ISBN:
9780805815009
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (286 p)
Series Statement:
Penn State Series on Child and Adolescent Development
Parallel Title:
Print version Pathways Through Adolescence : individual Development in Relation To Social Contexts
DDC:
305.23/5
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Adolescent researchers are increasingly aware that they must examine development both across time and across context. To do so, however, requires new conceptualizations and methodological approaches to the study of development, including attention to the pathways young people choose in adolescence and follow into adulthood. This volume assembles work by key researchers in the field who are struggling to understand how developmental trajectories are constructed and maintained throughout the adolescent period. A complete understanding of developmental pathways requires the recognition that ado
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Pathways Through Adolescence: An Overview; Part I: Developmental Trajectories in Adolescence; 2 Developmental Sequences in Delinquency: Dynamic Typologies; 3 Social Networks Over Time and Space in Adolescence; 4 Puberty and the Gender Organization of Schools: How Biology and Social Context Shape the Adolescent Experience; 5 Developmental Paths in Adolescence: Commentary; Part II: Risks from Within and Without: Resilience in Context; 6 The Knowledge Base on Resilience in African-American Adolescents
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Social Context and Adolescence: Perspectives on Development Among Inner-City African-American Teens8 Lessons About Adolescent Development From the Study of African-American Youth: Commentary; Part III: Interrelations Among Social Contexts; 9 Examining Parenting Practices in Different Peer Contexts: Implications for Adolescent Trajectories; 10 Trajectory and Forms of Institutional Participation; 11 How Parenting Styles and Crowd Contexts Interact in Actualizing Potentials for Development: Commentary; Part IV: Approaches to Intervention
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Enhancing Contexts of Adolescent Development: The Role of Community-Based Action Research13 Community-Based Action Research and Adolescent Development: Commentary; Part V: Future Directions; 14 Commentary: On Developmental Pathways and Social Contexts in Adolescence; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
