Adolescence back issues from June 2004:
Friends, porn, and punk: sensation seeking in personal relationships, Internet activities, and music preference among college students.
Jun 22, 2004; ... Individuals may differ radically from one another in their need for excitement. These differences in levels of desired stimulation or arousal involve a personality trait known as sensation seeking. Zuckerman (1994) has defined sensation seeking as "the seeking of varied, novel, complex, ...
The impact of cultural context on Brazilian adolescents' sexual practices.
Jun 22, 2004; ... AIDS has become a global pandemic. Hundreds of studies, programs, and conferences have alerted the world to the prevalence and dangers of AIDS in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of Asia. AIDS appears to have taken hold in South America somewhat later, ...
Avenues to prestige among adolescents in public and religiously affiliated high schools.
Jun 22, 2004; ... For more than four decades, the relative benefits of private versus public education at the elementary and secondary school levels have been debated. Both the scholarly and popular literatures addressing this issue have focused primarily on the question of whether private schools provide a ...
Gender, grade, and relationship differences in emotional closeness within adolescent friendships.
Jun 22, 2004; ... From early to late adolescence, intimacy increases in importance within adolescent friendships (Berndt, 1982; Collins & Repinski, 1994; Hunter & Youniss, 1982; Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 1998; Shulman, Levy-Shift, Kedem, & Alon, 1997). According to Sullivan (1953), male and female ...
Positive psychology and adolescent mental health: false promise or true breakthrough?
Jun 22, 2004; ... While president of the American Psychological Association, Martin Seligman (1998), called for a Manhattan Project for the social sciences. Seligman's vision was that the social sciences look beyond human weakness, damage, and remediation to reclaim one of its fundamental missions: the ...
The wish to die and the wish to commit suicide in the adolescent: two different matters?
Jun 22, 2004; ... Every day in hospital emergency rooms, doctors see adolescents who have attempted suicide. The question that doctors may ask these adolescents is, "Why did you want to die?" An immediate connection is thereby made between suicide on the one hand and the death wish on the other, as though ...
Adolescent suicide risk: four psychosocial factors.
Jun 22, 2004; ... Suicide is a leading cause of death among those aged 15-24 (Berman & Jobes, 1995; Centers for Disease Control, 2002). Consequently, in the U.S., a National Health Objective (National Institute of Mental Health, 2001) urges researchers to focus on ways to decrease the adolescent suicide ...
Adolescent and parent perceptions of media influence on adolescent sexuality.
Jun 22, 2004; ... Adolescents are active consumers of messages broadcast on radio and television, printed in magazines, distributed on the Internet, and presented in video games. As technology has advanced, access to these varying types of media has become common in U.S. households: 98% have at least one ...
Social network predictors of bullying and victimization.
Jun 22, 2004; ... The school context provides an opportunity for youth to socialize with selected peers, independently from adults (Youniss & Smollar, 1989). Friends make unique contributions to each other's learning, emotional support, and socialization beyond that of their parents (Hartup & Sancilio, ...
A teenager revisits her father's death during childhood: a study in resilience and healthy mourning.
Jun 22, 2004; ... Developmental Characteristics of Adolescents According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, adolescents generally reach the stage of formal operations, a stage in which they are less dependent on concrete objects for solving problems and increasingly capable of independent abstract ...
Effects of parent education on knowledge and attitudes.
Jun 22, 2004; ... Every year, nearly half a million adolescent girls in the U.S. give birth (U.S. Census Bureau, 2002). About 95% keep and raise their children, which has serious implications since adolescent parenthood and child maltreatment are linked (Coren, Barlow, & Stewart-Brown, 2003; Dukewich, ...
Untreated recovery from eating disorders.
Jun 22, 2004; ... Eating disorders are the third most common chronic condition among adolescent females in the United States (Fisher et al., 1995). It is estimated that 1% to 3% of adolescent females suffer full syndrome anorexia or bulimia nervosa, and up to 20% of high school and college age females have ...
Walk and talk: an intervention for behaviorally challenged youths.
