Adolescence articles from March 2003

Adolescence archives from March 2003

Risk profiles of adolescent girls who were victims of dating violence.
March 22, 2003... The designation of violent and abusive behavior as a U.S. public health priority is evidenced by its inclusion in the Healthy People 2000 and 2010 objectives (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000a, 2000b). Intimate partner...

Effects of parenting, father absence, and affiliation with delinquent peers on delinquent behavior among African-American male adolescents.
March 22, 2003... Delinquent behavior by African-American male adolescents is of special concern to society due to their overrepresentation in juvenile detention centers and adult prisons, morbidity and mortality statistics, and reports of academic...

Academic performance, popularity, and depression predict adolescent substance use.
March 22, 2003... Adolescent substance use remains high in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998). A recent National Institute on Drug Abuse report indicated that 65% of high school seniors had smoked cigarettes, 80% had consumed...

The Sexual Communication Scale: a measure of frequency of sexual communication between parents and adolescents.
March 22, 2003... Frequency of sexual communication between parents and adolescents has been studied over the past several decades. In a review of the literature on parent-adolescent communication about sexuality, Miller (1998) reported that results varied...

The relationship between depression and smoking in adolescents.
March 22, 2003... Despite research indicating that cigarette smoking is the number one preventable cause of premature death in the United States (e.g., Bartecchi, MacKenzie, & Schrier, 1995), smoking continues at a high rate. Adolescent smoking rates actually...

Self-reported delinquency among Alberta's youth: findings from a survey of 2,001 junior and senior high school students.
March 22, 2003... Youth violence continues to be of great concern in North America. A recent poll of 1,520 Canadians revealed that while 44% felt that the crime rate is rising, 71% believed that youth crime is increasing (EKOS Research Associates, Inc., 2000)....

Understanding depressed mood in the context of a family-oriented culture.
March 22, 2003... Depressed mood has been described as a common experience during adolescence (Steinberg, 1999). For example, studies using community samples in the U.S. found that about 25% to 35% of adolescent boys and 25% to 40% of adolescent girls...

Adolescent coping in different Chinese family environments.
March 22, 2003... In general, individuals who view themselves as masterful and in control of their lives are more likely to adapt successfully to stressful situations than are those who perceive life to be beyond their control (Bandura, 1982; Folkman, 1984;...

School vandalism: individual and social context.
March 22, 2003... Various disciplines such as psychology and sociology have examined vandalism from different perspectives, and it is difficult to reach consensus on a definition. Nevertheless, some of the definitions have common elements, such as: "an...

"I want to read stuff on boys": white, Latina, and black girls reading Seventeen magazine and encountering adolescence.
March 22, 2003... Adolescence can be both a "beautiful and dangerous" (Kaplan, 1996) period of life for girls. It is a time when girls begin to mature physically and psychologically. They begin to gain a sense of independence, especially from attachments to...

Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language.
March 22, 2003... There are some foreign languages that enjoy great status in the United States, while other foreign languages are rarely represented at the high school level. As Draper and Hicks (1996) indicated, 42.2% of high school students were enrolled in...

Labeling and delinquency.
March 22, 2003... Recently, there has been renewed interest in the contribution of labeling theory to the study of delinquency (Ray & Downs, 1986; Paternoster & Iovanni, 1989; Matsueda, 1992). The basic assumption of the theory is that perceived negative...

Boy v. Girl? How Gender Shapes Who We Are, What We Want, and How We Get Along. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ABRAHAMS, George, & AHLBRAND, Sheila. Boy v. Girl? How Gender Shapes Who We Are, What We Want, and How We Get Along. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 2002. 200pp. $14.95 (p). What is gender, anyway? What are gender roles, and who...

Attitudes and Related Psychosocial Constructs: Theories, Assessment, and Research.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... AIKEN, Lewis R. Attitudes and Related Psychosocial Constructs: Theories, Assessment, and Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002. 328pp. $74.95 (h), $34.95 (p). Attitudes have a major impact on behavior and one's ability to...

