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'I Feel Proud Because I Made Them Stop Fighting': Boys' Affective-Discursive Practices of Discouraging Physical Aggression
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McMain, Emma M. – Gender and Education, 2022
Amidst essentialising discourses that circulate through educational spaces (e.g. that 'boys will be boys' or that boys are inherently aggressive), there is a need for more research that explores adolescent identities as complex and relational. This study considers the affective-discursive practices that both constrain and enable teenage boys to…
Descriptors: Aggression, Violence, Males, Gender Differences
Associations between Trauma during Adolescence and Sense of Purpose in Middle-to-Late Adulthood
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Pfund, Gabrielle N.; Edmonds, Grant W.; Hill, Patrick L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Early adverse experiences can hold lasting influence on later life outcomes, particularly during formative developmental periods such as adolescence. The current study evaluates the impact of different kinds of adolescent trauma on later sense of purpose in adulthood, using data from the Hawaii Longitudinal Study of Personality and Health.…
Descriptors: Trauma, Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Self Concept
Classroom Research and Child and Adolescent Development in South America
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Preiss, David Daniel; Calcagni, Elisa; Grau, Valeska – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
The article reviews recent classroom research developed in South America related to child and adolescent development. We review work about three themes: ethnicity, school climate and violence, and the learning process. The few studies found on ethnicity and classroom experiences told a story of invisibility, if not exclusion and discrimination.…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education. Second Edition
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Sadowski, Michael, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2008
As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, "Who am I?" Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability can complicate this question for young people, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, family, and peers. This new edition of "Adolescents at…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Multiple Intelligences, Race, Social Class
Book Reviews.
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Eron, Leonard D.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1994
Reviews six books on developmental psychology: (1) "Children and Violence" (David Reiss and others); (2) "Television and the American Child" (George Comstock); (3) "Intellectual Development" (Robert Sternberg and Cynthia Berg); (4) "Context and Development" (Robert Cohen and Alexander Siegel); (5) "Adolescent Identity Formation" (Gerald Adams and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Book Reviews, Child Development
The Girls Report: What We Know & Need To Know about Growing Up Female.
Phillips, Lynn – 1998
This report reviews current statistics on the state of girls' lives in the United States at the end of the 20th century. Six chapters cover: (1) "Framing Gender, Identity, and Adolescence" (trends in research on adolescent girls, exploring identities, how girls are doing, and conditions that support or hinder girls' healthy sense of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Health Care, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Development