ABSTRACT
Research on the processes of change during the transition from middle childhood to adolescence has been a relatively neglected area of scholarship until recently. This volume, features prominent researchers who provide integrative accounts of their research programs, focusing on processes of physical, social, and cognitive change during this important transition period in development. Also included in this volume is an overview, discussion, and critical analysis of core conceptual issues in the study of adolescent transition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |15 pages
Research on the Transition to Adolescence
Continuity in the Study of Development Process
chapter |44 pages
Concepts of Self and Social Convention
Adolescents' and Parents' Reasoning about Hypothetical and Actual Family Conflicts
chapter |29 pages
Adolescent Transitions in Developmental Perspective
Sociological and Historical Insights