Although most individuals pass through adolescence without excessively high levels of
“storm and stress,“many do experience difficulty. Why? Is there something unique about this …

Abstract [adopt] a developmental psychopathology organizational framework to address the
question of why adolescence is a time of heightened risk for maladjustment among some …

The contributors to this book are all outstanding scholars in the field drawn from a variety of
academic fields, including psychology, sociology, education, and medicine. They bring …

From the time individuals first enter school until they complete their formal schooling,
children and adolescents spend more time in schools than in any other place outside their …

Adolescence is a time when the social world expands, a time of increasing engagement
beyond the family sphere to the school, the peer group, and the workplace. These contexts …

This chapter discusses the purpose of this book, which is to assemble what we have learned
since 1981 about how children's environments in middle childhood influence development …

Guided by Self-Determination and associated theories, we examined whether adolescent
(N= 324, Mage= 15, 52% female) competence (academic engagement and achievement) …

Research on adolescence has grown dramatically, both quantitatively and qualitatively, over
the past 20 years. This research has contributed to debunking several myths about …

Adolescent researchers are increasingly aware that they must examine development both
across time and across context. To do so, however, requires new conceptualizations and …

Within the framework of stage–environment fit theory, the authors examined the contribution
of family relations to adolescent outcomes concurrently and longitudinally, as well as the …