Hakutulokset: Sarja Adolescence and Society
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Wired Youth
This fully updated new edition offers a research-based analysis of the online social world of adolescence, incorporating additional research findings that have appeared during the …
Growing Up With Unemployment
The transition from school to work is a major developmental stage for young people. Yet in recent years this rite of passage has been hindered by the lack of jobs for school …
Adolescent Mental Health
Adolescence is a period of rapid growth, maturing individuality, vulnerabilities and fortitude. Fortunately, most youths go through this period of life in a healthy way, but some …
Adolescent Gambling
In this first book to address the issue of underage gambling, Mark Griffiths has carried out extensive research into why some adolescents get hooked on gambling, how they gamble …
Smoking in Adolescence
What factors influence adolescents to take up smoking? Why do more girls smoke than boys? In contrast to medical orthodoxy, Smoking in Adolescence looks at smoking from the …
Adolescence and Body Image
Body image is a significant issue for the majority of adolescents. Anxieties relating to body image can be crippling across both genders, their debilitating effects sometimes …
Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood
Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood provides a comprehensive, unparalleled insight into the UK Government’s highly successful Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (TPS) for England which …
Youth, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
What has been the impact of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases on the lives of young people? Youth, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases provides a comprehensive overview of …
Sexuality in Adolescence
Sexuality in Adolescence considers the latest theory and research on adolescent development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal, healthy maturation. Biological …
Personality Development In Adolescence
The formation of identity in adolescence is the most central concept in psychological and sociological studies of young people. Most theories to date assume that adolescents share …
Illegal Leisure Revisited
This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) …
Young People and the Care Experience
The care system looks after the most vulnerable young people in society – those who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents. Young People and the Care …