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Peer reviewedLarson, Reed; Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly – NAMTA Journal, 1997
As an outgrowth of the theory of flow, looks at some fine distinctions regarding the adolescent's optimal conditions for growth. Points to the importance of the adolescent's ability to reinterpret conflicts which crop up in raw experience, to overcome psychic entropy with long-term challenges or "life themes," and to find new meaning and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, Individual Development
Gideonse, Sarah – 1988
This document discusses whether young people with difficulty entering adulthood can be helped, or if accumulated effects of various adversitites have caused irremediable damage. First the developmental tasks that adolescents need to accomplish before they can take on adult roles are described. Next, two well-known explanations for youths' failure…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Developmental Tasks
Direct linkScharf, Miri; Mayseless, Ofra; Kivenson-Baron, Inbal – Developmental Psychology, 2004
The association between attachment representations and adolescents' coping with 3 developmental tasks of emerging adulthood-leaving home, advancing in the capacity for mature intimacy, and developing individuation-was examined. Israeli male adolescents (N = 88) were administered the Adult Attachment Interview during their high-school senior year.…
Descriptors: Military Service, Intimacy, Developmental Tasks, Coping
