The Changing Adolescent Experience

Societal Trends and the Transition to Adulthood

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19937422
AutoresReed Larson (0009-0009-4181-4821, Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network), E Fussell (0000-0003-2812-7719), Alan C Kerckhoff, Francis T Cullen (0000-0003-4975-915X), Elizabeth M Ozer (0000-0001-8680-4453), Ronald E Anderson (0000-0001-6747-2801), Kate Hellenga, James Youniss
EditoresJeylan T Mortimer (0000-0001-9192-1873), Reed W Larson
Año2002
Fecha de publicación2002-09-05
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaChanging Adolescent Experience (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511613913
OpenAlexW117969367
Open LibraryOL17059901M
ISBN9780511613913
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas45
Referencias citadas8

The path adolescents take from childhood to adulthood is a product of social, economic, political, and technological forces. These forces may facilitate youth's preparation to become healthy adults, or they may leave youth unprepared for adulthood. Knowledgeable projections are vital in shaping the agenda for research; for alerting educators, policy makers, and practitioners to new issues; and for formulating thoughtful responses to emerging dilemmas. This book focuses upon the future of adolescence in postindustrial societies. The authors identify some ominous societal changes that will affect youth: unstable job markets, competition for public resources due to an aging population, and widening income gaps between 'information workers' and low-skill workers. But they also observe opportunities created by information technology, innovations in health service delivery and criminal-justice rehabilitation, and the resourcefulness of a new generation. This volume examines these and other macro-structural changes that will impact adolescents' lives and their futures as adults

Affect (linguistics) · Business · Developmental psychology · Futures contract · Political science · Population · Post-industrial society · Public relations · Sociology · Youth studies · Family Support in Illness · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Adolescence · Forecasting · Forecasts · Social conditions · Teenagers · Twenty-first century · Youth