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?The Vicissitudes of Autonomy in Early Adolescence?, 2002.
Reviews this 1986 article by Laurence Steinberg and Susan B. Silverberg.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 35.95
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The article ?The Vicissitudes of Autonomy in Early Adolescence? (1986, by Laurence Steinberg and Susan B. Silverberg, 'Child Development') looks at young adolescents and the development of autonomy between childhood and adolescence. The paper shows that the researchers recognized that autonomy may be an umbrella term and actually consist of several different types. The paper examines how the researchers divided developing autonomy into three types: emotional, freedom from peer pressure and personal feelings of self-reliance.
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"The researchers' findings supported their hypothesis. They found that the participants did not move simply from non-autonomous to autonomous on one continuum. Rather, as the youth moved emotionally away from parents, they transferred that emotional dependence to their peer group. This left them more susceptible to peer pressure. There were age variants: fifth graders were less susceptible to peer pressure, and so were ninth-graders. Fifth graders were more able to resist peer pressure when it involved poor choices than older students; eighth graders were the most susceptible. At all levels, girls were more autonomous than boys."
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Early Sexual Experience Among Adolescents, 2003.
A research paper that examines social support, school performance, and involvement in academic activities as moderators.
2,375 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 29 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper presents a study in which students from a middle and high school completed a battery of assessments to determine the moderating effects of perceived social support, academic achievement, and academic involvement on the relationship between Supportive Educational Services (SES) and early sexual experiences. The paper shows that significant effects were found for perceived social support and academic achievement, but not for academic involvement. These findings underscore the necessity of parents to be involved in their children?s lives and work to keep them interested in their schoolwork. The paper also includes tables.
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"One variable expected to have an effect on the timing of sexual intercourse is academic performance. Past studies have shown that school performance and educational aspirations are strong predictors of both sexual activity and teen pregnancy (Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985; Moore, Peterson, & Furstenberg, 1986). Adolescents who score higher on tests, receive better grades in school, and report higher educational aspirations are less likely than their peers to engage in early sexual activity. Because grades are correlated with the socioeconomic position of the student?s family (see Chapell & Overton, 2002; Dumais, 2002; Sutton & Soderstrom, 1999), studying adolescents from low SES families who perform well in school may help to determine if academic performance moderates the relationship between low socioeconomic status and timing of sexual intercourse."
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Sex and Adolescents, 2002.
A discussion of sexual risks in early adolescent children.
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines how early adolescents ? boys and girls aged 11 to 14 or 15 ? have been described as intensely curious, observant and imitative, manipulative, expressive and generally un-inhibited and how these natural qualities open them to a number of risks, such as drinking, smoking, drugs, sex, depression, and other mental and psychological disorders. It examines the increase in teen pregnancies and venereal disease and the preventative measures being taken to educate children as early as possible. It discusses the emotional and psychological traumas of adolescents going through puberty and the problems of depression that can result.
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"Because teen pregnancies are common among the poor, they or their families seek inexpensive or unsafe delivery systems or abortions. In some Latin American countries, it was reported that more than a third of maternal deaths directly resulted from unsafe abortions. Childbirth by young teen mothers is also often complicated and in some cases, leads to the death of either the infant or the mother or both. Or the infant has low birth weight or a high susceptibility to sickness and just dies before it reaches a year. "
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Adolescent Identity Development, 2007.
Reviews two articles about identity formation in adolescence: "The Development of the Sense of Self in Adolescence" by A. Blasi and K. Milton and "Styles of Identity Formation in Early and Middle Adolescence" by H. Flum.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines and compares "The Development of the Sense of Self in Adolescence" by A. Blasi and K. Milton and "Styles of Identity Formation in Early and Middle Adolescence" by H. Flum, which both explore different adolescent identity styles and how they are formed. The paper points out that both articles are influenced by Erik Erikson's concept of the development of personality during adolescence. The paper also explains that Flum explores styles of identity within the framework of a number of issues, which concern adolescents at different age levels and represent the intrapersonal and interpersonal facets of the adolescent's experience; whereas, Blasi and Milton clarify an adolescent's sense of self, which underlies the experience of their evolving identity.
