Lerner, Richard M., & Steinberg, Laurence . Handbook of Adolescent Psychology

Adolescence, Spring, 2004

LERNER, Richard M., & STEINBERG, Laurence (Eds.). Handbook of Adolescent Psychology (Second Edition). Hoboken, N J: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. 864pp. $95.00 (h).

This edition of the Handbook of Adolescent Psychology is concerned with all aspects of development during the second decade of life, with all the contexts in which this development takes place and with a wide array of social implications and applications of the scientific knowledge gained through empirical research. It is divided into three broad sections. The first section examines the foundations of the scientific study of individual development in adolescence. The second section focuses on the immediate and broader contexts in which adolescent development takes place. The final section examines a variety of challenges and opportunities that can threaten or facilitate healthy development in adolescence and explores the ways in which maladaptive as well as positive trajectories of youth development unfold.