Despite their flocking to social networking sites in unprecedented numbers, research confirms that adolescents continue to be influenced primarily by their families rather than their peers and other social contexts. Consequently, the family unit remains a vital setting for understanding and intervening with youth. Synthesizing important findings from the literature on family science and such related fields as psychology, sociology, social work, and public health, Families with Adolescents focuses a unique panoramic lens on the study of adolescent development. This concise volume offers a clear blueprint for more consistently improved practice, emphasizing family process and structure instead of individual developmental stages. Its chapters deftly summarize the recent knowledge base across the mental health and social services disciplines, illustrating family concerns and theoretical perspectives coupled with real-world vignettes and making cogent use of family assessment measures. Featured topics include: Central concepts of family development, family systems, ecological, attachment, and social learning theories in relation to families with adolescents. Impact of the family on adolescent behavior, education, and mental health outcomes. Selected studies on parenting behaviors, conflict resolution, and other major aspects of families with adolescents. Application topics in family-based intervention and prevention programs. Integrating theory, research, and applications to create a “triple threat” model. Families with Adolescents is an essential resource for researchers and graduate students as well as mental health therapists in clinical child and developmental psychology, family studies, human development, sociology, social work, and education.
For example, Emihovich, Gaier and Cronin (1984) found that, while females are generally expected to be more like men, males are not being encouraged to adopt more feminine behaviours. Arguments in the press about the on-field antics ...
How Teens Construct Their Worlds Judith G. Smetana ... In a paper on the moral and religious training of children, Hall stated: “Before this age [12 to 16] the child lives in the present, is normally selfish, deficient in sympathy, ...
Adolescents & Families for Life: A Toolkit for Supervisors
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A major new book in family studies, that concentrates on how 'normal' families work -- their strengths and weaknesses, the kinds of crises and stresses with which they cope, and...
While insights sometimes are slow in coming, they often seem obvious when they finally arrive. This handbook is an outcome of the insight that the topics of social support and the family are very closely linked.
In C. E. Irwin (Ed.), New directions for child development: Adolescent social behavior and health (pp. 13–32). ... L. (1981). The development of personal concepts: A domain distinct from moral or societal concepts.
This book will help you to work more effectively and more respectfully with clients with an array of exercises designed to facilitate change processes.
This book encourages readers to think strategically about how agencies, communities and systems can identify and implement actions that lead to positive change and how to work more collaboratively to improve the lives of children and ...
This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents’ social development in the context of the family.