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"Flum (1994) results were categorized based on Marcia's ego-identity statuses. These showed whether the participant demonstrated identity diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, diffused type of moratorium and a less-diffused type of moratorium. The participants who fit into the identify diffusion category showed high external orientation and low decisiveness. The lower SES group had the most extreme cases of identity diffusion. The results for sex differences showed that 8 out of 10 of the extreme identity cases where males. There was no difference found for age for participants with extreme identity diffusion and the extreme non diffusion participants."
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Drinking Early, 2001.
A look at alcohol consumption in teenagers and media's influence on underage drinkers.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 52.95
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This paper is about the effects of the media on underage drinkers. The author focuses on the television industry targeting college students and how drinking problems arise early in teenagers and adolescents.
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'Teenagers in general are being targeted more and more every year. The alcohol-related fatalities among teenagers rise every year. If the alcohol companies would target an audience other than children this could all be prevented. Media exposure at younger and younger ages is shaping the way children are going to think. The alcohol advertising agencies are shaping the future of so many kids, with promises of a positive outcome due to drinking."
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Adolescence, 2005.
This paper is a discussion of how adolescence is a period of greatly accelerated growth.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper defines adolescence. The author points out that growth during adolescence is divided into three stages---early, middle and late adolescence---each with their own developmental tasks. The paper relates that the most important task of adolescence is the acquisition of an identity, which is why the peer group is so essential.
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"Adolescence is the point of development when the person makes the transition from childhood to adulthood. Adolescence consists of the years from 13 to 20. According to Erikson's theory, adolescence is the time for "acquiring a sense of identity while overcoming role confusion" (Ross-Kerr & Wood, 2001, p. 162). Adolescents need greater independence but also some limits set on their behavior. As part of the transition from childhood, the adolescent needs privacy for thinking and for talking with peers."
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Sexuality and Adolescence, 2002.
A paper on the changes faced by young adults as they mature physically and emotionally.
2,220 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses self-concept and identity in adolescence, examining the roles of sexuality and relationships in developing an awareness of self and positive self-image. Adolescents experience many changes during this period of life, which is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood. During adolescence, individuals develop new ways of thinking and their bodies change. In addition, they begin to establish psychological independence from their families and seek more interaction with friends. As a result, they develop a sense of behavioral maturity and learn to control impulsiveness. This paper discusses the changes of adolescence and how they form an individual?s concept of self and identity.
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Abstract
About Adolescence
Introduction to Identity and Self-Concept
Changes Caused by Adolescence
The Role of Self-Concept and Self-Esteem in Adolescence
Changes in Relationships During Adolescence
Conclusion
Works Cited
Appendix
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"Before puberty, sex is not a particular topic of interest for most children. However, during adolescence, sexuality becomes a concern and the ways in which adolescents respond to physical and emotional changes contribute to their identity, as well as their self-image.
Sexuality plays a significant role in developing identity. ?In keeping pace with their body changes and following normal hormonal urges, the pubescent adolescent, often despite strong social pressures, increasingly turns attention to romance and sexual desire (Howley, 2003)?. Adolescents integrate their sexuality into their identity; a process that is viewed as an important developmental task of adolescence."
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"Adolescence", 2007.
An analysis of the use of language in Rita Dove's "Adolescence" to portray the teenage years.
1,024 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper reviews Rita Dove's "Adolescence", which is a collection of three poems presenting the subject's teenage years as a birth of dark truths and of a frightening, sexual awakening. The paper examines the way in which Dove arranges the poems and the language that she uses in "Adolescence" to present these aspects of the teenage years.
