Adolescent Studies Arena

A Dynamic Systems Approach to Adolescent Development

• Edited by Saskia Kunnen.

Published November 2011

The dynamic systems approach is a rapidly expanding advancement in the study of developmental research, particularly in the domain of adolescent development. It provides a unique way of examining the subject, and this innovative study of developmental processes helps social scientists to translate…
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Adolescent Psychology Around the World

• Edited by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett.

Published October 2011

This book paints a portrait of adolescent psychology in 4 major regions: Africa/the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Featuring 24 revised and updated chapters from the International Encyclopedia of Adolescence (2007), readers are introduced to the way the majority of the world’s…
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Illegal Leisure Revisited

Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

• By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham and Lisa Williams.

Published February 2011

This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive ‘recreational’ drug…
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Adolescent Rationality and Development

Cognition, Morality, and Identity, Third Edition

• By David Moshman.

Published January 2011

Frequently cited in scholarly books and journals and praised by students, this book focuses on developmental changes and processes in adolescence rather than on the details and problems of daily life. Major developmental changes associated with adolescence are identified. Noted for its…
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Deception

A Young Person's Life Skill?

• By Rachel Taylor, and Lynsey Gozna.

Published November 2010

This book considers the role of deception during adolescence, and explores the factors which underpin adolescents’ choice to deceive, whether these deceptions will be successful, and the ways in which such lies could be detected. While deception is considered to be antisocial or even pathological…
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The Nature of Adolescence, 4th Edition

• By John C. Coleman.

Published November 2010

The fourth edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date introduction to all of the key features of adolescent development. While drawing on the North American literature on adolescence, it highlights European perspectives and also provides unique coverage of the topic by…
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'Adolescence', Pregnancy and Abortion

Constructing a Threat of Degeneration

• By Catriona I. Macleod.

Published June 2010

Winner of the 2011 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology! Why, despite evidence to the contrary, does the narrative of the negative consequences of teenage pregnancy, abortion and childbearing persist? This book argues that the negativity surrounding early…
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Applied Research in Child and Adolescent Development

A Practical Guide

• Edited by Valerie Maholmes, and Carmela Gina Lomonaco.

Published April 2010

Developed for an NIH training institute, this volume is organized around the most frequently asked questions by researchers starting their careers in applied research in child and adolescent development. With contributions from the leading scholars in the field, actual research experiences…
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Wired Youth

The Social World of Adolescence in the Information Age

• By Gustavo Mesch, and Ilan Talmud.

Published March 2010

The debate on the social impact of information and communication technologies is particularly important for the study of adolescent life, because through their close association with friends and peers, adolescents develop life expectations, school aspirations, world views, and behaviors. This…
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Moving Out, Moving On

Young People's Pathways In and Through Homelessness

• By Shelley Mallett, Doreen Rosenthal, Deb Keys and Roger Averill.

Published November 2009

Based on rich interview data drawn from a large scale longitudinal study of homeless young people, this book examines the personal, familial and structural factors that impact on homeless young people’s long-term outcomes. While telling the personal stories of young people’s experiences, the book…
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