Adolescents, Families, and Social Development How Teens Construct Their Worlds
, by Smetana, Judith G.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781444332513 | 1444332511
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/13/2010
This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents' social development in the context of the family.- Grounded in social domain theory, the book draws on the author's research over the past 25 years - Draws from the results of in-depth interviews with more than 700 families - Explores adolescent-parent relationships among ethnic majority and minority youth in the United States, as well as research with adolescents in Hong Kong and China - Discusses extensive research on disclosure and secrecy during adolescence, parenting, autonomy, and moral development - Considers both popular sources such as movies and public surveys, as well as scholarly sources drawn from anthropology, history, sociology, social psychology, and developmental psychology - Explores how different strands of development, including autonomy, rights and justice, and society and social convention, become integrated and coordinated in adolescence