Adolescence articles from September 1999

Adolescence archives from September 1999

SCHOOL COUNSELORS' ACCURACY IN IDENTIFYING ADOLESCENTS AT RISK FOR DROPPING OUT.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT School counselors were asked to identify, using qualitative judgments alone, adolescents who they believed were at moderate risk for dropping out. These students were then administered a dropout prediction scale. Results indicated...

PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICES DURING LATE ADOLESCENCE.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT This article reviews the literature on psychosocial correlates of contraceptive practices among sexually active late adolescents (primarily college undergraduates). It seeks to help identify subgroups of adolescents who either do...

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MINORITY STUDENTS' COLLEGE RETENTION?
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT This paper describes the Young Scholars Program (YSP), which seeks to expand the pool of African American and other underrepresented minority youth who aspire to attend college, and to help them meet entrance requirements and...

RACIAL SOCIALIZATION AND RACIAL IDENTITY: CAN THEY PROMOTE RESILIENCY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS?
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT Although there is a rich body of research on resiliency, much of the literature fails to include minority youths or does not take into consideration their distinctive racial and environmental circumstances. Additionally, limited...

INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE BY MALES IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT This study examined verbal intimidation (VI), physical intimidation (VI), and physical violence (PV) in high school athletics, both by program and by sport. Antecedents were identified via principal component analysis; they...

TEENS' CONCERNS: A NATIONAL EVALUATION.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT Previous research found that adolescents in Toledo, Ohio, utilized a peer listening phone service predominantly for four reasons: to discuss peer relationships, family problems, and sexuality issues, as well as to have someone...

MASSAGE AND MUSIC THERAPIES ATTENUATE FRONTAL EEG ASYMMETRY IN DEPRESSED ADOLESCENTS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT EEG asymmetry, specifically greater relative right frontal activation, is associated with negative affect. Depressed adults show stable patterns of this asymmetry. The present study assessed the effects of massage therapy and...

SOURCES OF SELF-IDENTITY AMONG TURKISH ADOLESCENTS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT As part of the International Self-Identity Research Project, this study explored sources of identity among Turkish adolescents. The interview sample consisted of three male and three female high school students in Ankara, Turkey....

A SPECIALIZED APPERCEPTION TEST FOR AMBULATORY-IMPAIRED ADOLESCENTS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT A specialized apperception test for physically impaired adolescents was developed, and a pilot was conducted using ten nonimpaired and ten impaired adolescents. Ten cards depicting various scenes with physically impaired male and...

RESTRAINED DRINKING AND COGNITIVE CONTROL AMONG ADOLESCENTS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT The present study investigated restrained drinking and self-control in relation to alcohol consumption and problem drinking in a sample of adolescents. One hundred ninety-eight high school students (97 males and 101 females; mean...

DEPRESSION AND STRESS IN STREET YOUTH.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT The present study explored stress and depression levels in Canadian street youth, as well as the methods they used to cope. Twenty-seven street youth and 27 nonrunaway peers responded to a questionnaire investigating history of...

SCHOOL CULTURE: EXPLORING THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT Educators frequently overlook school culture. This article encourages teachers and administrators to gain a more complete picture of the school environment through an exploration of the symbolic nature of the hidden, or implicit,...

IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT OF HOMOSEXUAL YOUTH AND PARENTAL AND FAMILIAL INFLUENCES ON THE COMING OUT PROCESS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT This paper examines the literature on identity development of homosexual youth, and parental and familial influences on the coming out process. Research indicates that homosexual adolescents who have a close relationship with...

ECOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT Adolescent pregnancy, the disproportionate number of births to unmarried adolescents, the potential disadvantages for both mothers and their children, and the commensurate costs to society have received the attention of...

ANOREXIC EATING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT This study examined gender differences in eating attitudes and behaviors in a sample of 471 undergraduate college students. The prevalence of symptomatology indicative of anorexia was determined using the Eating Attitudes Test...

