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Peer reviewedSimmons, Roberta G. – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Social factors such as school context and school transition which affect adolescence are reviewed. Multiple, simultaneous, and earlier transitions that do not provide an arena of comfort for the adolescent appear to create more problems. More understanding of the proximal and distal effects of these transitions is needed. (NH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, High Schools
