Adolescence in America [2 Volumes] : An Encyclopedia [2 Volumes] ISBN: 9781576075715 Platform/Publisher: EBSCO eBooks / ABC-CLIO Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: limited; Download: limited Subjects: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Teenagers;
An authoritative, broad, and practical survey of the social, psychological, and physical development of American teenagers. In Adolescence in America , more than 100 leading experts from the fields of biology, medicine, behavioral and social science, law, education, and the humanities piece together the puzzle of adolescence. In readable, accessible language they analyze the explosion of research that has reshaped the study of adolescence in the last 30 years and explain how today's leading scientists and practitioners view the challenges of this developmental period. Best of all, they show parents how to apply the latest scientific knowledge, such as the 40 "developmental assets" that predict a child's behavior, to their own family situation.
Jacqueline Lerner is professor of psychology and chair of the Counseling and Developmental Psychology program at Boston College, Boston, MA. Richard Lerner is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science in the Department of Child Development at Tufts University in Boston, MA. Jordan Finkelstein is professor of behavioral health, human development, and pediatrics at Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA.
