Developmental Psychology Arena

Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood

The Impacts of New Freedoms and New Responsibilities

• By Jerald G. Bachman, Katherine N. Wadsworth, Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd D. Johnston, John E. Schulenberg

Why do some young adults substantially change their patterns of smoking, drinking, or illicit drug use after graduating from high school? In this book, the...

Published January 1st 1997 by Psychology Press.

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Ethical Issues in Mental Health Research With Children and Adolescents

• Edited by Kimberly Hoagwood, Peter S. Jensen, Celia B. Fisher

Studies involving children with mental, emotional, or behavioral problems--or their families--have to meet certain standards of research ethics. This book contains chapters on the kinds...

Published August 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting

Findings From A Racially Diverse Sample

• By Patricia L. East, Marianne E. Felice

Written by a pediatrician/adolescent medicine specialist and a developmental psychologist, this book is a collection of informative, nonredundant yet comprehensive studies on adolescent pregnancy and...

Published July 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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Transitions Through Adolescence

Interpersonal Domains and Context

• Edited by Julia A. Graber, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Anne C. Petersen

The adolescent period has attracted much attention as an ideal period for investigating interactive models incorporating biological maturation with intra- and interpersonal development. The focus...

Published June 1st 1996 by Psychology Press.

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Social Networks and Social Influences in Adolescence

• By John Cotterell

Adolescence is a crucial time for the development of social identity. Some young people ease effortlessly into friendships with their peers whilst others experience the...

Published May 23rd 1996 by Routledge.

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The Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders

Implications for Research, Prevention, and Treatment

• Edited by Linda Smolak, Ruth H. Striegel-Moore, Michael P. Levine

Although eating problems--ranging from body dissatisfaction and dieting to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa--can begin and typically have their roots in childhood, theory and research...

Published April 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Pathways Through Adolescence

individual Development in Relation To Social Contexts

• Edited by Lisa J. Crockett, Ann C. Crouter

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...

Published October 1st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Life Values and Adolescent Mental Health

• By Patricia Cohen, Jacob Cohen

Arising from the Cohens' work on the epidemiology of childhood psychopathology, this book explores the two aspects of motivational structure--ideas and values--that underlie the development...

Published October 1st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Stress, Coping, and Relationships in Adolescence

• By Inge Seiffge-Krenke

Unique and comprehensive, this volume integrates the most updated theory and research relating to adolescent coping and its determinants. This book is the result of...

Published August 1st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Alcohol Problems Among Adolescents

Current Directions in Prevention Research

• Edited by Gayle M. Boyd, Jan Howard, Robert A. Zucker

Alcohol misuse presents a major risk for health and well-being throughout the life-span, but youth have a special vulnerability. Alcohol is the most widely used...

Published April 1st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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