during these years will result in high levels of rebellion and parent-child confl ict. Moving into Adolescence follows students as they make a major life course transition from childhood into early adolescence.

Spis treści

I: Introduction; 1: Introduction; 2: Methods; II: Gender and Grade-Level Effects; 3: Gender Differences in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence *; 4: Trends Over Time and Changes in Gender Differences During Adolescence *; III: The Impact of Pubertal Timing and Physical Characteristics; 5: The Social-Psychological Effects of Puberty on White Females 1; 6: The Social-Psychological Effects of Puberty on White Males *; IV: The Impact of School Environment; 7: The Effect of Type of School Environment Upon Attitudes Toward School and Upon The Self-Image; 8: The Effects of Type of School Environment Upon Peer Relationships, Independence, Future Plans, and Conformity Behavior; 9: Individual Change and Recovery: Self-Esteem *; 10: Individual Change and Recovery: Extracurricular Participation and GPA *; V: Factors That Mitigate or Aggravate The Early Adolescent Transition; 11: Cumulation of Change *; 12: Adjustment to the Junior High School Transition: The Effect of School Properties and Individual Resources on Self-Esteem *; 13: Adjustment to the Junior High School Transition: Other Interrelationships *; VI: Conclusion; 14: Summary and Conclusion

O autorze

Roberta G. Simmons