Clinical Counselling in Schools.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... BARWICK, Nick (Ed.). Clinical Counselling in Schools. Philadelphia: Routledge, 2000. 185pp. $70.00 (h), $26.95 (p). Too often in education there is a split between those concerned with children's personal and emotional well-being and those...

Young Heroes in World History.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... BERSON, Robin Kadison. Young Heroes in World History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. 288pp. $45.00 (h). This book of biographical profiles and stories chronicles the astonishing courage and imagination of young people. The lives of...

Counseling Youth: Foucault, Power, and the Ethics of Subjectivity. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... BESLEY, Tina. Counseling Youth: Foucault, Power, and the Ethics of Subjectivity. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. 288pp. $64.95 (h). Using the work of Foucault, this study examines changing notions of the self and identity and how psychological...

Stepparenting: Creating and Recreating Families in America Today.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... CATH, Stanley H., & SHOPPER, Moisy (Eds.). Stepparenting: Creating and Recreating Families in America Today. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 2001. 360pp. $55.00 (h). Stepparenting: Creating and Recreating Families in America Today is a...

Working with Parents of Aggressive Children: A Practitioner's Guide. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... CAVELL, Timothy A. Working with Parents of Aggressive Children: A Practitioner's Guide. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2000. 267pp. $39.95 (h). Public concerns over youth violence have led to questions about how...

In Search of Human Nature.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... CLARK, Mary E. In Search of Human Nature. New York: Routledge, 2002. 576pp. $31.95 (p). What is wrong with the West's "scientific" picture of what and who we are? Was Thomas Hobbes right to sum up human life as "solitary, poor, nasty,...

Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... CRAMER, Elizabeth P. (Ed.). Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2002. 274pp. $24.95 (p), $49.95 (h). This book presents an integrated approach toward changing attitudes about...

Television Families: Is Something Wrong in Suburbia? .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... DOUGLAS William. Television Families: Is Something Wrong in Suburbia? Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003. 197pp. $45.00 (h), $22.50 (p). Television Families provides a thorough study of television families in the context of...

The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts: The Library and the Young Adult.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... EDWARDS, Margaret A. The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts: The Library and the Young Adult. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002. 206pp. $20.00 (p). Maverick librarian Margaret Edwards not only threw open the gates of her fair...

Hanging Out: Community-Based After-School Programs for Children. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... GARNER, Ruth (Ed.), with ZHAO, Yong, & GILLINGHAM, M. Hanging Out: Community-Based After-School Programs for Children. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2002. 200pp. $58.95 (h). There is an unsettledness now in after-school childcare. The...

Adolescent Portraits: Identity, Relationships, and Challenges (4th ed.).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... GARROD, Andrew, SMULYAN, Lisa, POWERS, Sally, & KILKENNY, Robert. Adolescent Portraits: Identity, Relationships, and Challenges (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2002. 319pp. $38.00 (p). These eighteen cases represent a fascinating...

Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... GOSS, Robert E., & STRONGHEART, Amy Adams Squire (Eds.). Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship. New York: The Harrington Park Press, 1997. 290pp. $64.95 (h), $22.95 (p). Our Families, Our Values challenges both the gay...

Down to Earth Sociology: Introductory Readings (12th ed.)(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... HENSLIN, James M. (Ed.). Down to Earth Sociology: Introductory Readings (12th ed.). New York: The Free Press, 2003. 576pp. $19.95 (p). For more than thirty years, James Henslin's Down to Earth Sociology has opened new windows onto the...

Teen Violence: A Global View. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... HOFFMAN, Allan M., & SUMMERS, Randal W. (Eds.). Teen Violence: A Global View. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. 232pp. $49.95 (h). Fourteen case studies of carefully selected countries, representative of every region of the world, are...

The First Session with Children and Adolescents: Conducting a Comprehensive Mental Health Evaluation. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... HOUSE, Alvin E. The First Session with Children and Adolescents: Conducting a Comprehensive Mental Health Evaluation. New York: The Guilford Press, 2002. 292pp. $32.00 (h). This book provides a thorough, practical primer on carrying out an...