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"Adolescence is a pivotal time in every person's life. It, whether one is conscious of it or not, largely shapes our views and actions following those quick years. In Rita Dove's, "Adolescence" she uses three sole pieces with their own defined arrangements and language thus presenting the subject's teenage years as just that: a birth of dark truths, of a frightening, sexual awakening."
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Adolescence in 19th Century Japan, 2007.
An insight into adolescence in 19th century Japan, based on the novel, "Growing Up" by Higuchi Ichiyo.
1,382 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper provides insight into adolescence in the Meiji period of Japanese history. It uses a primary source - the novel, "Growing Up" by Higuchi Ichiyo to show how fiction of that period can give us better insight into the lives of adolescent Japanese children in Meiji Japan in the 19th century. The paper discusses the historical value of this writing.
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"Higuchi Ichiyo's Growing Up is a portrait of youth during the Meiji period. It is a fictional account of a group of children's coming of age in the town of Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara is a lower to middle quarter with a wide breadth of characters. The characters that Ichiyo presents provide an interesting window into the life of young people in late 19th century Japan. The three characters who allow the most insight are Nobu, Midori, and Shota. Nobu is the son of a priest, Midori is the sister of a prostitute, and Shota lives with his grandmother who runs a pawn shop. Over the course of this piece of writing, the reader follows each of these youths as they struggle with the hardships of growing up and finding themselves. The historical value of this writing is that it allows one to study the maturity of children at this time and their role in society as based on class. It also shows the realities that children had to face at a young age and how much family determined ones occupation at the time. More importantly it shows the suddenness with which these life changes struck adolescents, such as the sudden movement from playing in the streets, to tending to businesses. It would be hard to imagine today, that kids between twelve and fifteen would be taking on the responsibility of priesthood, or the running of a business. It would be even harder to imagine a twelve year old girl becoming a prostitute, but this is exactly the reality that these children face. Growing Up highlights the sudden transition into adulthood that Japanese children had to make during the Meiji period."
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Adolescence, 2002.
Psychological study of human development and adolescence.
2,175 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper examines the psychological development of adolescence children into adults. The paper considers Piaget?s theory of cognitive development and discusses Kohlberg?s theory of moral development. It explores adolescent social development through considering the development of self-image and self-esteem. The paper finally describes the development of sexual identity.
Table of Contents:
Piaget?s Theory of Human Development
Kohlberg?s Theory of Moral Reasoning
Self-identity and Self-esteem
Sexual Identity
Conclusion
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"Adolescence is a major time in development, with the period of adolescence representing the transition from childhood to adulthood. By the end of adolescence the individual has become an adult. The importance of this process is described by Petersen who states that the teenage years set the patterns that will persist until the end of the person?s life (Petersen 1988, 584). To consider adolescent development further it is necessary to look at several aspects that make up the process. Firstly, it is important to define the two types of development, cognitive development and social development. Cognition is defined as ?mental operations involved in the acquisition and use of knowledge. These mental operations include perception, memory, language and thought? (Seamon & Kenrick 1994, 662). This cognitive development also extends to moral development, where moral development is based on how people think and make decisions, incorporating making moral judgments."
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American Adolescence, 2004.
A comparison of Thomas Hine's "The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager" and Patricia Hersch's "A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence".
1,358 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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Thomas Hine and Patricia Hersch present us with two views of the contemporary American teenager, one based in an historical analysis of the creation of the teenager, and the other based in an ethnographic account of contemporary teenage life. The perspective that results from these two views is a more complex one that the usual, uncomplimentary stereotype of the adolescent as moody, disrespectful, and oversexed. This paper examines the ways in which both of these authors present views of American adolescence.
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"Hine?s view of modern teenager is grounded in an historical analysis, arguing in The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager that while the life of teenagers a hundred years ago was certainly quite different from the life led by adolescents today, there are important similarities. The generation of teenagers today uses the years between childhood and adulthood as a time in which to gain the skills needed to become a fully functional adult ? a status that tends to come later now than it did several generations ago. But while teenagers can in some ways be seen as adults in training, they should also ? Hine argues ? be taken seriously as cultural, economic and political agents."
