Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology) [Paperback]

Gerald R. Adams (Editor), Michael Berzonsky (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 26, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1405133023 | ISBN-13: 978-1405133029

This volume brings together a team of leading psychologists to provide a state-of-the-art overview of adolescent development.

• Leading experts provide cutting-edge reviews of theory and research.
  
• Covers issues currently of most importance in terms of basic and/or applied research and policy formulation.
  
• Discusses a wide range of topics from basic processes to problem behavior.
  
• The ideal basis for a course on adolescent development or for applied professions seeking the best of contemporary knowledge about adolescents.
  
• A valuable reference for faculty wishing to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.
  
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Editorial Reviews

Review

"Including contributions by both venerated scholars in the field and promising up-and-coming researchers, this well organized volume presents dense summaries of current research in specific areas of adolescent development ... Another bonus: contributors include sociologists and social workers; the editors note that such colloborations are necessary to conduct good research and influence public policy. Summing Up: Essential. All collections supporting work at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." S. K. Hall, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Choice, December 2003

"With the strong emphasis in the book on theory and reviewing the research literature, students and trainees in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines should find it very useful." Ali El-Hadi, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, January 2004

Book Description

This volume brings together a team of leading psychologists to provide a state-of-the-art overview of adolescent development. The contributions cover a wide range of topics, including those currently of most importance to basic or applied research and policy formulation. The chapters are organised into sections on basic processes, contexts, psychosocial functions, relational experiences, and problem behavior. Each contribution provides a cutting-edge review of theory and research in a particular subfield of adolescence. Each chapter also includes some analysis of gender and sex differences, moderating influences due to socio-economic status, cultural or ethnic issues, and genetic factors. All chapters conclude with a summary and a bibliography of related topics. The Handbook forms the ideal basis for a university course on adolescence and serves as a useful reference for faculty wishing to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the field. Further, parents of adolescents may find the material informative of the nature of adolescence. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 680 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (December 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405133023
• ISBN-13: 978-1405133029
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #982,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)