Student Achievement Through Staff Development (3rd ed.). .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... JOYCE, Bruce, & SHOWERS, Beverly. Student Achievement Through Staff Development (3rd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2002. 217pp. $29.95 (p). Through case studies of successful programs,...

What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... MARZANO, Robert J. What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003. 218pp. $25.95 (p). Marzano synthesizes 35 years of research to provide clear insight...

Teaching Sex: The Shaping of Adolescence in the 20th Century. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... MORAN, Jeffrey P. Teaching Sex: The Shaping of Adolescence in the 20th Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. 304pp. $29.50 (h), $16.95 (p). Sex education, since its advent at the dawn of the 20th century, has provoked the...

Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL and INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999. 672pp. $63.20 (p). Immigrant children and youth are the...

Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL and INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003. 386pp. $39.95 (h). The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national...

Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... NEAL-BARNETT, Angela M., CONTRERAS, Josefina M., & KERNS, Kathryn A. (Eds.). Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2001. 224pp. $72.95 (h). This volume focuses on...

Children's Rights: Policy and Practice. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... PARDECK, John T. Children's Rights: Policy and Practice. New York The Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2002. l74pp. $22.95 (p), $39.95 (h). This comprehensive appraisal of children's rights encompasses legal, psychological,...

The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... RIBNER, Neil G. (Ed.). The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. 704pp. $75.00 (h) The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology is a comprehensive handbook for mental health professionals working with...

Be the Difference: A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... SEO, Danny. Be the Difference: A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World. Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada: New Society Publishers, 2001. 172pp. $14.95 (p). After retiring as CEO of Earth 2000 National, a 25,000 member...

Child, Adolescent and Family Development (Second Edition). .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... SLEE, Phillip T. Child, Adolescent and Family Development (Second Edition). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 520pp. $95.00 (h), $35.00 (p). Child, Adolescent and Family Development is a comprehensive study of human development...

Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice (4th ed.). .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... SUE, Derald Wing, & SUE, David. Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. 528pp. $80.95 (h). This latest edition offers a contemporary expansion of the definition of multicultural...

Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents: Uncommon Sense for Child Professionals. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... TAFFEL, Ron. Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents: Uncommon Sense for Child Professionals. New York: The Guilford Press, 2001. 244pp. $28.00 (h). The book is filled with insights gleaned from Taffel's 25+ years of clinical...

Teen Spaces: The Step-by-Step Library Makeover. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... TANEY, Kimberly Bolan. Teen Spaces: The Step-by-Step Library Makeover. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003. 144pp. $35.00 (p). Giving teens a "room of their own" in the library--one that is fun, trendy, and unlibrarylike--is a...

Testing Students with Disabilities: Practical Strategies for Complying with District and State Requirements (2nd ed).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... THURLOW, Martha L., ELLIOTT, Judy L., & YSSELDYKE, James E. Testing Students with Disabilities: Practical Strategies for Complying with District and State Requirements (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2003. 344pp. $74.95 (h), $34.95...

Construction Sites: Excavating Race, Class, and Gender Among Urban Youth.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... WEIS, Lois, & FINE, Michelle (Eds.). Construction Sites: Excavating Race, Class, and Gender Among Urban Youth. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000. 336pp. $24.95 (p), $55.00 (h). There is much talk these days about school and community...

The Violence and Addiction Equation: Theoretical and Clinical Issues in Substance Abuse and Relationship Violence. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... WEKERLE, Christine, & WALL, Anne-Marie (Eds.). The Violence and Addiction Equation: Theoretical and Clinical Issues in Substance Abuse and Relationship Violence. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2002. 376pp. $59.95 (h). Addiction and...

Adolescent Depression and Suicide: A Comprehensive Empirical Intervention for Prevention and Treatment. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... WODARSKI, John S., WODARSKI, Lois A., & DULMUS, Catherine N. Adolescent Depression and Suicide: A Comprehensive Empirical Intervention for Prevention and Treatment. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 2003. 186pp. $29.95...

Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective. .(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... WORMER, Katherine van, & DAVIS, Diane Rae. Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective. Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole--Thompson Learning, 2003. 480pp. (p). This book presents the strengths perspective as the unifying framework of the text to...