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Contributors. <p>Foreword.</p> <p>Preface.</p> <p>1. The Scientific Study of Adolescent Development: Past, Present, and Future.</p> <p>PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE OF ADOLESCENCE.</p> <p>2. Puberty and Psychological Development.</p> <p>3. Cognitive and Brain Development.</p> <p>4. Socialization and Self-Development: Channeling, Selection, Adjustment, and Reflection.</p> <p>5. Schools, Academic Motivation, and Stage-Environment Fit.</p> <p>6. Moral Cognitions and Prosocial Responding in Adolescence.</p> <p>7. Sex.</p> <p>8. Gender and Gender Role Development in Adolescence.</p> <p>9. Processes of Risk and Resilience During Adolescence: Linking Contexts and Individuals.</p> <p>PART TWO: SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS IN ADOLESCENCE.</p> <p>10. Adolescence Across Place and Time: Globalization and the Changing Pathways to Adulthood.</p> <p>11. Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Influences.</p> <p>12. Adolescents’ Relationships with Peers.</p> <p>13. Contexts for Mentoring: Adolescent-Adult Relationships in Workplaces and Communities.</p> <p>14.Work and Leisure in Adolescence.</p> <p>15. Diversity in Developmental Trajectories Across Adolescence: Neighborhood Influences.</p> <p>16. Adolescents and Media.</p> <p>17. The Legal Regulation of Adolescence.</p> <p>PART THREE: ADOLESCENT CHALLENGES, CHOICES, AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.</p> <p>18. Adolescent Health from an International Perspective.</p> <p>19. Internalizing Problems During Adolescence.</p> <p>20. Conduct Disorder, Aggression, and Delinquency.</p> <p>21. Adolescent Substance Use.</p> <p>22. Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families.</p> <p>23. Volunteerism, Leadership, Political Socialization, and Civic Engagement.</p> <p>24. Applying Developmental Science: Methods, Visions, and Values.</p> <p>25. Youth Development, Developmental Assets, and Public Policy.</p> <p>Afterword: On the Future Development of Adolescent Psychology.</p> <p>Author Index.</p> <p>Subject Index.</p>

<p><b>Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D.</b> is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. He is the author or editor of many publications, including the <i>Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6, Developmental Psychology</i>, and <i>Pathways to Positive Development about Diverse Youth. New Directions for Youth Development: Theory, Practice, and Research</i> (Jossey-Bass). Dr. Lerner is also a past editor of the <i>Journal of Research on Adolescence</i>.</p> <p><b>Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.</b> is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University. He is currently Director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundatio n Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. He is Past-President of the <i>Society for Research on Adolescence</i> and is the author or editor of numerous books, including <i>Adolescence</i>, Sixth Edition.</p>

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