The world of peers presents a unique developmental challenge to adolescents—one that is
likely to be linked to prior experiences within the family, affected by concurrent experiences …

Classrooms are complex social systems, and student-teacher relationships and interactions
are also complex, multicomponent systems. We posit that the nature and quality of …

Improving teaching quality is widely recognized as critical to addressing deficiencies in
secondary school education, yet the field has struggled to identify rigorously evaluated …

The ways that psychopathology manifests in adolescence have shifted dramatically over the
past twenty-five years, with rates of many externalizing behaviors declining substantially …

Abstract My Teaching Partner-Secondary (MTP-S) is a web-mediated coaching intervention,
which an initial randomized trial, primarily in middle schools, found to improve teacher …

Mindfulness training has had salutary effects with adult populations and it is seen as a
potentially helpful to children's development. How to implement mindfulness practices with …

Hurt provided a vivid and insightful view into the world of today's teenagers. Now leading
youth ministry expert Chap Clark substantially updates and revises his groundbreaking …

Although recent research has pointed to the potential benefits of self-compassion for youth,
relatively little is known about the perspectives and lived experience of adolescents as they …

Research suggests that a personal sense of autonomy supports individuals' success in a
variety of domains, but information regarding these processes remains unclear. This paper …

The lack of academic success by American adolescents has been of grave concern for both
researchers and practitioners for many decades. While many American adolescents struggle …