At the threshold : [electronic resource] the developing adolescent / edited by S. Shirley Feldman and Glen R. Elliott.

Bibliography: p. 509-627.

Includes index.

Capturing the adolescent experience / Glen R. Elliott and S. Shirley Feldman -- The role of pubertal processes / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Edward O. Reiter -- Adolescent thinking / Daniel P. Keating -- Historical perspectives / John Modell and Madeline Goodman -- Challenges in studying minority youth / Margaret Beale Spencer and Sanford M. Dornbusch -- Coming of age in a changing family system / Frank F. Furstenberg -- Peer groups and peer cultures / B. Bradford Brown -- Schools and the adolescent / Doris R. Entwisle -- Leisure, work, and the mass media / Gary Alan Fine, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Donald F. Roberts -- Autonomy, conflict, and harmony in the family relationship / Laurence Steinberg -- Friendship and peer relations / Ritch C. Savin-Williams and Thomas J. Berndt

Motivation and achievement / Valanne L. Henderson and Carol S. Dweck -- Sexuality / Herant Katchadourian -- Self and identity development / Susan Harter -- Stress, coping, and adaptation / Stuart T. Hauser and Mary Kay Bowlds -- Problem behaviors / Joan McCord -- Adolescent health / Susan G. Millstein and Iris F. Litt -- Youth in relation to social institutions / Judith Torney-Purta -- Progress and promise of research on adolescence / S. Shirley Feldman and Glen R. Elliott.