Essays and Research Papers on Adolescent Psychology

This 5 page paper reports five journal articles that discuss the effectiveness of behavior therapy with adolescents using drugs. Behavior therapy, contingency management and family cognitive behavior therapy. Statistical data, when provided in the articles, is included in the essay. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A paper which delineates the theories of Glasser and their particular relevance to the counseling of adolescents in a school situation. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 6 page overview of the eight stages of development identified by psychoanalyst Erik Homberger Erikson. This paper frames questions in accordance with those stages, questions to be used in interviewing a sixty-five year old woman. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of existing research about the role that absent fathers play in the adolescent psychosocial development of girls. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the film, characters, how it describes the adolescent development tasks portrayed, theories of adolescent cognitive and psychosocial development, and includes implications for human services workers’ roles in promoting healthy growth and development of adolescents and their families. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A paper which looks at self concept and self esteem in adolescents, in relation to the social, psychological and environmental factors which contribute to the development of personality, and how these affect the interaction of adolescents with their world. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

A 12 page paper that begins with data regarding the incidence and prevalence of drug and alcohol use and abuse among adolescents. Data are provided by age and ethnicity/race and the effects of alcohol and drug dependency are reported in terms of personality and cognitive changes. Data regarding the incidence of arrests of youth ...

A 6 page paper consisting of the contents of a 21-slide presentation (available) on single parenthood and effects on children, parents, teens and others affected. The paper incorporates Erikson's view of development. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This 5 page paper examines statistics about high risk behavior from one source, summarizes three articles that discuss various types of risky behavior, and compares the original statistics with those given in the articles. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the impact Hurricane Katrina has had on its youngest victims. These impacts are, of course, both physical and psychological. With help, however, these children can be put back on the path towards becoming happy and productive members of society. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

12 pages in length. The stages of early childhood and adolescence may appear quite diverse in their respective designs, however, both phases of growth share a common denominator of social, cognitive and physical development whereby individuals expand their maturity and understanding of their respective worlds as it relates to personal progress. Bibliography lists ...

A paper which looks at the various factors which might contribute to adolescents demonstrating challenging behaviours in school, and at some of the psychological and sociological models which have been developed to address these issues. Bibliography lists 26 sources.

This 10 page paper provides a very brief synopsis of 6 journal articles about depression. Although the emphasis is adolescents, some articles discuss the thinking processes of depressed persons as the incidence of depression in the world, as well as articles specifically about adolescents. Following a synopsis of each article, the writer discusses the issues ...

5 pages in length. The Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS) was created as a means by which to evaluate the types of coping strategies adolescents most commonly utilize. With eighteen factors of coping mechanisms and seventy-nine items, the ACS was developed by virtue of a combination of "qualitative questioning and quantitative piloting" (Neill, 2004) ...

This 10 page paper focuses on child development and twins. A bit about child development in general is discussed. The unique bond twins share seems to alter some of the stages and experiences of twins as they grow up. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

7 pages in length. The writer discusses various treatment methods for addressing major depression in adolescents.

5 pages in length. The Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale measures the extent to which youths between the ages of ten and twenty-one years old respond to anxiety and fantasy. Administered as a questionnaire, the scale seeks to uncover the person's ability to deal with certain situations – and thereby dissociate him- or herself ...

A 10 page paper that discusses depression in adolescents beginning with the prevalence of this condition. Different treatments are explained and discussed, including SSRIs. The focus of the paper is on the effectiveness of medication, cognitive behavior therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy. Results of studies are reported. The author offers conclusions at the end of the ...

This 9 page paper discusses the main characters in the movie "Grease" in terms of adolescent development. The emphasis is on Danny Zuko. Theories such as Erikson's psychosocial stages, Freud's psychosexual stages and Kohlberg's stages of moral development are used to are used to explain the behaviors of the characters in the film. Bibliography lists ...

This 4 page paper is a discussion of the book "Angry Young Men" by Aaron Kipnis, a look at today's troubled youth and how to turn them around. Bibliography lists 1 source.

3 pages in length. School violence has long been an issue between cultural power play as much as it has been an issue of adolescent angst. Easy access to guns within the family unit is a primary instigator of juvenile violence against other juveniles, say some experts. Coupled with the surge of ...

8 pages in length. The writer analyzes three articles pertaining to adolescent identity/development. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper discussing the nature of aggression in teens and then fitting research to theory presented by Greenfield, Keller, Fuligni and Maynard (2003). These authors identify the ecocultural, sociohistorical, and values approaches to defining culturally-sensitive approaches to diffusing teen aggression. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 5 page paper examines research on this controversial topic. Research showing that marital breakups harm adolescents is shown as well as research demonstrating that divorce does little harm to children. The topic is discussed and the paper concludes that a variety of factors play a role in respect to outcome. Bibliography lists 3 ...

Piaget thought that problem solving abilities develop in late childhood. This 7 page paper considers this idea and compares the Piaget’s theory of cognitive development leading to problem solving with the work and theories of Erickson. The bibliography cites 6 sources.