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Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book America's Adolescents written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sharon L. Nichols
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135615950
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities written by Sharon L. Nichols and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults. Recognizing that many teenagers are left by adults to socialize themselves and the consequences of this "careless indifference," the authors' goal is to influence a more positive view leading to stronger social policies and better services, resources, and programs to meet the needs of America's youth. Unique features of America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities: Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference include: *powerful analytic lenses used to revisit typical depictions of youth; *a wealth of information brought to bear on understanding teenagers' behavior; and *consideration of a broad range of adolescent behaviors across critical socializing settings. The book begins with a discussion of the continuing myth of adolescence--how and why youth are devalued, and an overview of current beliefs about youth drawn from two 1990s Public Agenda Polls. This is followed by chapters on youth and the media, and the pressures that youth face in various dimensions of their lives. Topics include youth violence; the sex lives of teenagers; tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and teens; healthy living and decision making; working teens; and youth and education. The concluding chapter pulls together themes generated throughout the book and provides examples of policies that would underscore the value of viewing youth as a social investment. General guidelines are provided for teachers, parents, policymakers, and citizens to facilitate responding to youth in meaningful, proactive ways that improve the quality of life for teenagers and the broader society.
Author : Lauren R. O'Connor
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978819811
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)
Download or read book Robin and the Making of American Adolescence written by Lauren R. O'Connor and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holy adolescence, Batman! Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. Debuting just a few months after Batman himself, Robin has been an integral part of the Dark Knight’s history—and debuting just a few months prior to the word “teenager” first appearing in print, Robin has from the outset both reflected and reinforced particular images of American adolescence. Closely reading several characters who have “played” Robin over the past eighty years, Robin and the Making of American Adolescence reveals the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about adolescents in relation to sexuality, gender, and race. This book partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, following Robin as he swings alongside the ever-changing American teenager and finally shining the Bat-signal on the latter half of “Batman and—.”
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Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Trends in the Well-being of America's Children and Youth written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christian Smith Dr William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198039972
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Soul Searching : The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers written by Christian Smith Dr William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005-01-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In innumerable discussions and activities dedicated to better understanding and helping teenagers, one aspect of teenage life is curiously overlooked. Very few such efforts pay serious attention to the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of American adolescents. But many teenagers are very involved in religion. Surveys reveal that 35% attend religious services weekly and another 15% attend at least monthly. 60% say that religious faith is important in their lives. 40% report that they pray daily. 25% say that they have been "born again." Teenagers feel good about the congregations they belong to. Some say that faith provides them with guidance and resources for knowing how to live well. What is going on in the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers? What do they actually believe? What religious practices do they engage in? Do they expect to remain loyal to the faith of their parents? Or are they abandoning traditional religious institutions in search of a new, more authentic "spirituality"? This book attempts to answer these and related questions as definitively as possible. It reports the findings of The National Study of Youth and Religion, the largest and most detailed such study ever undertaken. The NYSR conducted a nationwide telephone survey of teens and significant caregivers, as well as nearly 300 in-depth face-to-face interviews with a sample of the population that was surveyed. The results show that religion and spirituality are indeed very significant in the lives of many American teenagers. Among many other discoveries, they find that teenagers are far more influenced by the religious beliefs and practices of their parents and caregivers than commonly thought. They refute the conventional wisdom that teens are "spiritual but not religious." And they confirm that greater religiosity is significantly associated with more positive adolescent life outcomes. This eagerly-awaited volume not only provides an unprecedented understanding of adolescent religion and spirituality but, because teenagers serve as bellwethers for possible future trends, it affords an important and distinctive window through which to observe and assess the current state and future direction of American religion as a whole.
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Author : Jacqueline V. Lerner Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576075710
Total Pages : 957 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Adolescence in America [2 volumes] written by Jacqueline V. Lerner Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-06-04 with total page 957 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, broad, and practical survey of the social, psychological, and physical development of American teenagers. In Adolescence in America, more than 100 leading experts from the fields of biology, medicine, behavioral and social science, law, education, and the humanities piece together the puzzle of adolescence. In readable, accessible language they analyze the explosion of research that has reshaped the study of adolescence in the last 30 years and explain how today's leading scientists and practitioners view the challenges of this developmental period. Best of all, they show parents how to apply the latest scientific knowledge, such as the 40 "developmental assets" that predict a child's behavior, to their own family situation.
