A model for viewing adolescent psychosocial development is outlined and used as a framework for reviewing literature. The model assumes that basic changes in adolescents' biological, cognitive, and social capacities reciprocally interact with the social settings of the family, peer group, and school/work to influence transformations in six areas…

Middle school principals should seek to alleviate the frustration of teachers, make efforts to help parents understand preadolescents' development, assist students in their total development, and work at developing a supportive educational climate. (MLF)

Curriculum developers should consider middle level learners' needs for intellectual growth and individual attention and their needs to understand themselves and know others. (MLF)

The promise of education at a private Baltimore (Maryland) school rests in the idea that scholarship is the key to autonomy, self-determination, and self-fulfillment. The Park Heights Street Academy serves as a haven for the able adolescent who has been misplaced for social, political, economic, or academic reasons. (Author/MLF)

Describes research on the influence of sex, grade level, religiosity, and birth order on adolescents' perceptions of their parents' power/authority on such dimensions as control of economic resources, decision-making, and rewards/punishments; guidance; right to exercise power; and knowledge/competence in adolescent heterosexual relationships and…

Describes a program in which high school students from St. Paul, Minnesota volunteer at the local Red Cross. Cites examples of students who entered the volunteer program with personal problems and were able to overcome them through meaningful work experience at the Red Cross. (Author/GC)

Describes a full time, 18 week, interdisciplinary, experiential education program in which high school students from Colorado Springs, Colorado participate in outdoor adventure, community study, and community service projects. (Author/GC)

Any attempt that the teacher makes to create a lesson where the student can engage the text runs directly counter to the whole drift of the secondary school curriculum as it exists today. (HOD)

Describes the development of coping behavior in children and the role of coping behavior in dealing with conflict and anxiety. Defines various coping mechanisms including rationalization, projection, displacement, denial of reality, compensation, regression, and intellectualization. Outlines suggestions for helping children and parents understand…

Ascertained whether high levels of stress at different periods of development were related to an external locus of control. Externals and internals completed the Life Events Scale. Data indicated that stress, for females in preschool and pubescent years and males in elementary and pubescent years, is related to externality. (Author/BEF)

The author presents information related to brain growth and intellectual capacity. Work on early adolescent (ages 10 to 15) brain growth, its effect on cognitive development, and the implications that such research has on the capacities of early adolescents to learn are discussed. (Editor/KC)

Discusses Lesley Beake's novel "Song of Be," a novel set in Namibia that focuses on the life of Be, an adolescent girl who is dealing with abandonment, reconciliation, and personal and cultural identity. Notes that the book presents a culture very different from that of young American readers but recounts growth and development which is…

Presents a model of adolescent development that emphasizes the relationship dynamics of autonomy and relatedness. Reviews research findings from concurrent and longitudinal analyses to support the model, particularly regarding the process of leaving home in young adulthood. (HTH)

Examined the constructions of sexuality among 470 high school students. Identified five sexual styles (naive, unassured, competent, adventurous, driven), characterized by differences in gender, age, and virginity status, but not simply delineated along demographic lines. Also found that sexual styles differed in level of sexual risk-taking,…

Reviews the literature on shame and on adolescence and suggests that attention to the role of shame in adolescent development is warranted. Discusses how social-cognitive, physical, and interpersonal changes associated with adolescence may be associated with normative increases in shame, and how shame may be implicated in gender-related shifts in…