Adolescence

INTRODUCTION Drug abuse, both illicit and licit, is an ongoing serious national problem. To date, neither prevailing social policies, law enforcement apparatus (national and local) nor community efforts have been able to contain the problem...

It has been found that depression negatively affects adolescent development and functioning (McConville & Bruce, 1985; Petersen et al., 1992). The adolescent's own depression, however, is not the only variable that affects functioning. Parental unhappiness...

The literature examining success rates for milieu treatments of antisocial and conduct-disordered adolescents has been dominated by pessimism (Macallair, 1993). The "nothing works" position has provided little useful information for clinical practice...

A substantial amount of research has examined the criteria that influence interpersonal attraction, and the findings are mixed. For instance, Buss and Barnes (1986) studied a group of married people ranging in age from 18 to 40 years and found that the...

As families progress through the life cycle, they face a variety of predicted and unpredicted stressors (Boss, 1987; McCubbin & Boss, 1980; McCubbin & McCubbin, 1987; Olson et al., 1983). The adolescent phase of the family life cycle is particularly...

INTRODUCTION Complications of pregnancy and delivery are the main causes of death among adolescents in Mesoamerica (Suarez, Roberts, Korin, & Cuminsky, 1985). Surveys from such diverse countries as the United States, Mexico, and Germany...

The incidence of divorce has become quite common in the United States with the number of children affected each year numbered in the millions. Approximately one out of five school-age children are living in single-parent homes (Goldman & King,...

INTRODUCTION Perceived emotional distress and behavioral problems are quite prevalent among high school students, the reasons for which were discussed in Part I of this series. The difficulties encountered in assessing the efficacy of several programs...

INTRODUCTION By the time adolescents become high school seniors they have weathered the dramatic changes that come with puberty, have had years of experience comparing their body size and shape to that of peers and cultural ideals and, in many...

INTRODUCTION Problem behavior with alcohol and drugs first occurs in adolescence (Johnston, Bachman, & O'Malley, 1981), and may be the most prevalent health problem in that period. It is a contributing factor in adolescent mortality from such causes...