Adolescence articles from March 2001

Adolescence archives from March 2001

NEGOTIATION TRAINING AND INTERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF EARLY ADOLESCENTS IN ARGENTINA.(psychosocial skills research)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT This paper reports findings from an exploratory outcome study of the Program for Young Negotiators training model with early adolescents in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Youth between the ages of 10 and 15 years (135 females, 70 males)...

IDENTIFYING YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUIDANCE NEEDS THROUGH TELEPHONE COUNSELING.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT This study examined the needs that young people in Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, expressed in phone calls to a research unit of the Mexican Social Security Institute. Three hundred forty-five calls, from...

INTEGRATING A STRUCTURED ETHICAL REFLECTION CURRICULUM INTO HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCES: IMPACT ON STUDENTS' SOCIOMORAL DEVELOPMENT.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT It is widely accepted within the field of community service that reflection is an important factor in promoting personal and sociomoral development. The purpose of this research was to determine if a particular form of...

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF MEXICAN EARLY ADOLESCENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT This study examined gender differences in the effects of menarche in females and voice change in males, specifically with regard to depression, self-esteem, body image, and externalizing problems (i.e., behavioral disturbances)....

DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A MEASURE TO ASSESS ADOLESCENTS' PARTICIPATION IN LEISURE ACTIVITIES.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT This paper describes the development and administration of a measure (a self-report questionnaire) to assess the participation of adolescents in leisure activities. Questionnaire items were generated through a content analysis of...

EXAMINATION OF ADOLESCENTS' NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, DEPRESSIVE MOOD, AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT The focus of this study was the relationship among adolescents' negative thoughts, depressive mood, and family environment. Three hundred eleven students (aged 16 and 17 years) in public and private schools served as subjects....

THE RELATIONAL SELF-CONCEPT SCALE: A CONTEXT-SPECIFIC SELF-REPORT MEASURE FOR ADOLESCENTS.
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT This paper describes an alternative approach to measuring the self that directly accounts for the way individuals ruminate on their external actions in order to inform and maintain their self-image. This was achieved by designing...

EXERCISE IS POSITIVELY RELATED TO ADOLESCENTS' RELATIONSHIPS AND ACADEMICS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT Eighty-nine high school seniors were administered a questionnaire that gathered information on their exercise habits (ranging from rarely to daily), relationships with parents and peers, depressive tendencies, sports involvement,...

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AMONG REGULAR, SPECIAL, AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT This study examined motivationally related variables among three types of high school students. In particular, students' perceptions of competence, control, parental autonomy support, teacher autonomy support, peer autonomy...

PEER ISOLATION AND DRUG USE AMONG WHITE NON-HISPANIC AND MEXICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT The social-emotional characteristics and drug-use patterns of adolescents who reported having no friends (i.e., isolates) were compared to those of adolescents in drug-using and non-drug-using peer groups. Adolescents who did not...

LATE ADOLESCENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON MARITAL RAPE: THE IMPACT OF GENDER AND FRATERNITY/SORORITY MEMBERSHIP.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT Although recent studies of marital rape have examined both victims' and perpetrators' social and psychological characteristics, little attention has been directed to the attitudes of others toward marital rape. Using a systematic...

A NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING ADOLESCENT ADJUSTMENT.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between the quality of adjustment in adolescents and a set of psychiatric diagnoses, personality traits, parental bonding, and social support variables. One hundred fifty adolescents were...

ASSESSMENT OF MODE OF ANGER EXPRESSION IN ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT Anger can play an important role in depression and suicide risk among adolescents. The present study evaluated internalized and externalized anger in 92 adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Results indicated that adolescents who...

Binge No More: Your Guide to Overcoming Disordered Eating.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... NASH, Joyce D. Binge No More: Your Guide to Overcoming Disordered Eating. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1999. 288pp. $14.95 (p). In Binge No More, eating disorder specialist Joyce Nash provides the information, encouragement,...

When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... NATENSHON, Abigail H. When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999. 278pp. $22.00 (p). When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder walks parents...

Everyday Courage: The Lives and Stories of Urban Teenagers.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... WAY, Niobe. Everyday Courage: The Lives and Stories of Urban Teenagers. New York: New York University Press, 1998. 3l0pp. $17.95 (p), $55.00 (h). What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city? In Everyday Courage, Way, a...

