The developmental science of adolescence : history through autobiography / edited by Richard M. Lerner ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lerner, Richard M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescent psychology.

Autobiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (592 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Hove, England : Psychology Press, c2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Developmental Science of Adolescence: History Through Autobiography is the most authoritative account of the leading developmental scientists from around the world. Written by the scholars who shaped the history they are recounting, each chapter is an engaging and personal account of the past, present, and future direction of the field. No other reference work has this degree of authenticity in presenting the best developmental science of adolescence. The book includes a Foreword by Saths Cooper, President of the International Union of Psychological Science and autobiographical chapters by the following leading developmental scientists: Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Robert Wm. Blum, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, B. Bradford Brown, Marlis Buchmann, John Bynner, John Coleman, Rand D. Conger, James E. Côté, William Damon, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Nancy Eisenberg, Glen H. Elder, Jr., David P. Farrington, Helmut Fend, Andrew J. Fuligni, Frank F. Furstenberg, Beatrix A. Hamburg, Stephen F. Hamilton, Karen Hein, Klaus Hurrelmann, Richard Jessor, Daniel P. Keating, Reed W. Larson, Richard M. Lerner, Iris F. Litt, David Magnusson, Rolf Oerter, Daniel Offer, Augusto Palmonari, Anne C. Petersen, Lea Pulkkinen, Jean E. Rhodes, Linda M. Richter, Hans-Dieter Rösler, Michael Rutter, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, John Schulenberg, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Judith G. Smetana, Margaret Beale Spencer, Laurence Steinberg, Elizabeth J. Susman, Richard E. Tremblay, Suman Verma, and Bruna Zani.

Contents:

Cover ; The Developmental Science of Adolescence; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction: The History of the Developmental Science of Adolescence: The Role of Autobiographical Perspectives; 2 Confessions of a Heretic: My Unlikely Career as a So-Called Psychologist; 3 Robert Wm. Blum: An Autobiography; 4 Person, Time, and Place: The Life Course of a Developmental Psychologist

5 An Autobiographical Journey Through Adolescents' Social World: Peer Groups, Peer Influence, and the Effects of Electronic Media on Social Adjustment in College6 Reflections on a Lifetime of Life-Course Research: Turning Opportunity into Passion; 7 Journey to a Life-Course Perspective in Developmental Science; 8 Why Adolescence Matters: An Autobiography of a Psychologist; 9 Rand D. Conger: An Autobiography; 10 A Stranger in Paradise: Fitting In, Managing Identities, and Reaching Out; 11 My Research Life and Times; 12 How Personal Experiences Influenced My Research on Youth

13 Following the Data (and Sometimes Theory): The Career of a Socioemotional Developmental Scientist14 Studying Lives in Changing Times: A Life-Course Journey; 15 Reflections on a Life Course of Developmental Criminology; 16 My Turning Points in Adolescent Research: From Internal Dynamics to External Opportunities to Self-Governance of Development; 17 From Ithaca to Los Angeles: Gaining Focus from Places and People; 18 How I Became a Developmentalist; 19 Exploring the Frontiers of Adolescent Psychology, Psychiatry, and Development; 20 Decisions and Directions: Making a Path Through Life

21 Coming of Age: Karen Hein's Journey22 Adolescents as Productive Processors of Reality: My Socialization Approach in Youth Research; 23 Problem Behavior Theory: A Half-Century of Research on Adolescent Behavior and Development; 24 Adolescent Thinking in Action: Minds in the Making; 25 Studying Experience: Pursuing the "Something More"; 26 Taking the Boy out of Brooklyn: Time, Place, and People in the Development of a Developmental Scientist; 27 Doing "Good Time"; 28 Individual Development-a Transformation Process: A Longitudinal Program

29 Growth and Development: The Interrelationship of Personal Experiences and Scientific Endeavors30 The Life and Academic Journey of an Empiricist; 31 Autobiography Through Adolescence; 32 Researcher as Bumblebee: Developing a Science of Adolescence Integrating Biology, Using Rigorous Research Methods, and Including Girls; 33 Self-Control at the Heart of Successful Development; 34 Lucking Out: A Career Shaped by Mentoring; 35 Growing Up in South Africa: Science, Politics, and Policy; 36 Clinical-Psychological Contributions to Adolescence Research; 37 Establishing Developmental Psychopathology

38 Born in Clever

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-67379-2

1-84872-689-9

0-203-58166-0

1-136-67372-5

9780203581667

OCLC:

855970269