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Adolescence: A Time of Development, 2008.
This paper explores the various transitions during adolescence.
1,712 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses the biological and environmental transitions that can have a negative or positive effect on an adolescent. The paper considers the issues of an adolescent's physical appearance not being in accordance with his intellectual and behavioural adaptations, the self-consciousness of body image and the cognitive development in perception, attention and memory that can lead to a quest for identity development.
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"Adolescence, marked by the onset of pubertal maturation and represented by a period during lifespan where a child becomes an adult, is characterised by many transitions which can either be biologically based (the body) or environmentally based (people, relationships, general society, etc.). Biological transitions include physical and mental transitions whereas environmental transitions consist of social transitions. These transitions enable a child to encounter new experiences and to adjust their thinking to them which allows the child to then become an adult. Therefore, both biological and environmental transitions have an effect on each other and can either have a negative or a positive effect on the adolescent."
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Adolescence, 2007.
An examination of the theories of the developmental stages of adolescence.
2,604 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper discusses the development that is seen in the adolescent years (ages 12-18). It describes physical, cognitive, emotional, psychosocial and psychosexual development. It then discusses factors that are important for healthy development, such as nutrition. The paper then concludes by describing various theories of the developmental stages during the adolescent years and focuses on Freud, Erickson, Piaget and Kohlberg's theories.
Table of Contents:
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Emotional Development
Psychosocial Development
Psychosexual Development
Nutrition
Health Promotion
Developmental Stages/Theories
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"Kohlberg's Theory is organized into three general levels of moral development. The Pre-conventional level is when children accept the rules of authority figures and judge actions by their consequences. Behaviors that result in punishment are viewed as bad, and those that lead to rewards are seen as good. At the Conventional level, individuals continue to regard conformity to social rules as important, but not for reasons of self-interest. They believe that actively maintaining the current social system ensures positive relationships and societal order. The Post-conventional or Principled level moves beyond unquestioning support for the laws and rules of their own society. They define morality in terms of abstract principles and values that apply to all situations and societies (Berk, L.E., 2004)."
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Adolescence Research Projects, 2002.
This paper reviews three research projects on high school students reported in ?Adolescence? magazine.
2,005 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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The first study discussed in this paper compares the validity of self-report surveys between parental interviews and school and police records and reviews the type of questions that best elicit responses that reflect the more accurate police and school data. The second study concludes that school counselors are able to identify adolescents at moderate risk for dropping out. The third study demonstrates that teenagers use hotlines to receive assistance in resolving issues of importance to them as they often feel there is no one else they can talk to about their problems.
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"Earlier research showed that adolescents in Toledo, Ohio made use of a peer hotline to discuss the concerns they had regarding their relationships with peers and family, sexuality issues, and "just to talk." Calls to the hotline over a period of twelve months were shown to be generally representative of the concerns of adolescents living in the area, and these results were in agreement with those of several other studies of the concerns of teens. Risky behaviors were not highly ranked in any of these studies. While these teens were not overly concerned about such high-risk behaviors as sexual activity and substance abuse, they also reported their belief that other teens were highly concerned about such issues."
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Alcohol Use in Adolescence, 2005.
A discussion of the developmental perspective on alcohol use during adolescence.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper takes a closer look at a recent academic article that suggests that there are a complex array of factors that dictate one's predilection to alcohol during the eventful causeway between youth and adulthood. Although unnecessarily technical at times, the article reviewed does argue effectively for individualized interventions to assist those suffering from alcoholic over-indulgence.
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"J.E. Schulenberg's and J.L. Maggs' article is an informative and comprehensive look at the pernicious effects of alcohol abuse upon the lives of young adolescents entering the college milieu for the first time. This paper will summarize the article; explore how this article expands our base of knowledge about the subject; and - not least of al - lead us towards some important conclusions vis-a-vis drug abuse and the young men and women who populate our college campuses."
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