Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence

677 Pages·2003·3.41 MB·English

by  Gerald R. Adams

Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence
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Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence
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Blackwell handbook of adolescence / edited by Gerald R. Adams and
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1. Adolescent psychology. I. Adams, Gerald R., 1946– II. Berzonsky,
Michael D. III. Series.
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Contents
List of Contributors viii
Introduction by the Editors xxi
Part I: Biological and Genetic Processes 1
1 Behavior Genetics and Adolescent Development: A Review of Recent
Literature 3
Joseph Lee Rodgers and David E. Bard
2 Pubertal Processes and Physiological Growth in Adolescence 24
Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Julia A. Graber, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Part II: The Social Context of Adolescence 49
3 Religious Development in Adolescence 51
Geoffrey L. Ream and Ritch C. Savin-Williams
4 The Family Ecology of Adolescence: A Dynamic Systems Perspective on
Normative Development 60
Isabela Granic, Thomas J. Dishion, and Tom Hollenstein
5 Enhancing Adolescent Development through Sports and Leisure 92
Steven J. Danish, Tanya E. Taylor, and Robert J. Fazio
6 The World of Work and Careers 109
Fred W. Vondracek and Erik J. Porfeli
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7 Schools as Developmental Contexts 129
Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Robert W. Roeser
8 College as a Transition to Adulthood 149
Marilyn J. Montgomery and James E. Côté
Part III: Developmental Patterns and Processes 173
9 Autonomy Development during Adolescence 175
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck and W. Andrew Collins
10 Identity Development during Adolescence 205
Jane Kroger
11 Cognitive Development during Adolescence 227
James P. Byrnes
12 Moral Development during Adolescence 247
Judith G. Smetana and Elliot Turiel
13 Emotional Development in Adolescence 269
Gianine D. Rosenblum and Michael Lewis
14 Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Development 290
Jerome B. Dusek and Julie Guay McIntyre
Part IV: Personal Relationships 311
15 Dating and Romantic Experiences in Adolescence 313
Heather A. Bouchey and Wyndol Furman
16 Friendships, Cliques, and Crowds 330
B. Bradford Brown and Christa Klute
17 Relationships Outside the Family: Unrelated Adults 349
Nancy Darling, Stephen F. Hamilton, and Katherine Hames Shaver
18 Adolescent Sexuality: Behavior and Meaning 371
Lisa J. Crockett, Marcela Raffaelli, and Kristin L. Moilanen
19 The Intimate Relationships of Sexual-Minority Youths 393
Lisa M. Diamond and Ritch C. Savin-Williams
Contents vii
Part V: Problem Behaviors 413
20 Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing 415
Brent C. Miller, Bruce K. Bayley, Mathew Christensen, Spencer C. Leavitt,
and Diana D. Coyl
21 Alcohol and Other Substance Use and Abuse 450
Michael Windle and Rebecca C. Windle
22 Understanding Conduct Problems in Adolescence from a Lifespan
Perspective 470
Deborah M. Capaldi and Joann Wu Shortt
23 Leaving Home: The Runaway and the Forgotten Throwaway 494
Thomas P. Gullotta
24 Crime, Delinquency, and Youth Gangs 502
Daniel J. Flannery, David L. Hussey, Laurie Biebelhausen, and Kelly L. Wester
25 Eating Disorders in Adolescence 523
Janet Polivy, C. Peter Herman, Jennifer S. Mills, and Heather B. Wheeler
26 Depression and Suicide during Adolescence 550
Alesha D. Seroczynski, Farrah M. Jacquez, and David A. Cole
27 Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Adolescents: Risk Factors,
Antecedents, and Prevention Strategies 573
Ralph J. DiClemente and Richard A. Crosby
Author Index 606
Subject Index 634
Contributors
Gerald R. Adams is a Distinguished Professor of Teaching at the University of Guelph.
He has been the editor for the Journal of Adolescent Research and associate editor for the
Journal of Primary Prevention and the Journal of Early Adolescence. His research interests
focus on the study of identity formation, parent–adolescent relationships, and social
development during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood.
Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist at the Center for Children &
Families, Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on the transition
to puberty and adolescence for girls, and has examined the role of pubertal factors in ado-
lescent adjustment and the development of psychopathology. Her work on the impact of
puberty and family relations on girls’ eating problems was recently published in the
Journal of Research on Adolescence and the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
David E. Bard is a graduate student in the Quantitative Psychology program at the
University of Oklahoma. He earned a BA in Psychology from Bethany College in Kansas
in 1998, and an MA in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma in 2001. His
research interests include behavior genetics, sports statistics, health psychology, and
statistical test theory.
Bruce K. Bayley is a doctoral student in the Family and Human Development Depart-
ment at Utah State University. He received his undergraduate degree in Sociology and
a Master’s degree in Family Ecology from the University of Utah. His current areas of
interest include bidirectional relationships between crime/delinquency and the family;
adolescent perceptions of crime and law enforcement; delinquency, crime analysis and
mapping; and the use of Graphic Information System (GIS) technologies in social
research.
Contributors ix
Michael D. Berzonsky is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at
Cortland. His current research interests focus on self-processes, identity formation, and
social-cognitive development during adolescence and young adulthood.
Laurie Biebelhausen, MSSA, LSW is a doctoral candidate in Social Welfare at Case
Western Reserve University. She is a Research Assistant at the Institute for the Study and
Prevention of Violence at Kent State University and a clinical therapist at Applewood
Centers, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio.
Heather A. Bouchey is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont.
She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Denver and
was a NICHD postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses
on socio-cognitive development in adolescence, including both the social and self-
processes underlying academic achievement and the formation and maintenance of
romantic relationships. She is currently examining the role of romantic self-concept in
adolescent development.
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D. is the Virginia & Leonard Marx Professor in Child Devel-
opment and the Director of the Center for Children & Families, Teachers College,
Columbia University. Dr. Brooks-Gunn has co-directed the Adolescent Study Program
for the past 18 years and is a renowned expert on adolescent development. She has pub-
lished 15 books and over 340 articles on child and adolescent development, as well as
family processes and neighborhood contexts.
B. Bradford Brown is a Professor of Human Development in the Department of
Educational Psychology and Research Scientist in the Wisconsin Center for Education
Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has been since receiving his
Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1979. His research focuses on adolescent social
development, especially teenage peer relationships and peer influence processes. He is the
Editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescenceand the co-editor of two books: The Devel-
opment of Romantic Relationships in Adolescence (with Wyndol Furman and Candice
Feiring, 1999), and The World’s Youth: Adolescence in 8 Regions of the Globe (with Reed
Larson and T. S. Saraswathi, 2002).
James P. Byrnes is Professor of Human Development in the Department of Human
Development at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Ph.D. in
Developmental Psychology from Temple University and held posts of Postdoctoral Fellow
(City University of New York) and Visiting Assistant Professor (University of Michigan)
prior to moving to the University of Maryland. His research has mainly addressed the
following questions: (1) Why do adolescents sometimes fail to demonstrate deductive rea-
soning competence? (2) Why are certain topics in mathematics difficult for children and
adolescents to understand? (3) Why are there gender and ethnic differences in mathe-
matics achievement? (4) What does it mean to be a competent decision-maker, and does
this competence develop during adolescence? His most recent publications include
Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts (2nd ed., 2001) and