Synopses & Reviews
Adolescent Portraits is a compelling anthology of first-person accounts written by college students that illustrate the contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today.
These real-life cases represent a fascinating, diverse cross-section of contemporary adolescence and cover a variety of issues, including family and peer relationships, eating disorders, self image, illness, and disabilities.
Features:
- A multicultural approach makes this book both unique and relevant to a diverse undergraduate population, as students read about the development of lives both similar to and quite dissimilar from their own.
- Six New Cases, including new cases highlighting racial and ethnic identity, enable a deeper understanding of the issues.
- New follow-up reflections, written by the original case writers several years after they wrote the original, keep the book current and up-to-date while also helping students understand adolescence as a stage in the life cycle.
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"Adolescent Portraits" is a compelling anthology of first-person accounts written by college students, which illustrate the contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today. Identity definition, relationships, and challenges that surround adolescent development.
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Praise for "Adolescent Portraits"
" Adolescent Portraits is the finest set of case studies available on adolescence. The text consistently gets rave reviews from my students. The cases are engaging, well written and highly instructive. I can not imagine teaching my course on adolescence without it. "
Christopher Roellke, Vassar College
" Most undergraduates find themselves fresh from their own adolescent experiences. They come to a class about adolescence with many questions that Adolescent Portraits helps to answer. These biographies not only help students to understand their textbook better, but help students to truly understand their own and others' adolescent experiences better. "
Charlotte N. Markey, Rutgers University
" The narratives in this book offer students diverse perspectives on universal dilemmas. Students gain insight into the conflicts and themes underlying their own developmental journey to adulthood. "
Donna Brent, Skidmore College
" I have used Adolescent Portraits as the primary text in my Adolescent Psychology course for several years. It is a great resource, which allows the students to experience life circumstances beyond their own and can be used as a source in which students can apply theory and/or adolescent concepts. Every semester students tell me it is the best and most practical text of their college career. "
Tonya Rondinone, Saint Joseph College
Synopsis
Adolescent Portraits is a compelling anthology of first-person accounts written by college students which illustrate the contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today.
These real-life cases represent a fascinating, diverse cross-section of contemporary adolescence and cover a variety of issues, including family and peer relationships, eating disorders, self image, illness, and disabilities.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Identity
Values and Ideology
Case 1: Someday My Elders Will Be Proud
Case 2: Things Began to Click
Case 3: The Struggle of a Lifetime
The Self in Social Contexts
Case 4: The Hatred Within
Case 5: Una Muchacha Decente
Case 6: What If I Don’t Want to Whistle?
Case 7: In Search of My Voice
Sexuality
Case 8: The Girl in Me
Case 9: Falling for Someone
Part 2: Relationships
Families
Case 10: The Family I Have
Case 11: Falling from My Pedestal
Case 12: They Said I Was Beautiful
Peers
Caser 13: Beyong the Euphoric Buzz
Case 14: Holding My Breath
Case 15: Color Blind
Part 3: Challenges
Case 16: Bad
Case 17: The Simple Beauty of a Conversation
Case 18: Forever an Awkward Adolescent
Follow-Up: David: Thirteen Years Later
Case 19: Proud of the Strength I Had
Case 20: Seeking the Best of Both Worlds
Follow-Up: Phouk: Nine Years Later