Adolescent Development : The Essential Readings Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Theories of Adolescent Development	7
1	Theories of Adolescence	11
Pt. II	Development of Self	29
2	Retrospective Survey of Parental Marital Relations and Child Reproductive Development	34
3	A Cross-National Study on the Relations Among Prosocial Moral Reasoning, Gender Role Orientation, and Prosocial Behaviors	56
4	The Relations Among Identity Development. Self-Consciousness, and Self-Focusing During Middle and Late Adolescence	72
5	Classwork and Homework in Early Adolescence: The Ecology of Achievement	85
6	Longitudinal Adjustment Patterns of Boys and Girls Experiencing Early, Middle, and Late Sexual Intercourse	106
Pt. III	Environmental Influences	135
7	Like Father, Like Son? Predicting Male Adolescents' Adjustment From Parents' Distress and Self-Restraint	139
8	Adolescent Girls' Relationships with Mothers and Best Friends	171
9	Work Experience, Mental Health, and Behavioral Adjustment in Adolescence	192
10	The High School "Junior Theme": as an Adolescent Rite of Passage	224
11	Social Context and the Subjective Experience of Different Types of Rock Music	243
Pt. IV	Social Problems	257
12	Alcohol Use, Suicidal Behavior, and Risky Activities Among Adolescents	261
13	Internalizing Problems and Their Relation to the Development of Disruptive Behaviors in Adolescence	275
Pt. V	A Controversy about Coming of Age in Samoa	299
14	Was Mead Wrong About Coming of Age in Samoa? An Analysis of the Mead/Freeman Controversy for Scholars of Adolescence and Human Development	302
	Index	337