Two conflicting positions are reviewed: (1) adolescence is necessarily a time of turmoil; and (2) adolescence usually is not a time of turmoil. A step toward reconciliation of these opposing views is offered. (Author/DB)

Tests two primary assumptions of Marcia's identity status model: that measures of the identity statuses would relate to identity exploration and commitment in ways consistent with the definitions of the statuses; and that status assignments made using continuous status measures would converge with those made using exploration and commitment…

Offers therapists, parents, and educators a model for understanding adolescent sexuality, focusing on how nonsexual needs drive sexual behavior and produce artificially high sex drive. Proposes that overwhelming intensity of adolescent sex drive is due to factors other than libido or biological phenomena. Advocates teaching teenagers what their…

Discusses relationship between family structure and achievement of adolescent developmental task of separation-individuation. Views adolescent separation-individuation as continuum. Suggests that successful accomplishment of separation-individuation is affected by such factors as conflict, parental relationship, and accomplishment of previous…

Explores individual developmental and family system factors associated with running away. In model presented, ability of youth to successfully individuate is tied to overarching tolerances for autonomy and intimacy that exist within family system. Running away, in this perspective, is viewed as conflict-induced effort on the part of youth to…

Identifies need for more research, education, and services for males about adolescent pregnancy and parenthood to augment their social and familial learning experiences. Makes case for more participation by schools in achieving better balance between males and females in preparing for parenthood or prevention of pregnancy. Describes…

Presents three psychological perspectives on youth deviance. Two traditional theoretical approaches to understanding and intervening in delinquent behavior are explained. A third perspective, a youth advocacy approach, is described in the light of cognitive developmental theory. Youth's developmental needs and their opportunity to complete…

Examines etiological factors associated with delinquent and nondelinquent strategic styles from a clinical sociological perspective. Describes intervention model for rebalancing the strategic styles of youth. Discusses diagnostic, prognostic, and prescriptive stages of intervention, utilizing case material. (Author/BH)

Reviews three existing sequential models of mate selection: Kerckhoff and Davis' Filter Model, Murstein's Stimulus-Value-Role Model, and Lewis's Premarital Dyadic Formation Model. Challenges the validity of these models and discusses implications for future research. (JAC)

Using William Blake's work, discusses the element of the ideal in the development of contemporary adolescents. Discusses a model of constructive change in which explicit future outcomes are used as a starting point to construct new skills needed for change. Describes a monitoring system to measure progress. (RC)

Addresses issues such as dropouts, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, suicide, and other health-damaging behaviors. Presents a theory of youth development and learning, and an integrated, interactive and reciprocal model for the prevention of health-damaging behavior. Addresses the role of the schools in prevention. (Author/BH)

Presents model for adolescent health behavior, Pre-Adult Health Decision-Making Model, which takes into account differential information processing from peers, parents, or through critical or reflexive self-analysis. Reviews psychological and sociological literature on adolescent development, adolescent health behaviors, and Acquired Immune…

Asserts that inadequate attention has been paid to the problems of the young soldier entering army life in Israel. Delineates some areas of friction and vulnerability between the worlds of the youth and the military. Describes the systematization of these encounters into groups, creating the "Binary Model," which helps in locating and…

Outlines adolescent self-concept as a method for understanding the adolescent experience and major controversies involved in this age span. Defines adolescence and reviews theoretical understanding of adolescent self-concept. General issues regarding cognition are discussed. A model of the boundary organization of adolescent self-concept is…

Studies two determinants of male puberty rites: communitywide exclusive male work groups and polygyny which act as an extension of male subculture; and sexual integration in the division of labor and distant father-child relationship which act to reduce the distance between the sexes. (Author/RC)