| Description |
xi, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Intrapersonal transitions. Continuity and discontinuity across the transition of early adolescence : a developmental contextual perspective / Richard M. Lerner [and others] -- Pubertal processes : methods, measures, and models / Julia A. Graber, Anne C. Petersen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- II. Transitions in the peer system and social behaviors. Transitions in friendship and friends' influence / Thomas J. Berndt -- Sexual transitions in adolescence / Joseph Lee Rodgers -- Transitions in drug use during late adolescence and young adulthood / Jerald G. Bachman [and others] --Developmental transitions in poor youth : delinquency and crime / Mercer L. Sullivan -- III. Transitions in the family system. A model of family relational transformations during the transition to adolescence : parent-adolescent conflict and adaptation / Grayson N. Holmbeck -- Adolescent parenthood and the transition to adulthood / Bertram Cohler and Judith S. Musick -- Early parenting and intergenerational family relationships within African American families / Cynthia Merriwether-de Vries, Linda M. Burton, and LaShawnda Eggeletion -- School and work transitions. School transitions in early adolescence : what are we doing to our young people? / Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Sarah Lord, and Christy Miller Buchanan -- Dropping out / Francis A.J. Ianni and Margaret Terry Orr -- Working poor : low-wage employment in the lives of Harlem youth / Katherine S. Newman -- Family factors and young adult transitions : educational attainment and occupational prestige / Kathy L. Bell [and others] -- V. Summary. Adolescent transitions in context / Julia A. Graber, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Anne C. Petersen. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Subject |
Adolescent psychology.
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| Added Author |
Graber, Julia A.
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne.
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Petersen, Anne C.
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| ISBN |
0805815945 alkaline paper |
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