Adolescent Studies Arena

Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being

Completing the Picture

• Edited by Brett V. Brown.

Published August 2007

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 progress made in the measurement, collection, dissemination, and use of indicators of child and youth well-being.…
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Social Networks in Youth and Adolescence

• By John Cotterell.
• Series Edited by John Coleman.

Published May 2007

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 life experiences of young people between the ages of 12 and 25 years. The author draws on both social and psychological research to…
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Risk and Resilience

Adolescent Mothers and Their Children Grow Up

• Edited by John G. Borkowski, Jaelyn R. Farris, Thomas L. Whitman, Shannon S. Carothers and Keri Weed.

Published March 2007

In 1984, a longitudinal study was launched at the University of Notre Dame to evaluate the social and psychological consequences of teenage parenting. Interwoven Lives: Adolescent Mothers and Their Children (2001) described, in detail, the development of these adolescent mothers and their…
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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 and Lucy R. Mercier.

Published January 2007

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 and social contexts. This volume follows the same 60 families described in the authors' first book,…
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Sexuality in Adolescence

Current Trends

• By Susan Moore, and Doreen Rosenthal.

Published October 2006

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. Biological changes are discussed within a social context, and the latest research is presented on key issues of our…
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International Encyclopedia of Adolescence

• Edited by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett.

Published September 2006

In pre-industrial societies, people moved from childhood to adulthood directly, getting married and going to work early in life. Although this still holds true for many cultures, in countries such as the USA or Japan, adolescence has become a specific stage of life, where young people are cultural…
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Handbook of Adolescent Development

• Edited by Sandy Jackson, and Luc Goossens.

Published September 2006

Handbook of Adolescent Development fills a gap in the literature on adolescent development and behaviour: all of the authors of the various chapters were invited to include as many findings on European adolescents as possible. Through this specific emphasis, the handbook provides a complement to…
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Digital Generations

Children, Young People, and the New Media

• Edited by David Buckingham, and Rebekah Willett.

Published June 2006

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 opportunities for creativity and self-determination. As we start to look beyond the immediate hopes and fears that new technologies often provoke,…
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Adolescent Psychiatry, V. 29

The Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

• Edited by Lois T. Flaherty.

Published December 2005

A special section on adolescent substance abuse highlights Volume 29 of Adolescent Psychiatry. Contributions range from an examination of brain myelination in relation to onset of addictive disorders (Bartzokis) to the screening instruments used to detect substance use disorders (Rosner) to…
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Literacy and Advocacy in Adolescent Family, Gang, School, and Juvenile Court Communities

Crip 4 Life

• By Debra Smith, and Kathryn F. Whitmore.

Published November 2005

The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives in order to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The particular objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving…
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