Jun 22, 2004; ... Western societies have seen an increase in violence and antisocial behavior in schools and communities (Pollack, 1998). Juvenile crime rates have increased four times since the early 1970s (Cook & Laub, 1997). After the shock of the Columbine school massacre in the United States and other ...
Adolescents' perception of the ideal mate: its relationship to parental characteristics in intact and nonintact families.
Jun 22, 2004; ... There are two major theoretical approaches to the issue of mate selection. One focuses on the similarity between partners, the other on the similarity between one's opposite-sex parent and one's selection of a partner. Most investigations of mate selection have followed the first approach ....
Antony, Martin M. 10 Simple Solutions to Shyness: How to Overcome Shyness, Social Anxiety & Fear of Public Speaking.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... ANTONY, Martin M. 10 Simple Solutions to Shyness: How to Overcome Shyness, Social Anxiety & Fear of Public Speaking. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2004. 136pp. $11.95 (p). We all could use a little reassurance before that big presentation or at that party where we do ...
Baer, Lee. The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... BAER, Lee. The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts. New York: Dutton, 2001. 176pp. $23.95 (h), $14.00 (p). In The Imp of the Mind, Lee Baer, a leading expert on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, explores the hidden epidemic that afflicts ...
Bieling, Peter J., & Antony, Martin M. Ending the Depression Cycle: a Step-by-Step Guide for Preventing Relapse.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... BIELING, Peter J., & ANTONY, Martin M. Ending the Depression Cycle: A Step-by-Step Guide for Preventing Relapse. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2003. 260pp. $17.95 (p). Fifty percent of those who recover from depression relapse within three years. This guide provides ...
Canino, Ian A., & Spurlock, Jeanne. Culturally Diverse Children and Adolescents: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Second Edition).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... CANINO, Ian A., & SPURLOCK, Jeanne. Culturally Diverse Children and Adolescents: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Second Edition). New York: The Guilford Press, 2000. 228pp. $32.00 (h). Now in a revised and updated second edition, this volume offers timely, practical ...
Catherall, Don R. (Ed.). Handbook of Stress, Trauma, and the Family.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... CATHERALL, Don R. (Ed.). Handbook of Stress, Trauma, and the Family. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004. 567pp. $44.95 (h). This book brings together the leading research, major theories, and contemporary practice strategies in the combined areas of family, stress, and trauma. It ...
Fishbaugh, Mary Susan E., Berkeley, Terry R., & Schroth, Gwen (Eds.). Ensuring Safe School Environments: Exploring Issues--Seeking Solutions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... FISHBAUGH, Mary Susan E., BERKELEY, Terry R., & SCHROTH, Gwen (Eds.). Ensuring Safe School Environments: Exploring Issues--Seeking Solutions. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003. 208pp. $22.50 (h). Ensuring Safe School Environments presents research findings and ...
Hargrave, Terry D., & Pfitzer, Franz. The New Contextual Therapy: Guiding the Power of Give and Take.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... HARGRAVE, Terry D., & PFITZER, Franz. The New Contextual Therapy: Guiding the Power of Give and Take. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2003. 158pp. $31.95 (h). Contextual family therapy is a far-reaching approach that offers a comprehensive theory of integrating and balancing the ...
Kuttner, Robert, & Trotter, Sharland. Family Re-Union: Reconnecting Parents and Children in Adulthood.(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... KUTTNER, Robert, & TROTTER, Sharland. Family Re-Union: Reconnecting Parents and Children in Adulthood. New York: The Free Press, 2002. 288pp. $25.00 (h). All our lives, we seek affirmation and love from the people closest to us--our parents and, later, our grown children. But ...
L'Abate, Luciano. Family Psychology III: Theory Building, Theory Testing, and Psychological Interventions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... L'ABATE, Luciano. Family Psychology III: Theory Building, Theory Testing, and Psychological Interventions. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003. 392pp. $56.00 (p). This third collection of writings covers most of the author's published papers in the areas of theory ...
Levander, Caroline F., & Singley, Carol J. (Eds.). The American Child: a Cultural Studies Reader.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... LEVANDER, Caroline F., & SINGLEY, Carol J. (Eds.). The American Child: A Cultural Studies Reader. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003. 318pp. $62.00 (h), $24.00 (p). From the time that the infant colonies broke away from the parent country to the present day, ...
