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Oana Negru-Subtirica – Child Development Perspectives, 2024
Educational identity has been studied increasingly in the past decades since school is a structured context that shapes adolescent identity formation. Across the academic years, adolescents learn to position themselves in terms of their education and schooling, perceiving these entities as more or less relevant for their self-formation. In this…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development
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Manisha Nagpal; Kisha Radliff – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Adolescence is a critical period for social emotional development. The need to focus on social emotional competencies is exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic. This systematic review paper provides a collective account of mindfulness interventions conducted exclusively with adolescent students in an educational setting (mean age 11 to 18) with the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Journal Articles, Metacognition
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Emma Armstrong-Carter; Eva H. Telzer – Child Development Perspectives, 2025
Many young people are inclined toward risk taking and also toward helping other people. "Prosocial risk taking" is a term that can describe different ways that youth provide significant instrumental and emotional support to family members, friends, and strangers, even when it involves a personal risk. In this article, we review research…
Descriptors: Risk, Prosocial Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Stages
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Verhoeven, Monique; Poorthuis, Astrid M. G.; Volman, Monique – Educational Psychology Review, 2019
Schools can play an important role in adolescents' identity development. To date, research on the role of school in adolescents' identity development is scattered across research fields that employ different theoretical perspectives on identity. The aim of this literature review was to integrate the findings on the role of school in adolescents'…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Development, Adolescent Development, School Role
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Preiss, David Daniel; Calcagni, Elisa; Grau, Valeska – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
The article reviews recent classroom research developed in South America related to child and adolescent development. We review work about three themes: ethnicity, school climate and violence, and the learning process. The few studies found on ethnicity and classroom experiences told a story of invisibility, if not exclusion and discrimination.…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Pinquart, Martin; Pfeiffer, Jens P. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2015
Chronic illnesses and disabilities may impair the attainment of age-typical developmental tasks, such as forming relationships with peers and gaining autonomy. Based on a systematic search in electronic databases and cross-referencing, 447 quantitative empirical studies were included which compared the attainment of developmental tasks of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Chronic Illness, Physical Disabilities, Perceptual Impairments
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Rader, Laura – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2010
Initial investigations into the development of self-concept have been largely descriptive and focused primarily on the concept of self-representation, namely, how the me-self evolves across childhood and adolescence. Investigators sought to document developmental differences in self-representation through coding of spontaneously generated…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Disabilities, Developmental Stages, Teaching Methods
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Guerra, Nancy G.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
In this chapter, we present a brief review of the developmental literature linking healthy adjustment to five core competencies: (1) positive sense of self, (2) self-control, (3) decision-making skills, (4) a moral system of belief, and (5) prosocial connectedness. A central premise of this chapter and the rest of the volume is that promoting…
Descriptors: Prevention, Adjustment (to Environment), Self Concept, Self Control
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Buis, Joyce M.; Thompson, Dennis N. – Adolescence, 1989
A review of the literature was conducted on two aspects of adolescent egocentrism: the imaginary audience and the personal fable. Results of the review yielded contradictory findings in most areas of the research. Reasons for these contradictions are explored, and suggestions for future research are presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Egocentrism, Personal Autonomy
Hartzell, Gerald R. – 1980
The effect of the middle school experience upon the pre-adolescent's self-concept development is the focus of this report. Self-concept is defined as an understanding of the self based upon an internal frame of reference. The development of a positive self-concept has been frequently listed as a goal of the middle schools. Five research projects…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Wisconsin Clearinghouse, Madison. – 1985
This booklet begins with a poem written by an adolescent undergoing psychotherapy for depression, then goes on to describe what depression is and to examine sex and age differences related to depression. The difference between clinical depression and feeling blue is explained. Various therapies used in the treatment of depression are identified.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Loneliness
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Tierno, Mark J. – Adolescence, 1983
Delineates specific psychosocial developmental demands placed upon middle schoolers and links these demands to the self-concept disturbance they typically feel. Offers a number of general recommendations useful to educators who are interested in considering the relationship between educational experiences and self-concept disturbance among early…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, Humanistic Education
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James, Michael A. – High School Journal, 1980
Presented are the theoretical characteristics of social identity in early adolescence (ages 10 to 15). It is suggested that no longer is identity thought to begin with adolescence, but may have its beginnings in the preteen years. The article draws heavily on Eriksonian concepts. (Editor/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Individual Characteristics
CSR, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1997
A conceptual model for understanding youth development is provided and the processes that enhance the adolescent experience and promote successful transition from childhood to adulthood are identified. Intended as a guide for professionals constructing and implementing policies and programs, the model is based on the proposition that development…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Family (Sociological Unit)
Hidi, Suzanne; Ainley, Mary – 2002
The study of the role of students' interest in their learning has seen a resurgence in the past 20 years. This chapter examines the ways in which adolescents' interests develop, differ from those of younger children, and contribute to their developing sense of self. The chapter helps to explain why many adolescents lack academic interests and how…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior
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