Author : Philip Bashe
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553379968
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)
Download or read book American Academy of Pediatrics Caring For Your Teenager written by Philip Bashe and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert, authoritative guidance you can trust on helping your teenager cope with the changes and challenges of adolescence, from The American Academy of Pediatrics. The critical, life-shaping years between twelve and twenty-one have been called the “turbulent teens.” But adolescence doesn’t have to be a time of anxiety and upheaval--for either teenagers or their parents. In this comprehensive, down-to-earth guide, the nation’s leading authority on the care of children helps parents and caregivers guide teenagers through the successful transition into young adulthood. Combining practical parenting advice with the latest medical, psychological, and scientific research, and covering every aspect of a teenager’s growth and development, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Caring for Your Teenager offers indispensable information on: • The stages of adolescence--what defines normal physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development • Setting rules and limits--helping teenagers grow into responsible adults • The twelve building blocks of self-esteem--from feelings of security and belonging to decision making, pride, and trust • Instilling values and strengthening family ties • The problem of peer pressure: giving your child the confidence to handle it • Hormones--easing teenagers’ anxieties about their changing bodies • Safeguarding your teenager from sexually transmitted diseases • Adapting to different family types--from single-parent to adoptive to blended • Helping your teenager cope with serious illness or death in the family, sibling rivalry, separation, or divorce Plus • Helping your teenager find the right college--or make an alternative choice • Teens, the Internet, and the law • A comprehensive medical guide to common ailments . . . and much more Caring for Your Teenager is the one guide that no one entrusted with the care of a teenage child should be without--a book that provides parents with all the information they need to ensure that their child is on the right track to becoming a happy, healthy adult.
Author : Michael Scheibach
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612668
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Atomic Narratives and American Youth written by Michael Scheibach and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, numerous "atomic narratives"--books, newspapers, magazines, textbooks, movies, and television programs--addressed the implications of the bomb. Post-World War II youth encountered atomic narratives in their daily lives at school, at home and in their communities, and were profoundly affected by what they read and saw. This multidisciplinary study examines the exposure of American youth to atomic narratives during the ten years following World War II. In addition, it examines the broader "social narrative of the atom," which included educational, social, cultural, and political activities that surrounded and involved American youth. The activities ranged from school and community programs to movies and television shows to government-sponsored traveling exhibits on atomic energy. The book also presents numerous examples of writings by postwar adolescents, who clearly expressed their conflicted feelings about growing up in such a tumultuous time, and shows how many of the issues commonly associated with the sixties generation, such as peace, fellowship, free expression, and environmental concern, can be traced to this earlier generation.
Author : Kenneth C. Land
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400740921
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Well-Being of America's Children written by Kenneth C. Land and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) provided Kenneth Land a grant to explore the feasibility of producing the first national composite index of the status of American children that would chart changes in their well-being over time. Important questions needed to be answered: was it possible to trace trends in child and youth well-being over several decades? Could such an index provide a way of determining whether the United States was making progress in improving its children’s lives? The Index of Child and Youth Well-Being (CWI) was born from these questions. Viewing the CWI trends from 1975 to present, there is evidence that the well-being of American children lags behind other Western nations. As conditions change, it is clear that the index is an evolving and rich enterprise. This volume attests to that evolution, and what the CWI promises for understanding the progress – or lack of progress – in enhancing the life prospects of all American children.
Author : Richard M. Lerner
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452267146
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Liberty written by Richard M. Lerner and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberty: Thriving and Civic Engagement Among America's Youth examines what it means to develop as an exemplary young person - that is, a young person who is thriving within the community and on the rise to a hopeful future. The book explores several key characteristics of positive youth development such as competence, character, confidence, social connections, and compassion that coalesce to create a young person who is developing successfully towards an "ideal" adulthood, one marked by contributions to self, others, and the institutions of civil society. In this unique work, author Richard M. Lerner brings his formidable knowledge of developmental systems theory and facts on youth development to analyze the meaning of a thriving civil society and its relationship to the potential of youth for self-actualization and positive development.
