Adolescence : a very short introduction / Peter K. Smith.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Very short introductions ; 475.
Main Author: Smith, Peter K. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Very short introductions ; 475.
Subjects:
Adolescent psychology.
Adolescence.
Physical Description:xvi, 136 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Adolescence as a life stage
  • Puberty
  • body and brain changes
  • Formal operational thought, moral development, and identity
  • Relationship changes
  • parents and peers
  • Youth culture
  • leisure pursuits and the cyberworld
  • Risk-taking, antisocial behaviour, and delinquency
  • Internalizing disorders and adolescent mental health
  • Sexual and romantic development, early parenthood, and emerging adulthood.