Examined effects of work intensity on 1,000 employed adolescents. Found that students who worked at higher intensity engaged in more alcohol use. Negative effects on mental health, academic achievement, and 2 other indicators of behavioral adjustment were not found, but seniors working at moderate intensity (fewer than 20 hours per week) had…

Analyzes a subsample of the study, "Learning Processes, Educational Careers, and Psychosocial Development in Adolescence and Young Adulthood," to examine the impact of homework. Focuses on German seventh-grade students (n=2123) in 132 classes. Reports that homework frequency had a positive effect on mathematics achievement. (CMK)

Stresses the importance of camp staff understanding why campers misbehave. Offers recommendations for helping campers to learn responsible behavior, including setting clear expectations and consequences for camper behavior; teaching campers self-discipline and problem-solving strategies; asking campers thought-provoking questions; avoiding power…

Examined relationship between television viewing frequency and adolescents' health-related and psychosocial characteristics. Found that shyness and exercise frequency predicted television viewing frequency. Among females, exercise frequency, shyness, loneliness, and perceived attractiveness predicted viewing frequency. Light viewers exercised more…

Examined variations in adolescent time use within Europe and their relation to culture, focusing on organization of free time, most frequent leisure activities, and resulting emotional states. Found that European adolescents spent free time in a range of activities, including electronic media, computer games, playing musical instruments, reading,…

Interlinks crucial cultural themes emerging from preceding chapters, highlighting the contextual constraints in adolescents' use of free time. Draws parallels across the nations discussed on issues related to how school molds leisure time, the balance of passive versus active leisure, timing of leisure pursuits, and the cumulative effect of…

Discusses the lack of research into the art education of students within the adolescent stage. Examines the rationales of secondary art education and addresses art education for this age level within New Zealand that characterizes Western art education. Includes references. (CMK)

Presents the results of studies on adolescence which analyze the biographical importance of school in adolescent life and the psycho-social stress of scholastic requirements. States that appropriate scholastic, pedagogical, and didactic concepts that meet the fundamentally changed significance of scholastic "work" in adolescence should…

It is proposed that the identification and description of students with communication problems requires assessments in four domains: (1) linguistic ability; (2) cognitive ability; (3) social skill; and (4) pragmatic competence. Evidence from research on individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disorders is presented. (SLD)

Discusses studies about the role of athletics in high school students' lives. Examines the criteria for social status for both male and female students. Explores the types of activities students want to be remembered for, the current basis for popularity, and the importance of the dual role of student athletes. (Author/JS)

Considers two questions which adolescents must ask of themselves and the world as they grow up: how to separate from other people and how to connect with them. Concludes that as writers and readers people act separately, but through the books, people connect. (MG)

Examined family unemployment in terms of its effects on adolescent work values and self-concept. Findings from 344 high school students from Israeli development town showed no significant differences among youth from families where father was employed or unemployed. Findings suggest that father's work status has little impact on adolescent family…

Examines impact on adolescence of major cultural changes brought about by advent of television, combined threat of nuclear war and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and changes in social values and family structures. Main thesis is that volume and pace of contemporary changes have an unsettling effect on internal experience and create…

Describes adolescent satanic practices of affected families in three Southwestern states in a seven-year period. Counselors need to understand how satanism is related to religion, family dynamics, and adolescent rebellion. A systemic perspective is suggested. Counselors must be aware of their own biases to be able to help satanically involved…

This study identified expectations that 40 mothers had for their adolescent children in the areas of future living arrangements, employment/education goals, and social relationships. Mothers of adolescents with severe mental retardation and adolescents without disabilities had similar expectations for their children, that is, independence.…