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Prinstein, Mitchell J., Ed.; Dodge, Kenneth A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth, but until recently, questions of how and why adolescents emulate their peers were largely overlooked. This book presents a framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Drug Use, Adolescents, Ecology
Albert, Bill, Ed.; Brown, Sarah, Ed.; Flanigan, Christine M., Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers on early adolescent sexual behavior includes seven papers in two parts. Part 1, "Papers from Nationally Representative Data Sets," includes (1) "Dating and Sexual Experiences among Middle School Youth: Analyses of the NLSY97" (Elizabeth Terry-Humen and Jennifer Manlove); "(2) "Dating Behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Contraception, Dating (Social), Disadvantaged Youth