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The Adolescent's Search for Competence.
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Solnit, Albert J. – Children Today, 1979
Discusses various aspects of adolescents' needs and feelings in relation to their efforts to become competent human beings. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence
Adolescent Development: Myths and Realities.
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Lipsity, Joan Scheff – Children Today, 1979
Discusses harmful myths or stereotypes that adults have about adolescents and proposes a realistic appraisal of adolescents' needs based on their developmental tasks. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks, Emotional Development
Interventions for Adolescents Who Are Chronically Ill.
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Seidl, Ann H.; Altshuler, Anne – Children Today, 1979
Discusses ways to assist the development of individual, interpersonal, and social adequacy in adolescents who are chronically ill. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, Emotional Problems, Intervention
Adaptation to Pregnancy: Some Implications for Individual and Family Mental Health.
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Valentine, Deborah – Children Today, 1982
Discusses pregnancy from four perspectives: as a normative crisis period; as a developmental process including both the pregnant woman and the expectant father; as an experience affecting marital relationships, including the presence of family violence; and as a context for prevention and intervention. (RH)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Interpersonal Relationship, Intervention, Literature Reviews