Adolescent Studies Arena

Adolescent Coping

Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

• By Erica Frydenberg

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...

Published May 27th 2008 by Routledge.

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Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being

Completing the Picture

• Edited by Brett V. Brown

Indicators of child and youth well-being are indispensable tools for improving the lives of children. In this book, the nation’s leading development researchers review the recent...

Published August 16th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Social Networks in Youth and Adolescence

• By John Cotterell
• Series Editor: John Coleman

This thoroughly revised new edition looks at the nature of social networks, their changing configurations, and the forces of influence they unleash in shaping the...

Published May 10th 2007 by Routledge.

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Smooth Sailing or Stormy Waters?

Family Transitions Through Adolescence and Their Implications for Practice and Policy

• By Rena D. Harold, Lisa G. Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier

Smooth Sailing enhances our understanding of the family's transition through adolescence by examining qualitative data about the experiences of parents and teens across multiple relationships...

Published January 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Sexuality in Adolescence

Current Trends

• By Susan Moore, Doreen Rosenthal

Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends considers the latest theory and research on adolescent development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal, healthy maturation....

Published October 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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Digital Generations

Children, Young People, and the New Media

• Edited by David Buckingham, Rebekah Willett

Computer games, the Internet, and other new communications media are often seen to pose threats and dangers to young people, but they also provide new...

Published June 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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Identity In Adolescence

The balance between self and other

• By Jane Kroger

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities

Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference

• By Sharon L. Nichols, Thomas L. Good

The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and...

Published April 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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Television and Child Development

• By Judith Van Evra

Television continues to play a major role in the lives of most children and adolescents, but current research also reflects the explosive growth in new...

Published March 30th 2004 by Routledge.

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Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools

Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents

• By Annette B. Hemmings

Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools: Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents takes readers into the lives of urban and suburban adolescents for a...

Published February 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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The Faces of Televisual Media

Teaching, Violence, Selling To Children

• Edited by Edward L. Palmer, Brian M. Young

This collection offers original, state-of-the-art contributions from leading authorities in children's televisual media. International researchers from communication and psychology provide readers with ready access to...

Published June 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Social and Personality Development

• By Tina Abbott

Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we are. It covers a range of topics central to...

Published November 8th 2001 by Routledge.

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Sexual Teens, Sexual Media

Investigating Media's Influence on Adolescent Sexuality

• Edited by Jane D. Brown, Jeanne R. Steele, Kim Walsh-Childers

This collection explores the sexual content of U.S. mass media and its influence in the lives of adolescents. Contributors address the topic of sexuality broadly,...

Published November 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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The Nature of Adolescence. 3e

• By John C. Coleman, Leo B. Hendry

Completely revised and thoroughly updated, this third edition of The Nature of Adolescence provides:

• An eclectic, balanced overview of research on normal adolescent development
• Discussion of the...

  Published September 2nd 1999 by Routledge.

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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...

Published May 23rd 1996 by Routledge.

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