Not Just a Passing Phase: Social Work with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... APPLEBY, George Alan, & ANASTAS, Jeane W. Not Just a Passing Phase: Social Work with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. 490pp. $49.50 (h), $21.50 (p). This textbook helps social workers understand...

Ethical Issues in Youth Work.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BANKS, Sarah (Ed.). Ethical Issues in Youth Work. New York: Routledge, 1999. 2O8pp. $75.00 (h), $24.99 (p). This book presents a systematic analysis of some of the core ethical dilemmas facing youth workers in their day-to-day practice....

Feminist Science Education.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BARTON, Angela Calabrese. Feminist Science Education. New York: Teach ers College Press (Athene Series), 1998. 168pp. $44.00 (h), $19.95 (p). This volume presents a case for liberatory science education from a feminist perspective. Based...

The Principal's Guide to Winning Grants.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BAUER, David G. The Principal's Guide to Winning Grants. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999. 224pp. $24.95 (p). Today's public and private schools can no longer rely on traditional sources of funding to fulfill their educational goals....

Computers as Tutors: Solving the Crisis in Education.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BENNETT, Frederick. Computers as Tutors: Solving the Crisis in Education. Sarasota, FL: Faben, 1999. 232pp. $25.00 (h). Computers as Tutors accentuates how an altered use of technology can change education. Until now, computers have been a...

Understanding Clergy Misconduct in Religious Systems. Scapegoating, Family Secrets, and the Abuse of Power.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BENYEI, Candace R. Understanding Clergy Misconduct in Religious Systems. Scapegoating, Family Secrets, and the Abuse of Power. New York: Haworth Pastoral Press, 1998. l97pp. $29.95 (h), $19.95 (p). This book looks at why sexual misconduct...

Therapy with Troubled Teenagers: Rewriting Young Lives in Progress.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BERTOLINO, Bob. Therapy with Troubled Teenagers: Rewriting Young Lives in Progress. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1999. 234pp. $45.00 (h). Bertolino describes his approach to treating adolescents and their families. He applies...

Developmental Psychology: An Advanced Textbook (4th ed.).(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BORNSTEIN, Marc H., & LAMB, Michael E. (Eds.). Developmental Psychology: An Advanced Textbook (4th ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999. 657pp. $49.95 (h). Developmental psychology provides a perspective that illuminates...

Cognitive Aspects of Chronic Illness in Children.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BROWN, Ronald T. (Ed.). Cognitive Aspects of Chronic Illness in Children. New York: Guilford, 1999. 420pp. $42.00 (h). As medical science has become increasingly refined and effective, greater numbers of children and adolescents are...

Adolescents in Psychiatric Hospitals: A Psychodynamic Approach to Evaluation and Treatment.
September 22, 1999... BRUNSTETTER, Richard W. Adolescents in Psychiatric Hospitals: A Psychodynamic Approach to Evaluation and Treatment. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1998. 190pp. $45.95 (h), $32.95 (p). This book is divided into five sections. Part 1...

Exercises for Individual and Group Development: Building Blocks for Intimacy, Awareness and Community.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BUFE, Charles, & DeNUNZIO, Dale. Exercises for Individual and Group Development: Building Blocks for Intimacy, Awareness and Community. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press, 1998. 76pp. $8.95 (p). Bufe and DeNunzio describe dozens of exercises...

Cool and Celibate? Sex or No Sex.(Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... BULL, David. Cool and Celibate? Sex or No Sex. Boston, MA: Element Children's Books, 1998. l43pp. $4.95 (p). Even with the safe-sex mantra of the past decade, teenage pregnancy continues at a crisis level. The author believes the time is...

Anger and Relapse: Breaking the Cycle.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... CLANCY, Jo. Anger and Relapse: Breaking the Cycle. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press, 1997. 212pp. $24.95 (p). Anger and Relapse: Breaking the Cycle is written in a personal, easy-to-read style that makes readers feel like the author is with...

