Routledge Adolescent Stress: Causes and Consequences (Social Institutions and Social Change Series)

Adolescent Stress concentrates on a range of major problems―those of a normal developmental nature as well as those of poor adaptation―identified in adolescents. Review -The book is a delight to read, offering students of adolescent development a rich and comprehensive view of state-of-the-art research about adolescent stress and adaptation. . . . [T]his volume surely does provide clear expression of important questions that we should be asking and some of the very best ways that we should be pursuing their answers.- --Contemporary Psychology -Resulting from a multidisciplinary conference in 1987, this collection is an attempt to integrate theory and research on stress and adolescent development. The studies described are generally carefully designed and executed, and treat both internal and external variables critical to understanding this age. . . . The volume is intended for advanced scholars of adolescence and for those who would design ambitious studies of this developmental stage. . . . [T]he editors' introductions to each section are clear and helpful. Chapter end notes.- --F. J. Peirce, Choice -There is much to recommend this volume. It presents diverse perspectives from various disciplines and, collectively, the volume sensitizes the reader to the complexity of stress and its study, and to the salience of sex, race, and cultural differences in understanding stress development and its consequences. . . . By far the major contribution of the book was provided by the editors, who did much more than merely compile a set of rather diffuse papers. The lengthy introduction sets the background of the various approaches to the study of adolescent stress, but then plows important new theoretical ground. . . . The vision the editors present is refreshing, stimulating, and ambitious, and sets a high standard.- --Brian K. Barber, Journal of Marriage and Family "The book is a delight to read, offering students of adolescent development a rich and comprehensive view of state-of-the-art research about adolescent stress and adaptation. . . . [T]his volume surely does provide clear expression of important questions that we should be asking and some of the very best ways that we should be pursuing their answers." --Contemporary Psychology "Resulting from a multidisciplinary conference in 1987, this collection is an attempt to integrate theory and research on stress and adolescent development. The studies described are generally carefully designed and executed, and treat both internal and external variables critical to understanding this age. . . . The volume is intended for advanced scholars of adolescence and for those who would design ambitious studies of this developmental stage. . . . [T]he editors' introductions to each section are clear and helpful. Chapter end notes." --F. J. Peirce, Choice "There is much to recommend this volume. It presents diverse perspectives from various disciplines and, collectively, the volume sensitizes the reader to the complexity of stress and its study, and to the salience of sex, race, and cultural differences in understanding stress development and its consequences. . . . By far the major contribution of the book was provided by the editors, who did much more than merely compile a set of rather diffuse papers. The lengthy introduction sets the background of the various approaches to the study of adolescent stress, but then plows important new theoretical ground. . . . The vision the editors present is refreshing, stimulating, and ambitious, and sets a high standard." --Brian K. Barber, Journal of Marriage and Family "The book is a delight to read, offering students of adolescent development a rich and comprehensive view of state-of-the-art research about adolescent stress and adaptation. . . . [T]his volume surely does provide clear expression of important questions that we should be asking and some of the very best ways that we should be pursuing their answe