A dual taxonomy is presented to reconcile 2 incongruous facts about antisocial behavior:(a)
It shows impressive continuity over age, but (b) its prevalence changes dramatically over …

Objective: This article offers a developmental perspective on college drinking by focusing on
broad developmental themes during adolescence and the transition to young adulthood …

Understanding both typical human development and individual differences within the same
theoretical framework has been difficult because the 2 orientations arise from different …

School-aged children in the US and other Western nations spend almost half of their waking
hours in leisure activities. For some, out-of-school time is perceived as inconsequential or …

Part of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child
development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are …

The starting point for the discussion in this chapter is that the central task for scientific
psychology is to understand and explain why individuals think, feel, act and react as they do …

The aim of this study was to investigate the links between adolescent risk-taking and
personality in a comprehensive manner, as opposed to focusing on any one particular risk …

Sexuality in Adolescence considers the latest theory and research on adolescent
development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal, healthy maturation …

We examined processes linking biological and behavioral changes in different contexts
during adolescence by studying an unselected cohort of New Zealand girls from childhood …

Research on physical maturity has demonstrated conclusively that the assumption of an age-
homogenous development does not always hold true. This volume presents a biosocial …