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A Comparison of Two Literary Protagonists

This paper compares and contrasts two adolescent protagonists, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and J.D. Salinger's character Holden ...

Processes of Childhood and Adolescence, Aging and Maturation

In ten pages this research paper discusses various topics of relevance regarding the differences and similarities that exist betwe...

Adolescent Moral Development

In eleven pages this paper examines adolescent moral development in a consideration of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages, systems theory,...

Adolescence Perspectives

In five pages the 1987 research by Enright et al discusses psychological theories as they pertain to the perceptions of adolescent...

2 Articles on the Effects of Family Function Upon Adolescence

In five pages 'The Relation of Family Functioning to Adolescent Psychological Well Being, School Adjustment, and Problem Behavior'...

Self Esteem in Female Adolescents

notions of the men they are dating. However, even Winik appears to realize that this can be damaging to the self-esteem of the w...

Adolescent Homosexuality and Counseling Perspectives

is long overdue" (Fontaine, 1996; McKee., 1994). The important issues for psychologists are not only the onset of homosexua...

Suicidal Behavior Predictive Variable and Adolescent Depression

In five pages the links between adolescent depression and suicide are considered and the recommendation that interventions are bes...

Adolescence and Deviance

In eight pages the concept of deviance is examined in terms of definition and relevant sociological theories in order to make a de...

Adolescence and Self Esteem Factors

Yong et al (2002) in their study of eighth-grade students, found that there was a close correlation between high self-esteem...

A Case Study That Examines Amelia's Choices

their family unit - a time of stresses that dont need to be complicated about concerns such as career and college choices. Yet unf...

Literature Review on Stress Agents

often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...

Development, Growth, and the Impact of Stress

without some simple form of stress, the mind/body connection is not stimulated. However, this stress is completely divergent from...

Adolescent Development and Peer Pressure

operations stage when adolescents are going through their later personality formation and undertaking a great deal of the learning...

Four Issues Regarding the History of Australia

also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...

Children and Adolescent TCs

behaviors. Often, it is within the setting of a therapeutic community that such issues may be dealt with in the most effective man...

Adolescence and Football

to Dr. Jordan Metzl, physician who specializes in sports medicine and author of The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctors Complete Guide...

Youth Work Value and Attributes

economic standing. All that began changing in the early 1990s, with the result that between 1995 and 1999 - years in which many o...

Obesity in Adolescents

also associated with adolescents who have been diagnosed as having binge eating disorder. Unquestionably psychologically related,...

Increasing Problem of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...

Factors Influencing Behavior from an Adolescent Psychology Perspective

In six pages factors that influence adolescent psychological development such as environmental and genetic factors are explored. ...

Killing by Adolescents and Children in America

This paper examines the reasons for increases in child and adolescent killings in America in six pages. Four sources are cited in...

Psychology and Self Esteem in Child Development

childhood develop self-esteem encompasses several elements. I. INFANCY There is perhaps no more vital a growth period in an indi...

Teens and TV

the day when children are purportedly asleep. The problem is that teenagers are notorious night owls and tend to turn the televisi...

Adolescent Biopsychosocial Development

In a paper consisting of seven pages early adolescent development is considered in terms of biopsychosocial considerations with ch...

Juveniles and the Impact of Gang Culture

In ten pages this paper examines how adolescents are affected by gang membership and culture. Six sources are listed in the bibli...

Themes in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In 5 pages this paper discusses themes of personal integrity, bureaucracy strictures, and adolescent rebellion that are featured i...

Adolescent Treatment of Substance Abuse

In five pages this paper incorporates sections from the KTadldrg.wps paper file and briefly describes Mount Freedom, New Jersey's ...

Adolescent Suicide Journal Article Reviewed

and the cognitive processes involved. An emphasis is made again (supporting the authors thesis) on the importance of realizing th...

Adolescent Suicide and Romeo and Juliet

This research paper analyzes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and compares its narratives to instances of adolescent suicide and fam...