Parenting One Day at a Time: Using the Tools of Recovery to Become Better Parents and Raise Better Kids.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... PACKER, Alex J. Parenting One Day at a Time: Using the Tools of Recovery to Become Better Parents and Raise Better Kids. New York: Dell Trade Paperback, 1996. 320pp. $9.95 (p). The conceptual foundations of recovery--patience, acceptance,...

Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... PATTERSON, JoEllen, WILLIAMS, Lee, GRAUF-GROUNDS, Claudia, & CHAMOW, Larry. Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination. New York: The Guilford Press, 1998. 250pp. $30.00 (h). This volume provides students...

African American Males in School and Society: Practices and Policies for Effective Education.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... POLITE, Vernon C., & DAVIS, James Earl (Eds.). African American Males in School and Society: Practices and Policies for Effective Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. 256pp. $54.00 (h), $23.95 (p). Polite and Davis have...

Reflective Teaching in Secondary Education.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... POLLARD, Andrew, & TRIGGS, Pat. Reflective Teaching in Secondary Education. London: Cassell, 1997. 528pp. $29.95 (p). Addressing teaching competence and standards, this book argues that reflection is the core process in the development of...

Fatherneed: Why Father Care Is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... PRUETT, Kyle D. Fatherneed: Why Father Care Is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child. New York: The Free Press, 2000. 256pp. $24.00 (h). Combining real-life examples from his own child and family psychiatry practice with...

Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades: A Reference Guide.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... ROLLIN, Lucy. Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades: A Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. 416pp. $59.95 (h). Decade by decade, this resource offers an overview of all aspects of American teenagers' lives from 1900...

The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women (Revised Edition).(Review)
March 22, 2001... RUSSELL, Diana E. H. The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women (Revised Edition). New York: Basic Books, 1999. 464pp. $18.00 (p). Based on findings about San Francisco, this book makes a case for an epidemic of abuse on a...

Clinical Evaluations of School-Aged Children: A Structured Approach to the Diagnosis of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (Second Edition).(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SAMUELS, Susan K., & SIKORSKY, Susana. Clinical Evaluations of School-Aged Children: A Structured Approach to the Diagnosis of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (Second Edition). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press, 1998. 376pp....

Gutsy Girls: Young Women Who Dare.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SCHWAGER, Tina, & SCHUERGER, Michele (Elizabeth Verdick, Editor). Gutsy Girls: Young Women Who Dare. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 1999. 272pp. $14.95 (p). Girls can achieve amazing things--if they believe in themselves and have...

Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SEGAL, Nancy L. Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior. New York: Plume, 2000. 396pp. $16.00 (p). Segal reveals how twins hold the keys to understanding our physical and intellectual capabilities, personality...

Solution-Focused Therapy with Children: Harnessing Family Strengths for Systemic Change.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SELEKMAN, Matthew D. Solution-Focused Therapy with Children: Harnessing Family Strengths for Systemic Change. New York: The Guilford Press, 1997. 250 pp. $27.95 (h). Can children with emotional and behavioral difficulties be treated...

How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too!(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SEVERE, Sal. How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too! New York: Viking, 2000. 288pp. $23.95 (h). Severe maintains that "children learn what they live--your children do as you do." Based on Severe's more than twenty years of experience as...

Skills for Families, Skills for Life: Helping Parents, Care givers, and Teens Meet the Challenges of Everyday Living.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SHADOIN, Linda M., COOK-GRIFFIN, Joni, & PETERSON, Jane L. Skills for Families, Skills for Life: Helping Parents, Care givers, and Teens Meet the Challenges of Everyday Living. Boys Town, NE: Boys Town Press, 1999. 118pp. (p). As a...

Sorrow's Web: Overcoming the Legacy of Maternal Depression.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SHEFFIELD, Anne. Sorrow's Web: Overcoming the Legacy of Maternal Depression. New York: The Free Press, 2000. 304pp. $23.00. One in every four women suffers from depression at some point in her life, and most of these women are mothers....

Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SHIRK, Martha, BENNETT, Neil G., & ABER, J. Lawrence. Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999. 304pp. $24.00 (h). In Lives on the Line, the authors meld affecting personal...