Human Development (8th ed.).(Review)
September 22, 1999... CRAIG, Grace J., with BAUCUM, Don. Human Development (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. 696pp. (h). This eighth edition of Human Development draws from many fields (developmental psychology, sociology, anthropology,...

Losing It: The Virginity Myth.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... GROSIER, Louis M. (Ed.). Losing It: The Virginity Myth. Gilsum, NH: Avocus Publishing, 1993. l95pp. $19.95 (h), $12.95 (p). In revealing less-than-storybook experiences of losing their virginity, twenty-two young women and men effectively...

Girl Talk: Adolescent Magazines and Their Readers.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... CURRIE, Dawn H. Girl Talk: Adolescent Magazines and Their Readers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. 362pp. $60.00 (h), $24.95 (p). Current feminist debate finds itself at an impasse concerning the significance of magazines for...

Creative Therapy III: 52 More Exercises for Groups.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... DOSSICK, Jane, & SHEA, Eugene. Creative Therapy III: 52 More Exercises for Groups. Sarasota: Professional Resource Press, 1995. 116pp.$21.95(p). This latest addition to the Creative Therapy series presents fifty-two more ready-to-use tools...

Latino Families in Therapy: A Guide to Multicultural Practice.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... FALICOV, Celia Jaes. Latino Families in Therapy: A Guide to Multicultural Practice. New York: Guilford, 1998. 303pp. $32.00 (h). Presenting a framework for thinking about multiculturalism in therapy, this volume provides insights and...

Outdoor Education: Theory and Practice.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... GAIR, Nicholas P. Outdoor Education: Theory and Practice. Herndon, VA: Cassell, 1997. 2l4pp. $29.95 (p). Outdoor Education focuses on the educational value of learning in the outdoors. Whereas "hard" technical skills can often be acquired...

Changing Families, Changing Responsibilities: Family Obligations Following Divorce and Remarriage.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... GANONG, Lawrence H., & COLEMAN, Marilyn. Changing Families, Changing Responsibilities: Family Obligations Following Divorce and Remarriage. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999. 2O3pp. $45.00 (h). The high incidence of divorce and...

A Primer for Beginning Psychotherapy.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... GOLDSTEIN, William N. A Primer for Beginning Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: Brunner/Mazel, 1998. 101pp. $15.95 (p). Designed especially for students and mental health professionals at the early stages of their careers, this primer provides...

Using Race and Culture in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory and Process.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... HELMS, Janet E., & COOK, Donelda A. Using Race and Culture in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory and Process. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. 374pp. (h). The authors examine the impact of both the therapist's and the client's racial and...

Social Psychology: Unraveling the Mystery.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... KENRICK, Douglas T., NEUBERG, Steven L., & CIALDINI, Robert B. Social Psychology: Unraveling the Mystery. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. 648pp. (h). The authors arrange the findings of the field of social psychology into a patterned whole....

Brief Counseling in Action.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... LITTRELL, John M. Brief Counseling in Action. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998. 246pp. $32.00 (h). This introduction to brief therapy for counselors and counseling students will enable readers to establish a brief counseling mindset,...

Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... MALEKOFF, Andrew. Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice. New York: The Guilford Press, 1999. 336pp. $19.95 (p), $39.95 (h). This volume broadens the knowledge and skill base of practitioners doing group social work with...

The Memory Bird: Survivors of Sexual Abuse.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... MALONE, Caroline, FARTHING, Linda, & MARCE, Lorraine (Eds.). The Memory Bird: Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997. 295pp. $59.95 (h), $16.95 (p). This book is a collection of drawings, personal essays,...

NONDELINQUENT YOUTHS' STEALING BEHAVIOR AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTS, SCHOOL, AND PEERS.
September 22, 1999... ABSTRACT Correlates of stealing behavior were investigated in a sample of 167 nondelinquent 10- to 15-year-olds. Stealing was related to youths' attitudes toward parents and school, as well as reasons for stealing. Stealing was most...