MacFarlane, Malcolm M. (Ed.). Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... MACFARLANE, Malcolm M. (Ed.). Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice. New York: The Haworth Clinical Practice Press, 2001. 440pp. $69.96 (h), $39.95 (p). Family Therapy and Mental Health explores the application of family therapy approaches to the ...
Measor, Lynda, & Squires, Peter. Young People and Community Safety: Inclusion, Risk, Tolerance and Disorder.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... MEASOR, Lynda, & SQUIRES, Peter. Young People and Community Safety: Inclusion, Risk, Tolerance and Disorder. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2000. 288pp. $94.95 (h). Effective service provisions for young people are often said to be the key to community safety planning. Research ...
Nichols, William C. (Ed.). Family Therapy Around the World: a Festschrift for Florence W. Kaslow.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... NICHOLS, William C. (Ed.). Family Therapy Around the World: A Festschrift for Florence W. Kaslow. New York: The Haworth Press, 2004. 263pp. $39.95 (h), $27.95 (p). Family Therapy Around the World: A Festschrift for Florence W. Kaslow celebrates the life and work of the ...
Peebles-Kleiger, Mary Jo. Beginnings: the Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy.(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... PEEBLES-KLEIGER, Mary Jo. Beginnings: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 2002. 344pp. $49.95 (h). How does the therapist begin psychotherapy? How, that is, does she conceptualize the needs of the patient while simultaneously ...
Schmidt, John J. Counseling in Schools: Essential Services and Comprehensive Programs (Fourth Edition).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... SCHMIDT, John J. Counseling in Schools: Essential Services and Comprehensive Programs (Fourth Edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2003. 347pp. $86.40 (h). The latest revision of this school counseling text helps professors and students understand the components and services that ...
Sheinberg, Marcia, & Fraenkel, Peter. The Relational Trauma of Incest: a Family-Based Approach to Treatment.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... SHEINBERG, Marcia, & FRAENKEL, Peter. The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment. New York: The Guilford Press, 2001. 220pp. $32.00 (h). This book presents an innovative approach to navigating the painful confusions and dilemmas experienced by families ...
Sklarew, Bruce, Twemlow, Stuart W., & Wilkinson, Sallye M. (Eds.).Analysts in the Trenches: Streets, Schools, War Zones.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... SKLAREW, Bruce, TWEMLOW, Stuart W., & WILKINSON, Sallye M. (Eds.). Analysts in the Trenches: Streets, Schools, War Zones. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 2004. 344pp. $39.95 (p). The horrific events of 9/11 and its sequelae have reinforced what thoughtful analysts have long ...
Tatum, Becky L. Crime, Violence and Minority Youths.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... TATUM, Becky L. Crime, Violence and Minority Youths. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2000. 130pp. $79,95 (h). Mainstream criminology has devoted little attention to minority perspectives in crime and violence. Criminologists who have examined minority perspectives have addressed the ...
Underwood, Marion K. Social Aggression Among Girls.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... UNDERWOOD, Marion K. Social Aggression Among Girls. New York: The Guilford Press, 2003. 300pp. $44.00 (h), $24.00 (p). While several recent popular books address the topic of girls' "meanness" to one another, this volume offers a balanced, scholarly analysis of scientific ...
Veach, Theresa, A., Nicholas, Donald R., & Barton, Marci A. Cancer and the Family Life Cycle: a Practitioners Guide.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... VEACH, Theresa, A., NICHOLAS, Donald R., & BARTON, Marci A. Cancer and the Family Life Cycle: A Practitioners Guide. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2002. 260pp. $34.95 (h). Not just a disease of the individual, cancer affects the entire family system. With three out of four ...
Walsh, Froma, & McGoldrick, Monica (Eds.). Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family (2nd ed.).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2004 ... WALSH, Froma, & McGOLDRICK, Monica (Eds.). Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family (2nd ed.). New York: W. W. Norton, 2004. 443pp. $27.50 (p). Walsh and McGoldrick have fully revised and expanded their work on the impact of death on the family system. The editors' clinical ...