Clarifies relationship of alienation to adolescence by describing alienated and at-risk adolescent. Discusses research on adolescent alienation as following two converging themes, the socio-psychological, and the sociological. Recommends humanizing adolescents' environments through intergenerational integration, their integration into responsible…

Extensively interviewed over a six-week period regular, day-to-day adolescent frequenters (N=23) at a shopping mall. Found that subjects exhibited good deal of alienation from both family and school and used the mall as neutral ground on which to create fragile but mutually supportive community of kind. (Author/NB)

Presents assessment strategies, preventive methods, and clinical interventions to assist clinicians working with teenagers involved with deviant subcultures: Satanism, the neo-Nazi skinhead movement, and violent street gangs. Considers role of alienation as contributing factor in adolescents' participation in these subcultures. Advises therapists…

Reviews literature regarding alienated youth of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s and maintains that the emphasis in higher education today on humanism and on self-direction may account for the apparent lack of alienation among present-day youth. (Author/DB)

Investigated alienation by administering Dean Alienation Scale to 157 incarcerated and 1,318 nonincarcerated adolescents. Found that incarcerated adolescents had significantly higher levels of total alienation, isolation, and powerlessness. Given high recidivism rates, results suggest reduction of both alienation and rejection of societal norms…

Suggests that youth values of the 1970s, which centered upon hedonism, escapism, and a present orientation, influence a segment of youth today. Affluence, complex competitive pressures, and easy availability of success have made possible and encouraged self-oriented activity. Argues that countercultural activities produced these values and have,…

Evaluated the effects of involvement of adolescents in community service activities on levels of alienation in 50 ninth graders. It is suggested that adolescent involvement in service activities can produce positive benefits, including reduced levels of alienation, improved school behavior, improved grade point average, and acceptance by the adult…

Examined the backgrounds, personalities, and experiences of 110 young men in Yeshivot, orthodox religious seminaries in Israel. Describes the reactions of their parents and contrasts the Yeshivot with cults. Suggests that alienated youths are especially vulnerable to recruitment. (JAC)

Investigated the relationship between ego identity and alienation in adolescents. Subjects (N=147) were administered the Adolescent Alienation Scale and Ego Identity Scale. Data supported the hypothesis that as scores on the Ego Identity Scale increase, there tends to be a moderate decrease in alienation. (Author)

Compared secondary school students who used cocaine (N=411) or crack (N=156). Found that crack users were younger than cocaine users, made poorer grades, were more depressed, and were more likely alienated from family and friends. Crack and cocaine users were equally unlikely to confide in anyone in their school if they had drinking or drug…

Compares the course of change of two groups of conduct-disoriented adolescents in two theoretically distinct residential treatment programs. Despite an overall trend toward improvement in both groups, there was little significant difference between the rates of progress over time. Supports the need for qualitative research focusing on the…

Investigated relationship between peer groups and incidence of psychosocial problems among 241 adolescents. Found that group with lowest level of involvement in school activities was labeled negatively by others. Least involved group had most positive attitudes toward alcohol/drug use; lowest levels of perceived harm from alcohol/drugs; and…