Handbook of Adolescent Psychology, Volume 2

The study of and interest in adolescence in the field of psychology and related fields continues to grow, necessitating an expanded revision of this seminal work. This multidisciplinary handbook, edited by the premier scholars in the field, Richard Lerner and Laurence Steinberg, and with contributions from the leading researchers, reflects the latest empirical work and growth in the field.

Preface xi

VOLUME 2: CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Part I: INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCES 1

1 PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS DURING ADOLESCENCE 3
Brett Laursen and W. Andrew Collins

2 ADOLESCENTS' RELATIONSHIPS WITH SIBLINGS 43
Patricia L. East

3 PEER RELATIONSHIPS IN ADOLESCENCE 74
B. Bradford Brown and James Larson

4 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS IN ADOLESCENCE 104
Jennifer A. Connolly and Caroline McIsaac

5 MENTORING IN ADOLESCENCE 152
Jean E. Rhodes and Sarah R. Lowe

Part II: INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES 191

6 SCHOOLING ADOLESCENTS 193
Richard F. Elmore

7 ADOLESCENT OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 228
Joseph L. Mahoney, Deborah Lowe Vandell, Sandra Simpkins, and Nicole Zarrett

8 ADOLESCENTS AND THE WORLD OF WORK 270
Jeremy Staff, Emily E. Messersmith, and John E. Schulenberg

9 ADOLESCENCE, ADOLESCENTS, AND MEDIA 314
Donald F. Roberts, Lisa Henriksen, and Ulla G. Foehr

10 THE LEGAL REGULATION OF ADOLESCENCE 345
Jennifer L. Woolard and Elizabeth Scott

11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZENSHIP 372
Lonnie R. Sherrod and James Lauckhardt

Part III: THE BROADER CONTEXT OF ADOLESCENCE 409

12 NEIGHBORHOOD INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT 411
Tama Leventhal, Véronique Dupéré, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

13 POVERTY AND SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN ADOLESCENCE 444
Vonnie C. McLoyd, Rachel Kaplan, Kelly M. Purtell, Erika Bagley, Cecily R. Hardaway, and Ciara Smalls

14 THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD: CHALLENGES OF POVERTY AND STRUCTURAL LAG 492
Stephen F. Hamilton and Mary Agnes Hamilton

15 ETHNICITY AND IMMIGRATION 527
Andrew J. Fuligni, Diane L. Hughes, and Niobe Way

16 CROSS-CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT 570
Alice Schlegel

17 GLOBALIZATION, SOCIETAL CHANGE, AND ADOLESCENCE ACROSS THE WORLD 590
Reed W. Larson, Suzanne Wilson, and Aimee Rickman

18 A SHARED COMMITMENT TO YOUTH: THE INTEGRATION OF THEORY, RESEARCH, PRACTICE, AND POLICY 623
Aida B. Balsano, Christina Theokas, and Deborah L. Bobek

AUTHOR INDEX 651

SUBJECT INDEX 685

Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D. is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. He is the author or editor of many publications, including the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition and the Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6, Developmental Psychology. Dr. Lerner is also a past editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., is the Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University.?He is Past-President of the Division of Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association and a former President of the Society for Research on Adolescence.?Dr. Steinberg is the author or co-author of many publications, including Adolescence (8th edition).