The Adolescent Studies Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Adolescent Studies books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.

Subjects covered by this Arena include: Adolescent Development, and other issues surrounding Adolescence.

For our full range of Developmental Psychology books & journals please see our Developmental Psychology Arena.

For our Child & Adolescent Mental Health books & journals please see our Child & Adolescent Mental Health Arena.

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Mental Health and Emerging Adulthood among Homeless Young People

Mental Health and Emerging Adulthood among Homeless Young People

What happens to homeless and runaway adolescents when they become adults?

This is the first study that follows homeless youth into young adulthood and reviews the mental health consequences of runaway episodes and street life.

Intended as a supplementary text for undergraduate and/or graduate courses on homelessness, high-risk youth, social deviance, adolescence and/or emerging adulthood taught in departments of psychology, human development, sociology, social work, and public health, this compelling new book will also appeal to anyone who works with homeless adolescents.

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Adolescent Coping: Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

Adolescent Coping: Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

Young people need to cope in a variety of settings, including school, home, peer groups and the workplace, and with a range of life problems such as examinations and parental divorce.

This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Adolescent Coping presents the latest research and applications in the field of coping.

It highlights the ways in which coping can be measured and, in particular, details a widely used adolescent coping instrument.

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Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

This comprehensive, authoritative handbook covers the breadth of theories, methods, and empirically based findings on the ways in which children and adolescents contribute to one another's development.

Leading researchers review current knowledge on the dynamics of peer interactions and relationships from infancy through adolescence.

Topics include methods of assessing friendship and peer networks; early romantic relationships; individual differences and contextual factors in children's social and emotional competencies and behaviors; group dynamics; and the impact of peer relations on achievement, social adaptation, and mental health.

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