Adolescence back issues from March 2001:
NEGOTIATION TRAINING AND INTERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF EARLY ADOLESCENTS IN ARGENTINA.(psychosocial skills research)
Mar 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) were assessed before and after ...
IDENTIFYING YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUIDANCE NEEDS THROUGH TELEPHONE COUNSELING.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 individuals 11 to 24 years old who phoned from ...
INTEGRATING A STRUCTURED ETHICAL REFLECTION CURRICULUM INTO HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCES: IMPACT ON STUDENTS' SOCIOMORAL DEVELOPMENT.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 reflection--decision making with an emphasis on the ...
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF MEXICAN EARLY ADOLESCENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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). In addition, possible modifying variables ...
DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A MEASURE TO ASSESS ADOLESCENTS' PARTICIPATION IN LEISURE ACTIVITIES.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 focus group interviews with 130 young ...
EXAMINATION OF ADOLESCENTS' NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, DEPRESSIVE MOOD, AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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. They were administered the Family ...
THE RELATIONAL SELF-CONCEPT SCALE: A CONTEXT-SPECIFIC SELF-REPORT MEASURE FOR ADOLESCENTS.
Mar 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 the Relational Self-Concept Scale ...
EXERCISE IS POSITIVELY RELATED TO ADOLESCENTS' RELATIONSHIPS AND ACADEMICS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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, drug use, and academic performance ....
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AMONG REGULAR, SPECIAL, AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 support, and academic coping were ...
PEER ISOLATION AND DRUG USE AMONG WHITE NON-HISPANIC AND MEXICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 have drug-using peers reported the ...
LATE ADOLESCENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON MARITAL RAPE: THE IMPACT OF GENDER AND FRATERNITY/SORORITY MEMBERSHIP.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 sample of college students, this study ...
A NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING ADOLESCENT ADJUSTMENT.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 administered the Millon Adolescent ...
ASSESSMENT OF MODE OF ANGER EXPRESSION IN ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 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 internalized their anger were more likely ...
Binge No More: Your Guide to Overcoming Disordered Eating.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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, and guidance readers need to transform ...
When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 step-by-step through the eating disorder ...
Everyday Courage: The Lives and Stories of Urban Teenagers.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 developmental psychologist, looks beyond the ...
Parenting One Day at a Time: Using the Tools of Recovery to Become Better Parents and Raise Better Kids.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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, honesty, gratitude, faith, humility, ...
Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 and new therapists with the basic skills ...
African American Males in School and Society: Practices and Policies for Effective Education.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 brought together the perspectives and ...
Reflective Teaching in Secondary Education.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 professional judgment. It focuses on ...
Fatherneed: Why Father Care Is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 state-of-the-art research data, Pruett shows how ...
Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades: A Reference Guide.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 to 1999 as they have evolved through ...
The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women (Revised Edition).(Review)
Mar 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 national scale. In her analysis, Russell ...
Clinical Evaluations of School-Aged Children: A Structured Approach to the Diagnosis of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (Second Edition).(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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. $39.95 (h). In the eight years since the ...
Gutsy Girls: Young Women Who Dare.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 the tools they need to follow their ...
Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 traits, social attitudes, and more ....
Solution-Focused Therapy with Children: Harnessing Family Strengths for Systemic Change.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 effectively in a short-term managed care ...
How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too!(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 a school psychologist and parenting ...
Skills for Families, Skills for Life: Helping Parents, Care givers, and Teens Meet the Challenges of Everyday Living.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 practitioner, you have lots of resources ...
Sorrow's Web: Overcoming the Legacy of Maternal Depression.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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. Sheffield, who is both the ...
Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 profiles with sophisticated demographic ...
Health Issues and Adolescents: Growing Up, Speaking Out.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 concerns about young people's health; rarely ...
Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 unavoidable and there is surprisingly ...
Cases for Middle School Educators.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 education students have encountered in ...
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 hospitalized. A younger sister is left ...
Complex Issues in Child Custody Evaluations.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 moving away have on the evaluation? ...
Great Places to Learn: How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 reinforce the reasons of the heart that ...
Connecting Character to Conduct: Helping Students Do the Right Things.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 (p). The decisions today's students ...
Practical Parenting: Successful Strategies for Solving Your Child's Behaviour Problems.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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. Practical Parenting deals with the most ...
Dangerous Kids: Boys Town's Approach for Helping Caregivers Treat Aggressive and Violent Youth.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 themselves, other youth, and caregivers in ...
IDM Supervision: An Integrated Developmental Model for Supervising Counselors and Therapists.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 authors expand on their original ...
Youth, Sex, and Government.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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, tools that inexorably lead to the same ...
On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge: The University of Georgia Annual Lectures on Creativity.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 first ten lectures in a series sponsored ...
Signs of Safety: A Solution and Safety Oriented Approach to Child Protection Casework.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 work. It focuses on the question, "How can ...
The Managed Care Answer Book for Mental Health Professionals.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 experience to provide information that is ...
Developing Talent Across the Life Span.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 life-span development of talent. It shows ...
Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: A Strengths Perspective.(Review)(Brief Article)
Mar 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 parts. Part 1 concerns the social and ...