Adolescent Portraits : Identity, Relationships, and Challenges
ISBN: 9780205036233 | 0205036236
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 7/27/2011
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Adolescent Portraits is a compelling anthology of first-person accounts written by college students which illustrate the contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today. These real-life cases represent a fascinating, diverse cross-section of contemporary adolescence and cover a variety of issues, including family and peer relationships, eating disorders, self image, illness, and disabilities.
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Adolescent Portraits illustrates the contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today.
The book is a compelling anthology of first-person accounts written by college students. The real-life cases included in the text represent a fascinating, diverse cross-section of contemporary adolescence and cover a variety of issues, including family and peer relationships, eating disorders, self image, illness, and disabilities.
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IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part 1: Identity
Part 2: Relationships
Part 3: Challenges
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COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part 1: Identity
Values and Ideology
Case 1: Someday My Elders Will Be Proud
Case 2: Things Began to Click
Case 3: The Struggle of a Lifetime
The Self in Social Contexts
Case 4: The Hatred Within
Case 5: Una Muchacha Decente
Case 6: What If I Don’t Want to Whistle?
Case 7: In Search of My Voice
Sexuality
Case 8: The Girl in Me
Case 9: Falling for Someone
Part 2: Relationships
Families
Case 10: The Family I Have
Case 11: Falling from My Pedestal
Case 12: They Said I Was Beautiful
Peers
Caser 13: Beyong the Euphoric Buzz
Case 14: Holding My Breath
Case 15: Color Blind
Part 3: Challenges
Case 16: Bad
Case 17: The Simple Beauty of a Conversation
Case 18: Forever an Awkward Adolescent
Follow-Up: David: Thirteen Years Later
Case 19: Proud of the Strength I Had
Case 20: Seeking the Best of Both Worlds
Follow-Up: Phouk: Nine Years Later
