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Adolescents

Theoretical and Helping Perspectives

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  • © 1985

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Authors:
  1. Inger P. Davis

    1. College of Human Services School of Social Work, San Diego State University, USA

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Part of the book series: International Series in Social Welfare (ISSW, volume 7)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-8

  3. Adolescent Development and Psychosocial Tasks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. History, Facts, and Theories

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      Pages 11-41

    3. Developmental Tasks of Adolescence in Relation to the Family

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      Pages 43-75

    4. Developmental Tasks of Adolescence: Peers, Identity Achievement, and Some Gender and Cultural Differences

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      Pages 77-107

  4. Services and Interpersonal Interventions Assisting Troubled Adolescents and Their Families

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Educational and Supportive Services for Adolescents Living With their Families

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      Pages 111-133

    3. Out-of-Home Care for Adolescents

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      Pages 135-165

    4. Interpersonal Interventions

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      Pages 167-191

    5. Interventions with Specific Groups of Adolescents

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      Pages 193-215

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 217-273
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About this book

This book deals with ways of helping families cope with the difficulty of rais­ ing adolescents. Professional social workers - along with other human ser­ vice professionals - encounter these families in numerous settings: child welfare and family service agencies, hospitals, schools, community mental health clinics, residential treatment centers, juvenile halls and detention centers, recreational and vocational training organizations, and many others. While families from all walks of life may be found in these settings, families who have suffered the additional stresses of poverty, discrimination, and the consequences of physical and mental illness are commonly overrepresented. Even under the best of circumstances, the adolescent years often put the strongest family structures to the test - sometimes to the breaking point. A recent national study of over one thousand average, middle-income, two­ parent families reviewed the strengths, stresses, and satisfactions of the family life cycle (Olson and McCubbin 1983). As many would expect, families with adolescents were found to experience more stress and lower levels of family adaptability, cohesion, and marital and family satisfaction than any other developmental stage. The families with adolescents who fared best were those with such marital resources as good communication and conflict resolution skills, satisfying sexual relations, and good parent-adolescent communication.

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Human Services School of Social Work, San Diego State University, USA

    Inger P. Davis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Adolescents

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Helping Perspectives

  • Authors: Inger P. Davis

  • Series Title: International Series in Social Welfare

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4984-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer-Nijhoff Publishing 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8706-3Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4984-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4859

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 272

  • Topics: Social Sciences, general

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