Essays and Research Papers on Adolescent Psychology

A 5 page paper that presents the arguments surrounding Kagen's statement that adolescence "begins in biology and ends in culture." Kagen's comment appears to be in response to the division among theorists in regards to the primary causative factor in adolescent behavior--some, including Gesell, believe that it is biology, while Karen Horney supported the ...

This 6 page paper focuses on literature pertaining to communication between parents and children as it affects religion, sex and drugs. The importance of intimate relationships is emphasized. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

10 pages in length. No matter what age, people must have access to professional counseling in order to address whatever emotional issues stand between them and a vibrant, healthful life. Moreover, they are fully entitled to complete privacy when it comes to telling others that they are seeking counseling, leaving it up to ...

A 5 page review of a study by Jemmot, Jemmot & Fong (1998) study on abstinence and safer-sex intervention. The author reviews the article in terms of effectiveness of the article in reporting a model of intervention for the nursing or other professions. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper. Adolescence as a concept did not emerge until 1904. In ancient times, there were three categories, childhood, youth, and old age. Nobody looked on the teen years as a separate stage in life until G. Stanley Hall defined it and explained it in 1904. This essay discusses two main topics: ...

5 pages in length. There can be no argument surrounding the fact that family dynamics -- that is the interaction patterns between members, as well as the manner in which the family functions together -- are influential with regard to adolescent psychological development. Two articles clearly depict the association between family life and ...

A 12 page paper. This essay discusses three aspects of adolescent motivation: What is adolescent motivation? What is the influence of peers, parents and self in terms of achievement motivation? and What helps promote optimal learning for adolescents? The motivation theories included in this essay include those from: Erikson, Maslow, Bandura, and Sullivan. The ...

A 20 page review of juvenile crime, its causes, and the measures which have been implemented to address it. The contention is presented that restorative justice, an alternative approach to correction emphasizing communication and reconciliation between victim, offender, and community is superior to many other approaches. Bibliography lists 19 sources.

10 pages in length. The notion that illiteracy is directly associated with the incidence of juvenile delinquency has received significant consideration within the psychological and educational communities. Clearly, if an individual does not possess the ability to read or write, the mere act of obtaining – much less advancing in – a good ...

8 pages in length. Wayward youth are a detriment to themselves and society alike; lacking appropriate role models and positive upbringing, at-risk and underserved populations grow up without the social skills needed for healthy assimilation and often steer headlong into a lifetime of career criminality. While there is no finite number of people ...

This 11 page paper considers why it is that there is a large gender gap between the incidence of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. The writers examines why males are less prone than females to the condition using existing studies including consideration of influences such as self images, self esteem, confidence, depression, family ...

This 10 page paper discusses gender socialization and the way in which various factors contribute to the way in which we develop and decide what is and is not "suitable" for each gender. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 16 page paper takes a look at media's effect on gender roles. Video games are the focus as they tend to categorize women into two groups. The thesis of this paper is that messages provided by video games affect behavior of males and females and is especially dangerous for young women. Specific video games ...

This 8 page paper discusses adolescent violence in connection with race and gender. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of an article on the impact of gender and family environment on the risk for developing eating disorders. This paper integrates a view of the central factors presented in this research article, including the hypothesis, the procedures or methods, and the statistical comparisons utilized to support the ...

This 10 page paper provides a basic overview of antisocial personality disorder, that includes diagnostic features, associated features, culture, age and gender features, the prevalence of the disorder, course of the disorder, differential diagnoses, etiology, counseling framework and intervention strategies. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 7 page paper reports an observation of a 15-year-old Caucasian boy in two settings, History class at school and as a member of the praise band at church. The first part of the paper reports the observation. The writer then turns to the analysis using theories from Freud, Piaget and Erikson. Bibliography lists 6 ...

(9pp) One of the difficult judgments to make in the area of law and crime prevention, is to determine when blame stops and responsibility begins. One idea that is growing in popular consideration is creating legislation, which makes parents responsible for their minor children's crimes. The major method of this logic is ...

A 10 page paper discussing adolescence in general. By far, the teen years are not all doom and gloom unless people around the teen attempt to make them that way, but by the same token, adults have no reason to tell teens that life never improves. Finishing up with the hormone wash and ...

A 17 page paper discussing influences on the development of identity and self-concept during adolescence. Numerous theorists and related studies are cited. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

A 5 page analysis of research conducted by Enright, et al (1987) that proposes that the theories of psychologists, which relate how adolescents are perceived is, in several historical eras, directly related to the economic conditions of that time. The writer relates this to present day theory. Bibliography lists 1 source.

9 pages in length, this essay discusses the meaning of humanity and explores the origin of bias and prejudice between human races. Included are discussions of the black experience in America and a comparison between the bias and prejudice experienced by African-Americans and Asian-Americans. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper, broken into three sections, talks about different theories concerning family relationships. Concepts such as equifinality, multiple levels of understanding, interdependency, and enmeshment, are included along with a variety of models on this subject. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which discusses the experience of using a disguise, in relationship to pretending to be someone one is not. The situation is one where the writer illustrates a period in time, during late teen years, when the role of 'bad boy' was attempted. The reasons behind this and the experiences with such ...

This 9 page paper reports the results of four studies, each of which focused on a different aspect of intimate family relationships and adolescent development. The studies focused on: responsibility-taking, self-esteem development, predicting the amount of intimate family time and gender differences. Each researcher reached similar conclusions, one of which belies the adage that parents ...