Transitions Through Adolescence

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Contents: Preface. Part I: Intrapersonal Transitions. R.M. Lerner, J.V. Lerner, A. von Eye, C.W. Ostrum, K. Nitz, R. Talwar-Soni, J.G. Tubman, Continuity and Discontinuity Across the Transition of Early Adolescence: A Developmental Contextual Perspective. J.A. Graber, A.C. Peterson, J. Brooks-Gunn, Pubertal Processes: Methods, Measures, & Models. Part II: Transitions in the Peer System and Social Behaviors. T.J. Berndt, Transitions in Friendship and Friends' Influence. J.L. Rodgers, Sexual Transitions in Adolescence. J.G. Bachman, L.D. Johnston, P.M. O'Malley, J. Schulenberg, Transitions in Drug Use During Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood. M.L. Sullivan, Developmental Transitions in Poor Youth: Delinquency and Crime. Part III: Transitions in the Family System. G.N. Holmbeck, A Model of Family Relational Transformations During the Transition to Adolescence: Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Adaptation. B.J. Cohler, J.S. Musick, Adolescent Parenthood and the Transition to Adulthood. C. Merriwether-de Vries, L.M. Burton, L. Eggeletion, Early Parenting and Intergenerational Family Relationships within African American Families. Part IV: School and Work Transitions. J.S. Eccles, S. Lord, C.M. Buchanan, School Transitions in Early Adolescence: What Are We Doing to Our Young People? F.A.J. Ianni, M.T. Orr, Dropping Out. K.S. Newman, Working Poor: Low-Wage Employment in the Lives of Harlem Youth. K.L. Bell, J.P. Allen, S.T. Hauser, T.G. O'Connor, Family Factors and Young Adult Transitions: Educational Attainment and Occupational Prestige. Part V: Summary. J.A. Graber, J. Brooks-Gunn, A.C. Petersen, Adolescent Transitions in Context.