Adolescence in India

Swati Patra, Ph.D. in Psychology, is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. She has earlier worked in National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). She is actively involved in teaching, research and training. Her specializations are counseling psychology, educational psychology, counseling and family therapy, distance education and human development and disadvantage. Her areas of research interests are counseling, mental health and well-being, emotional intelligence, positive psychology, mindfulness, parenting, and child and adolescent psychology. She is also a certified happiness coach and mindfulness trainer. 

Chapter 1. Human Life Span Development: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Identity Development in Adolescents: Role of socio cultural context.- Chapter 3. Peer Relations in Adolescents.- Chapter 4. Adolescents and Issues related to Learning and Academic Achievement.- Chapter 5. Adolescents and the World of Work.- Chapter 6. Aggression and Violence in Adolescents.- Chapter 7. Psychosocial Adversities and Post-traumatic Stress among Adolescents.- Chapter 8. Depression and Suicide in Adolescents.- Chapter 9. Adolescents and Substance Use.- Chapter 10. Adolescents and Digital World.- Chapter 11. Adolescents with Disability: Their Concerns, Challenges and Aspirations.- Chapter 12. Positive Adolescent Development.- Chapter 13. Risk and Resilience among the Indian Adolescents: A Community Approach.