Adolescent Studies Arena

'Adolescence', Pregnancy and Abortion

Constructing a Threat of Degeneration

• By Catriona I. Macleod.

Published July 2010

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 reproduction is underpinned by a particular understanding of adolescence. It traces the invention of…
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Applied Research in Child and Adolescent Development

A Practical Guide

• 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.…
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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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Mental Health and Emerging Adulthood among Homeless Young People

• By Les B. Whitbeck.

Published April 2009

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. The adolescents were interviewed every three months for three years from…
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The Means to Grow Up

Reinventing Apprenticeship as a Developmental Support in Adolescence

• By Robert Halpern.

Published November 2008

In The Means to Grow Up, Robert Halpern describes the pedagogical importance of "apprenticeship"—a growing movement based in schools, youth-serving organizations, and arts, civic, and other cultural institutions. This movement aims to re-engage youth through in-depth learning and unique experiences…
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Human Development from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood

Findings from a 20 Year Longitudinal Study

• Edited by Wolfgang Schneider, and Merry Bullock.

Published November 2008

Data generated from longitudinal studies allow researchers to better understand how context and experience interact with stable characteristics of the developing person over time. This book summarizes a landmark longitudinal study of 200 children, from the ages of 3 to 23. The Munich Longitudinal…
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Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality

• Edited by Robin M Mathy, and Jack Drescher.

Published October 2008

This book presents leading experts on the scientific study of gender, providing their views on what we know today about the relationship between gender nonconformity in childhood and future adult sexual identities or behaviors. This book explores the topic from a wide range of perspectives,…
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Adolescent Coping

Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

• By Erica Frydenberg.

Published May 2008

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…
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Social Life and Social Knowledge

Toward a Process Account of Development

• Edited by Ulrich Mueller, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Nancy Budwig and Bryan Sokol.

Published January 2008

In this new volume, leading researchers provide state-of-the-art perspectives on how social interaction influences the development of knowledge. The book integrates approaches from a variety of disciplines including developmental psychology, psychopathology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology,…
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