Adolescence

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Contents
PART 1 Introduction
	Chapter 1 Adolescence
		Themes and Approaches
		Who Is an Adolescent?
		Adolescence Across History
		Adolescents in a Global Age
		Applications in the Spotlight: Promoting Global Awareness and Understanding
		Where Is Adolescence Going?
		Theories About Adolescence
		What’s Next? Emerging Adulthood
PART 2 Adolescent Changes
	Chapter 2 Puberty and Physical Development
		The Biology of Puberty
		Responses to Puberty
		Brain Development
		Health Issues
		Research in the Spotlight: Factors Associated with Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating
	Chapter 3 Cognitive Changes
		Piaget’s Approach
		Beyond Piaget
		Research in the Spotlight: Teenagers Are Good at “Cool”
		Intelligence in Adolescence
		Thinking About Thinking
		Applications in the Spotlight: Self-Regulated Learning in the Canadian School System
		What’s Next? Emerging Adulthood: Cognition in Emerging Adulthood
PART 3 Adolescent Contexts
	Chapter 4 Families
		Adolescents in the Family System
		Parents and Parenting
		Research in the Spotlight: Attachment, Bullies, and the Bullied
		Applications in the Spotlight: Supporting Parents
		Siblings and Adolescence
		Family Diversity
		What’s Next? Emerging Adulthood: Failure to Launch?
	Chapter 5 Peers
		The Importance of Peers
		Paths of Peer Influence
		Status, Acceptance, and Popularity
		Social Groups in Adolescence
		Research in the Spotlight: Friend, Enemy, or Frenemy?
	Chapter 6 School and Work
		Adolescents and School
		Research in the Spotlight: School Connectedness and Health
		Informal Education
		Is There Life After High School?
		Adolescents and Work
		Applications in the Spotlight: Fries with That? Career and Personal Planning in Vancouver High Schools
		What’s Next? Emerging Adulthood: Work and Career Choice in Emerging Adulthood
	Chapter 7 Community, Culture, and the Media
		Adolescents and the Community
		The Role of Culture
		Research in the Spotlight: Art for Everyone
		Leisure and the Media
		Applications in the Spotlight: Rating the Media
PART 4 Adolescent Issues
	Chapter 8 Gender
		Understanding Gender Development
		Gender Differences in Adolescence
		Social Contexts of Gender Development
		Research in the Spotlight: Are Shows Like Friends Really Friendly to Body Image?
		Applications in the Spotlight: Gender in Advertising
	Chapter 9 Identity
		Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
		Applications in the Spotlight: Gender, Identity, and Miss Representation
		Forging an Identity
		Research in the Spotlight: Who Am I? Not Sure Yet!
		The Moral Self
		What’s Next? Emerging Adulthood: Still Searching
	Chapter 10 Intimacy
		Friendship
		Romance
		Research in the Spotlight: Dating Violence
		Sex
		Applications in the Spotlight: Sexual Health in the Canadian Classroom
		What’s Next? Emerging Adulthood: Relationships in Emerging Adulthood
PART 5 Adolescent Challenges and Prospects
	Chapter 11 Challenges
		The Reality of Adolescent Challenges
		Externalizing Problems
		Research in the Spotlight: Acting Together: Community University Research Alliance (CURA) Project
		Applications in the Spotlight: Lights, Camera … Cigarette?
		Internalizing Problems
		What’s Next? Emerging Adulthood: Challenges of Emerging Adulthood
	Chapter 12 Positive Prospects
		Stress, Coping, and Resilience
		From Surviving to Thriving
		Resources for Positive Development
		Research in the Spotlight: Increasing First Nations Students’ Engagement
		Initiative, Engagement, and the Pursuit of Happiness
		Application in the Spotlight: Free the Children
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