Biology of Adolescent Behavior and Development
1st Edition
Published on 11. July 1989
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8039-3403-0 (ISBN)
Description
What role does pubertal maturation play in parent-adolescent relationships? How does nutrition influence physical growth and behaviour in adolescence? What biological processes affect adolescent depression? Exploring these and other significant questions, this first volume of the series provides a state-of-the-art assessment of the biological causes of adolescent development and behaviour. Contributions are from a wide range of disciplines - psychology, medicine, psychiatry, ethology, nutrition, genetics and family studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-3403-0 (9780803934030)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Personality and Social Development, University of Guelph. Parent-Adolescent Relations, Ohio State University. Prevention, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, CT.
Content
PART ONE: THE GENETIC/ENVIRONMENT CONNECTION
Organismic and Contextual Bases of Development in Adolescence - Richard M Lerner, Jacqueline V Lerner and Jonathan Tubman
A Developmental Contextual View
Behavioral Genetics, Adolescent Deviance, and `d' - David C Rowe and Joseph Lee Rodgers
PART TWO: NORMATIVE, ORGANIC, AND ENDOCRINE RELATED ISSUES
Pubertal Maturation and Parent-Adolescent Distance - Laurence Steinberg
An Evolutionary Perspective
Adolescent Medical Disorders, Behavior and Development - Richard E Kreipe and Jaine Strauss
PART THREE: BIOLOGICAL CONNECTION TO SELECT NORMATIVE BEHAVIORS AND DEVELOPMENT
A Biosocial Model of Adolescent Sexual Behavior - Edward A Smith
Biological Change and Cognitive Ability in Adolescence - Nora Newcombe and MaryAnn Baenninger
PART FOUR: SELECTED CLINICAL ISSUES
Nutritional Influences on Physical Growth and Behavior in Adolescence - Jane Mitchell Rees and Cristine M Trahms
Biological Aspects of Adolescent Depression - Mark A Riddle and Soo Churl Cho
PART FIVE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
An Ethological Perspective on Adolescence - Ritch C Savin-Williams and Glenn E Weisfeld
Social Networks and the Shadows of Synchrony - Robert B Cairns, Holly J Neckerman and Beverley D Cairns
Organismic and Contextual Bases of Development in Adolescence - Richard M Lerner, Jacqueline V Lerner and Jonathan Tubman
A Developmental Contextual View
Behavioral Genetics, Adolescent Deviance, and `d' - David C Rowe and Joseph Lee Rodgers
PART TWO: NORMATIVE, ORGANIC, AND ENDOCRINE RELATED ISSUES
Pubertal Maturation and Parent-Adolescent Distance - Laurence Steinberg
An Evolutionary Perspective
Adolescent Medical Disorders, Behavior and Development - Richard E Kreipe and Jaine Strauss
PART THREE: BIOLOGICAL CONNECTION TO SELECT NORMATIVE BEHAVIORS AND DEVELOPMENT
A Biosocial Model of Adolescent Sexual Behavior - Edward A Smith
Biological Change and Cognitive Ability in Adolescence - Nora Newcombe and MaryAnn Baenninger
PART FOUR: SELECTED CLINICAL ISSUES
Nutritional Influences on Physical Growth and Behavior in Adolescence - Jane Mitchell Rees and Cristine M Trahms
Biological Aspects of Adolescent Depression - Mark A Riddle and Soo Churl Cho
PART FIVE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
An Ethological Perspective on Adolescence - Ritch C Savin-Williams and Glenn E Weisfeld
Social Networks and the Shadows of Synchrony - Robert B Cairns, Holly J Neckerman and Beverley D Cairns