Author : David L. Brown
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271073462
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century written by David L. Brown and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth century was one of profound transformation in rural America. Demographic shifts and economic restructuring have conspired to alter dramatically the lives of rural people and their communities. Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century defines these changes and interprets their implications for the future of rural America. The volume follows in the tradition of "decennial volumes" co-edited by presidents of the Rural Sociological Society and published in the Society's Rural Studies Series. Essays have been specially commissioned to examine key aspects of public policy relevant to rural America in the new century. Contributors include:Lionel Beaulieu, Alessandro Bonnano, David Brown, Ralph Brown, Frederick Buttel, Ted Bradshaw, Douglas Constance, Steve Daniels, Lynn England, William Falk, Cornelia Flora, Jan Flora, Glenn Fuguitt, Nina Glasgow, Leland Glenna, Angela Gonzales, Gary Green, Rosalind Harris, Tom Hirschl, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Leif Jensen, Ken Johnson, Richard Krannich, Daniel Lichter, Linda Lobao, Al Luloff, Tom Lyson, Kate MacTavish, David McGranahan, Diane McLaughlin, Philip McMichael, Lois Wright Morton, Domenico Parisi, Peggy Petrzelka, Kenneth Pigg, Rogelio Saenz, Sonya Salamon, Jeff Sharp, Curtis Stofferahn, Louis Swanson, Ann Tickameyer, Leanne Tigges, Cruz Torres, Mildred Warner, Ronald Wimberley, Dreamal Worthen, and Julie Zimmerman.
Author : Ranna Parekh, M.D., M.P.H.
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 1615373330
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Cultural Psychiatry With Children, Adolescents, and Families written by Ranna Parekh, M.D., M.P.H. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapidly changing demographics in the United States over the past few years have resulted in a "majority of minority" youth. This has far-reaching implications for mental health clinicians, for whom knowledge of cultural context is critically important to understanding their patients and rendering effective, compassionate treatment. In addition to addressing cultural context, the book addresses the emerging crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and the significance of the movement for social justice.
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Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book Adolescent Health written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Adolescent Health: Summary and policy options written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark D. Regnerus Assocaite Professor of Sociology University of Texas at Austin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198043309
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Forbidden Fruit : Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers written by Mark D. Regnerus Assocaite Professor of Sociology University of Texas at Austin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-02-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. Many presume that such uneasiness is rooted in religion. But how exactly does religion contribute to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and actions? What difference, if any, does religion make in adolescents' sexual attitudes and behaviors? Are abstinence pledges effective? What does it mean to be "emotionally ready" for sex? Who expresses regrets about their sexual activity and why? Tackling these and other questions, Forbidden Fruit tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in organized religion shapes sexual decision-making. Merging analyses of three national surveys with stories drawn from interviews with over 250 teenagers across America, Mark Regnerus reviews how young people learn-and what they know-about sex from their parents, schools, peers and other sources. He examines what experiences teens profess to have had, and how they make sense of these experiences in light of their own identities as religious, moral, and responsible persons. Religion can and does matter, Regnerus finds, but religious claims are often swamped by other compelling sexual scripts. Particularly interesting is the emergence of what Regnerus calls a new middle class sexual morality which has little to do with a desire for virginity but nevertheless shuns intercourse in order to avoid risks associated with pregnancy and STDs. And strikingly, evangelical teens aren't less sexually active than their non-evangelical counterparts, they just tend to feel guiltier about it. In fact, Regnerus finds that few religious teens have internalized or are even able to articulate the sexual ethic taught by their denominations. The only-and largely ineffective-sexual message most religious teens are getting is, "Don't do it until you're married." Ultimately, Regnerus concludes, religion may influence adolescent sexual behavior, but it rarely motivates sexual decision making.
Author : Susan G. Millstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195091884
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Promoting the Health of Adolescents written by Susan G. Millstein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword. Health Promotion in Historical Perspective, J.B. Richmond1. Adolescent Health Promotion: Rationale, Goals, and Objectives, S.G. Millstein, A.C. Peterson, and E.O NightingalePART I: THE ADOLESCENT, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY 2. Adolescent Development: Health Risks and Opportunities for Health Promotion, L.J. Crockett and A.C. Peterson3. The Influence of Economic Factors on Health-Related Behaviors in Adolescents, L.V. Klerman4. Health Promotion for Minority Adolescents: Cultural Considerations, F. Earls5. The Social World of Adolescents: Families, Peers, Schools, and the Community, C.L. Perry, S.H. Kelder, and K.A. Komro6. A View of Health from the Adolescent's Perspective, S.G. Millstein7. Health-Enhancing and Health-Compromising Lifestyles, D.S. ElliotPART II: TOPICAL AREAS OF INTEREST FOR PROMOTING HEALTH ...
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Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Adolescent Health: Background and the effectiveness of selected prevention and treatment services written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
