Moving into Adolescence

The Impact of Pubertal Change and School Context
Herausgeber: Simmons, Roberta G.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the sociological point of view, adolescence traditionally has been described as a period of physical maturity and social immaturity

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780202362946
• ISBN-10: 0202362949
• Artikelnr.: 23884382

Autorenporträt

Roberta G. Simmons

Inhaltsangabe

I: Introduction
1: Introduction
2: Methods
II: Gender and Grade-Level Effects
3: Gender Differences in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence *
4: Trends Over Time and Changes in Gender Differences During Adolescence *
III: The Impact of Pubertal Timing and Physical Characteristics
5: The Social-Psychological Effects of Puberty on White Females 1
6: The Social-Psychological Effects of Puberty on White Males *
IV: The Impact of School Environment
7: The Effect of Type of School Environment Upon Attitudes Toward School and Upon The Self-Image
8: The Effects of Type of School Environment Upon Peer Relationships, Independence, Future Plans, and Conformity Behavior
9: Individual Change and Recovery: Self-Esteem *
10: Individual Change and Recovery: Extracurricular Participation and GPA *
V: Factors That Mitigate or Aggravate The Early Adolescent Transition
11: Cumulation of Change *
12: Adjustment to the Junior High School Transition: The Effect of School Properties and Individual Resources on Self-Esteem *
13: Adjustment to the Junior High School Transition: Other Interrelationships *
VI: Conclusion
14: Summary and Conclusion