among adolescents

Preventing Substance Abuse Among Children and Adolescents: Family-Centered Approaches (Practitioner's Guide) (Prevention Enhancement Protocols System, Second in a Series)
$21.99
Practitioner's Guide. Contents include: How Big a Problem Is Substance Abuse Among Youth? (Eight-Grade, 10th Grade, High School Seniors), Family-Centered Approaches to Prevention of Substance Abuse, General Recommendations on Family-Centered Approaches, Program Development and Delivery of Family-Centered Approaches.

Crossing: Language and Ethnicity Among Adolescents (Real Language Series)
$41.20
Crossing Language and Ethnicity Among Adolescents is a study of sociolinguistic processes in multiracial urban youth culture, and it focuses on language 'crossing': - the use of panjabi by adolescents of Afro-Caribbean and Anglo descent - the use of Creole by adolescents of Panjabi and Anglo descent - the use of stylised Indian English The book carefully distinguishes between crossing in different varieties, it explains the general characteristics of crossing and it addresses the central question: how far and in what ways do intricate processes of language sharing and exchange help to overcome race stratification and contribute to a new sense of mixed youth, class and neighbourhood community?

Health-Promoting and Health-Compromising Behaviors Among Minority Adolescents (Application and Practice in Health Psychology)
$19.95
Minority adolescents are at increased risk for numerous health problems but are less likely to have a regular source of medical care than either adults or children. During this critical developmental period, adolescents establish behaviour patterns that set the stage for adulthood, creating a unique window of opportunity for clinicians and health care professionals to intervene and promote health. This collection guides the efforts to understand and develop innovative, effective and culturally-sensitive approaches for minority youth populations. The book first lays out the complex matrix of developmental, biological and sociocultural issues affecting minority youth. The next section delves into the specific health-compromising and health-promoting behaviours that need to be targeted, including drug abuse and violence, sexually transmitted diseases, physical activity, diet, female health issues and chronic health risks. A culturally-sensive review of effective intervention approaches follows. The volume concludes with an examination of special problems of health care access and health policies confronting minority youth.

Growing Up With Television: Everyday Learning Among Young Adolescents
$22.95
"TV is for when you don't have anything to do, or when you're lonely, or something. It's for you to learn, things and stuff...say you don't have anything to do, you can always turn it on for light or whatever...I'm alone, I don't like to leave the TV off. Unless I'm getting ready to go to sleep or something, I turn out all the lights...And then I leave it on, I go to my room and watch videos. I just like it."
?TeniyaSerita, age 12 Why talk with young people about TV? This is the question from which JoEllen Fisherkeller begins her insightful examination into the uses and power of TV in youth culture. Fisherkeller studies the experiences of young adults watching TV and talking about TV, with their peers at home and at school. They discuss their hopes for the future as well as the challenges they currently face, and reveal how television plays a role in their everyday life. As the most significant cultural symbol in the US, television is a powerful educational and socializing force; Fisherkeller examines how youth are attracted to TV programs and persona that help them work through their own personal dilemmas. And TV as a system shows them how "making it" is as much a question of image creation as it is a process of hard work. Throughout the book there is a range of young adults' voices about how they live with television, and an essential acknowledgement of the power that television has on individuals and social relations. Growing Up with Television is a groundbreaking book that should speak to a multitude of disciplines on the educative and societal power of this uniquely ubiquitous medium.