Adolescent Behavior: Readings & Interpretations

Adolescent Behavior: Readings and Interpretations comprises a varied, carefully chosen collection of writings by psychologists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, psychoanalysts and adolescents themselves, to provide an in-depth understanding of the important developmental transition from childhood to adulthood. The readings range from theory to empirical research, from experimental to case studies, and from classic to contemporary writings. The background and interpretive essays by the editor aid the reader's understanding of adolescent behavior and the factors that shape it.Section One of the book explores adolescence in an historical and cross-cultural context. Sections Two through Six examine adolescent behavior as shaped by physiological maturation and cognitive growth, by the struggle for identity, and by the contexts provided by family, peers, school, and work. Section Seven examines three contemporary adolescent issues: gangs and violence, teenage pregnancy, and eating disorders. Section Eight explores the factors that mark the end of adolescence. These readings challenge widely held beliefs concerning adolescent behavior: Data and theories from the study of white middle class adolescents do not capture the scope of adolescent behavior in a socio-economically and racially diverse, multicultural society. Adolescent behavior takes different forms today, depending upon personal and demographic characteristics, and social-contextual factors.

Preface

Understanding Adolescent Behavior

Part 1. Influences on Adolescent Behavior

Chapter 1 Historical Context

1.1 David Bakan (1971). “Adolescence in America: From Idea to Social Fact.” Daedalus

1.2. Michael Mitterauer (1993). “Puberty--Adolescence--Youth.” A History of Youth

Chapter 2 Cultural Perspective

2.1 Ruth Benedict (1938). “Continuities and Discontinuities in Cultural Conditioning.” Psychiatry

2.2 Alice Schlegel and Herbert Barry III (1991). “Looking at Adolescent Socialization Across Cultures.” Adolescence: An Anthropological Inquiry

2.3 James E. Cote (1994). “Coming of Age in Contemporary Samoa.” Adolescent Storm and Stress: An Evaluation of the Mead-Freeman Controversy

Chapter 3 Biological Development

3.1 Reed Larson and Maryse H. Richards (1994). “Adolescents: Lives of Emotional Flux.” Divergent Realities: The Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents

3.2 Mary A. Carskadon, Cecilia Vieira, and Christine Acebo (1993). “Association Between Puberty and Delayed Phase Preference.” Sleep

3.3 Laurence Steinberg (1988). “Reciprocal Relation Between Parent-Child Distance and Pubertal Maturation.” Developmental Psychology

Chapter 4 Cognitive Development

4.1 Jerome Kagan (1971). “A Conception of Early Adolescence.” Daedalus

4.2 David Elkind (1967). “Egocentrism in Adolescence.” Child Development

4.3 Susan Harter (1999). “The Normative Development of Self-Representations During Adolescence.” The Construction of the Self

Part II Personal and Social Identity Development

Chapter 5 Theoretical Foundation

5.1 Erik H. Erikson (1968). “Identity Confusion in Life History, Case History.” Identity: Youth and Crisis

5.2 James E. Marcia (1994). “The Empirical Study of Ego Identity.” H. A. Bosma et al. (Eds.) Identity and Development: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Chapter 6 Racial and Ethnic Identity

6.1 William E. Cross Jr. (1995). “In Search of Blackness and Afrocentricity: The Psychology of Black Identity Change.” H. W. Harris, H. C. Blue, and E. E. H. Griffith (Eds.) Racial and Ethnic Identity: Psychological Development and Creative Expression

6.2 Jean S. Phinney and Doreen A. Rosenthal (1992). “Ethnic Identity in Adolescence: Process, Context, and Outcome.” G. R. Adams, T. P. Gullotta and R. Montemayor (Eds.) Adolescent Identity Formation

Chapter 7 Social Class

7.1 Jay MacLeod (1995). Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainments in a Low-Income Neighborhood

7.2 LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman (1997). Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago

7.3 Linda M. Burton (1997). “Ethnography and the Meaning of Adolescence in High-Risk Neighborhoods.” Ethos

Chapter 8 Gender Role Identity

8.1 Susan Harter et al. (1998). “Level of Voice Among Female and Male High School Students: Relational Context, Support, and Gender Orientation.” Developmental Psychology

8.2 Michael Gurian (1999). “Jason and His Brothers: What It's Really Like for Adolescent Boys in America.” A Fine Young Man

8.3 Peggy Orenstein (1994). “Striking Back: Sexual Harassment at Weston.” SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap

Chapter 9 Sexual Identity

9.1 Deborah L. Tolman (1991). “Adolescent Girls, Women and Sexuality: Discerning the Dilemmas of Desire.” C. Gilligan, A. G. Rogers, and D. L. Tolman (Eds.) Women, Girls and Psychotherapy: Reframing Resistance

9.2 Ritch C. Savin-Williams (1998) “Labeling Self as Gay or Bisexual.” “ .And Then I Became Gay”: Young Men's Stories

Part III Social Contexts and Contemporary Social Issues

Chapter 10 Family Relationships

10.1 Harry Prosen, John Toews, and Robert Martin (1981). “The Life Cycle of the Family: Parental Midlife Crisis and Adolescent Rebellion.” Adolescent Psychiatry

10.2 Laurence Steinberg (1990). “Autonomy, Conflict, and Harmony in the Family Relationship.” S. S. Feldman and G. R. Elliott (Eds.) At the Threshold: The Developing Adolescent

Chapter 11 Peers and Peer Groups

11.1 Willard W. Hartup (1993). “Adolescents and Their Friends.” New Directions for Child Development

11.2 B. Bradford Brown, Margaret S. Mory, and David Kinney (1994). “Casting Adolescent Crowds in a Relational Perspective: Caricature, Channel, and Context.” R. Montemayor, G. R. Adams, and T. P. Gullotta (Eds.) Personal Relationships During Adolescence

11.3 Candice Feiring (1996). “Concepts of Romance in 15-Year-Old Adolescents.” Journal of Research on Adolescence

Chapter 12 School and Work

12.1 Jacquelynne S. Eccles, et al. (1996). “Schools, Families, and Early Adolescents: What Are We Doing Wrong and What Can We Do Instead?” Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

12.2 Laurence Steinberg, Suzanne Fegley, and Sanford M. Dornbusch (1993). “Negative Impact of Part-Time Work on Adolescent Adjustment: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study.” Developmental Psychology

Chapter 13 Violence and Gangs

13.1 James Diego Vigil (1993). “Gangs, Social Control, and Ethnicity: Ways to Redirect.” S. B. Heath and M. W. McLaughlin (Eds.) Identity and Inner-City Youth: Beyond Ethnicity and Gender

13.2 Daniel J. Flannery, C. Ronald Huff, and Michael Manos (1998). “Youth Gangs: A Developmental Perspective.” In T. P. Gullotta, G. R. Adams, and R. Montemayor (Eds.) Delinquent Violent Youth: Theory and Interventions

Chapter 14 Teenage Pregnancy

14.1 Judith S. Musick (1993). “Adolescent Development.” Young, Poor, and Pregnant: The Psychology of Teenage Motherhood

14.2 Rebekah Levine Coley and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (1998). “Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood: Recent Evidence and Future Directions.” American Psychologist

Chapter 15 Eating Disorders

15.1 Joan Jacobs Brumberg (1988). “Modern Dieting.” Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa

15.2 Peter J. Fagan and Arnold E. Andersen (1990). “Sexuality and Eating Disorders in Adolescence.” M. Sugar (Ed.) Atypical Adolescence and Sexuality