Adolescence. A Developmental Transition

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1995
Edition: Second Edition

Description: 620 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Uses the latest research findings and influential theoretical viewpoints to convey what is known about adolescent development, how the behavior of young people can best be understood and what the adolescence experience is like for teenagers and those around them. Features extensive individual examples and first-person accounts of young adults. Special attention is paid to social and cultural aspects, such as bicultural environments, growing up in divorced or reconstituted families, physical or sexual abuse, homosexuality, etc. This edition contains expanded discussions of cognitive development and adolescence theories and a new chapter on social cognition.

ISBN: 9780471582649