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Overheads - Adolescence

Overheads - Adolescence. Carolyn R. Fallahi, Ph. D. School. Primary focus – school Social skills Who achieves? Parental makeup? Who drops out? Longitudinal study: Cairns & Cairns (1994) 500 children. Identity Development. Erik Erikson – a moratorium between childhood and adulthood

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Overheads - Adolescence

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  1. Overheads - Adolescence Carolyn R. Fallahi, Ph. D.

  2. School • Primary focus – school • Social skills • Who achieves? • Parental makeup? • Who drops out? • Longitudinal study: Cairns & Cairns (1994) • 500 children

  3. Identity Development • Erik Erikson – a moratorium between childhood and adulthood • James Marcia • Crisis • Commitment • Four different statuses • Identity Achievement • Moratorium • Foreclosure • Identity Diffusion

  4. Identity • Research on Identity development • Cross-sectional studies

  5. Self-Esteem • What are the overall trends? • 8 years old • 11 years old • 19 years old • Edward Seidman et. al. (1994) • 600 Latino, Black, and White youngsters • 6th grade through Junior High school

  6. Relationships • In adolescence • Rise in conflict with parents • Laurence Steinberg – 5-10% families have substantial pervasive deterioration in the quality of the parent-child relationship • Girls versus boys • Why? • Why might it be a good thing?

  7. Relationships • Mary Levitt et. al. (1993)

  8. Sexual Behavior in Adolescence • 1999 National survey of high school students in the United States • Sexual experience varies across racial and ethnic groups. • Who has sex earliest? • What is the connection between sex and alcohol? • The fall out of early sex. • Teenage pregnancy

  9. Adolescent Depression • Past Historical view of depression • Current Trends • Clinical depression • Depressive disorder • Studies • Gender differences • Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

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