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Title:
Adolescence : a very short introduction / Peter K. Smith.
Author:
Smith, Peter K., author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.

©2016
Call Number:
BF724 .S565 2016
Abstract:
Provides an engaging and informative overview of what we know and what we are learning about adolescence. Including both a guide to the classical research that has informed our knowledge, as well as the results of the modern research into the contemporary adolescent experience, Smith examines a number of aspects of adolescence, including the cultural and historical context, the biological changes to the adolescent brain, and the controversies that adolescence brings.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199665563
Series:
Very short introductions ; 475

Very short introductions ; 475.
Physical Description:
xvi, 136 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Adolescence as a life stage -- Puberty : body and brain changes -- Formal operational thought, moral development, and identity -- Relationship changes : parents and peers -- Youth culture : leisure pursuits and the cyberworld -- Risk-taking, antisocial behaviour, and delinquency -- Internalizing disorders and adolescent mental health -- Sexual and romantic development, early parenthood, and emerging adulthood.
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