Health Issues and Adolescents: Growing Up, Speaking Out.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SHUCKSMITH, Janet, & HENDRY, Leo B. Health Issues and Adolescents: Growing Up, Speaking Out. New York: Routledge, 1998. 165pp. $65.00 (h), $20.99 (p). Most research and policy agendas relating to young people are dominated by adult...

Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SILVERMAN, Phyllis Rolfe. Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 271pp. $19.95 (p). In spite of society's wish to protect and insulate children from death, the experience of loss is...

Cases for Middle School Educators.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SISKIND, Theresa Gay le. Cases for Middle School Educators. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000. 134pp. (p). These nineteen real-life cases paint a compelling picture of middle school education, bringing to life those theories and methods...

Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... SONES, Sonya. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. l49pp. $14.95 (h). It really happens just like that, in the blink of an eye. An older sister has a mental breakdown and has to be...

Complex Issues in Child Custody Evaluations.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... STAHL, Philip M. Complex Issues in Child Custody Evaluations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999. 2l6pp. (hand p). When performing a custody evaluation, how do professionals deal with domestic violence? What impact does one parent's...

Great Places to Learn: How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... STARKMAN, Neal, SCALES, Peter C., & ROBERTS, Clay. Great Places to Learn: How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed. Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute, 1999. l99pp. (p). A school-wide focus on building developmental assets can...

Connecting Character to Conduct: Helping Students Do the Right Things.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... STEIN, Rita, RICHIN, Roberta, BANYON, Richard, BANYON, Francine, & STEIN, Marc. Connecting Character to Conduct: Helping Students Do the Right Things. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2000. 142pp. $22.95...

Practical Parenting: Successful Strategies for Solving Your Child's Behaviour Problems.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... STENHOUSE, Glen. Practical Parenting: Successful Strategies for Solving Your Child's Behaviour Problems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. l66pp. $21.95 (p). All parents encounter problems and challenges in brining up their children....

Dangerous Kids: Boys Town's Approach for Helping Caregivers Treat Aggressive and Violent Youth.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... STERBA, Michael, & DAVIS, Jerry. Dangerous Kids: Boys Town's Approach for Helping Caregivers Treat Aggressive and Violent Youth. Boys Town, NE: Boys Town Press, 1999. 160pp. (p). Aggressive or violent youth threaten the well-being of...

IDM Supervision: An Integrated Developmental Model for Supervising Counselors and Therapists.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... STOLTENBERG, Cal D., MCNEILL, Brian, & DEL WORTH, Ursula. IDM Supervision: An Integrated Developmental Model for Supervising Counselors and Therapists. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. 288pp. $34.95 (h). In IDM Supervision, the...

Youth, Sex, and Government.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... TAIT, Gordon. Youth, Sex, and Government. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2000. 256pp. $29.95 (p). For nearly twenty-five years, the field of youth studies has employed the same conceptual tools to explain the conduct of young people,...

On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge: The University of Georgia Annual Lectures on Creativity.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... TORRANCE, E. Paul (Ed.). On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge: The University of Georgia Annual Lectures on Creativity. Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing, 2000. 186pp. $65.00 (h), $24.95 (p). On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge contains the...

Signs of Safety: A Solution and Safety Oriented Approach to Child Protection Casework.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... TURNELL, Andrew, & EDWARDS, Steve. Signs of Safety: A Solution and Safety Oriented Approach to Child Protection Casework. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. 240pp. $32.00 (h). This book presents a revolutionary approach to child protection...

The Managed Care Answer Book for Mental Health Professionals.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... TUTTLE, Gayle McCracken, & WOODS, Dianne Rush. The Managed Care Answer Book for Mental Health Professionals. Bristol, PA: Brunner/Mazel, 1997. 152pp. $21.95 (p). In The Managed Care Answer Book, Tuttle and Woods draw on their extensive...

Developing Talent Across the Life Span.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... VAN LIESHOUT, Cornelis F. M., & HEYMANS, Peter G. (Eds.). Developing Talent Across the Life Span. Philadelphia: Psychology Press, 2000. 333pp. $69.95 (h). This volume presents new theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on the...

Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: A Strengths Perspective.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... VAN WORMER, Katherine, WELLS, Joel, & BOES, Mary. Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: A Strengths Perspective. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. 184pp. (p). Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals is divided into three...