Table of Contents

1: Destructive Family Relations in Adolescence; 1: An Introduction to Troubled Youth in Troubled Families; 2: Child Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency: What are The Links?; 3: The Adolescent Runaway; II: Studying Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 4: Methodological Considerations in Studying Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 5: Defining High Risk; 6: Characteristics of High-Risk Families: Parental and Adolescent Perspectives; III: Challenges to Adolescent Development; 7: Social Competence in Adolescence; 8: Behavior Problems in Adolescence; 9: Socioeconomic Stress and Family Functioning in Adolescence; 10: Adolescents in Stepfamilies; IV: The Prospects for IV Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 11: Prospects for Intervention with Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 12: Conclusion: The Prognosis for Troubled Youth in Troubled Families