Adolescence

Bowlby's attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969, 1973, 1980) pointed out the evolutionary function of the mother-child relationship, which inspired Ainsworth's research on the "Strange Situation" (Ainsworth et al., 1978)--a structured observational procedure...

Nontraditional behaviors with respect to sex, family, and gender roles have become increasingly widespread and more socially accepted (Barber & Axinn, 1998; Lye & Waldron, 1997; Werner-Wilson, 1998; Wu & Baer, 1994). The traditional, "nuclear"...

This paper is concerned with the longitudinal relationships among exposure to chronic community violence during the high school years, the level of psychological distress manifested during the first semester of college, and academic performance during...

Parents in all societies grapple with how to raise their children in a way that prepares them for the complexities of life (Yorburg, 2002) and equips them to one day become parents themselves (Hamner & Turner, 2001). In order to accomplish this...

Worry has been defined as "a chain of negative and relatively uncontrollable thoughts and images" (Borkovec, Robinson, Pruzinsky, & Depree, 1983). Borkovec et al. (1983) go on to say that worry may be engaged in by an individual to serve the purpose...

INTRODUCTION It has been argued that the traditional understanding of the adolescent experience is outdated (Hendry et al., 1993). A large part of this argument stems from the recognition that traditional research methods have tended to present...