Adolescent Portraits: Identity, Relationships, and Challenges / Edition 7

by Andrew C. Garrod, Lisa Smulyan, Sally I. Powers, Robert Kilkenny

Overview

Contemporary cases in development

Adolescent Portraits illustrates the contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today.

The book is a compelling anthology of first-person accounts written by college students. The real-life cases included in the text represent a fascinating, diverse cross-section of contemporary adolescence and cover a variety of issues, including family and peer relationships, eating disorders, self image, illness, and disabilities.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780205036233
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	08/10/2011
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

IN THIS SECTION:

1.) BRIEF

2.) COMPREHENSIVE

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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part 1: Identity

Part 2: Relationships

Part 3: Challenges

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COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part 1: Identity

Values and Ideology

Case 1: Someday My Elders Will Be Proud

Case 2: Things Began to Click

Case 3: The Struggle of a Lifetime

The Self in Social Contexts

Case 4: The Hatred Within

Case 5: Una Muchacha Decente

Case 6: What If I Don’t Want to Whistle?

Case 7: In Search of My Voice

Sexuality

Case 8: The Girl in Me

Case 9: Falling for Someone

Part 2: Relationships

Families

Case 10: The Family I Have

Case 11: Falling from My Pedestal

Case 12: They Said I Was Beautiful

Peers

Caser 13: Beyong the Euphoric Buzz

Case 14: Holding My Breath

Case 15: Color Blind

Part 3: Challenges

Case 16: Bad

Case 17: The Simple Beauty of a Conversation

Case 18: Forever an Awkward Adolescent

Follow-Up: David: Thirteen Years Later

Case 19: Proud of the Strength I Had

Case 20: Seeking the Best of Both Worlds

Follow-Up: Phouk: Nine Years Later