Encyclopedia of Adolescence

Dr. Bradford Brown is Professor of Human Development and former Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received an A.B. in sociology from Princeton University and Ph.D. in human development from the University of Chicago before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin in 1979.Dr. Brown's research has focused on adolescent peer relations. He is especially well known for his work on teenage peer groups and peer pressure and their influence on school achievement, social interaction pasterns, and social adjustment. He is the former Editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and a past member of the Executive Council of the Society for Research on Adolescence. He also chaired (2006-2008) the SRA Study Group on Parental Involvement in Adolescent Peer Relations. He is the co-editor or co-author of five books, including The Development of Romantic Relationships in Adolescence (with Wyndol Furman and Candice Feiring), The World's Youth: Adolescence in 8 Regions of the Globe (with Reed Larson and T. S. Saraswathi), and Linking Parents and Family to Adolescent Peer Relations: Ethnic and Cultural Considerations (with Nina Mounts). Dr. Brown has served as a consultant for numerous groups, including the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the National Academy of Sciences Board on Science Education as well as the Board on Children, Youth and Families, and the Blue Ribbons Schools program of the U.S. Department of Education. Mitchell J. Prinstein, Ph.D. is a Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor and the Director of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Miami and completed his internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. Dr. Prinstein's research examines interpersonal models of internalizing symptoms and health risk behaviors among adolescents, with a specific focus on the unique role of peer relationships in the developmental psychopathology of depression and self-injury. He is the PI on several past and active grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Child and Human Development, and several private foundations. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, an editorial board member for several developmental psychopathology journals, and a member of the NIH Study Section on Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention. Mitch has received several national and university-based awards recognizing his contributions to research (American Psychological Association Society of Clinical Psychology Theodore Blau Early Career Award, Columbia University/Brickell Award for research on suicidality, APA Fellow of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology), teaching (UNC Chapel Hill Tanner Award for Undergraduate Teaching), and professional development of graduate students (American Psychological Association of Graduate Students Raymond D. Fowler Award).

Academic Achievement

Achievement Motivation

Adolescence, Theories of

Autonomy, Development of

Body Image

Brain Development

Career Development

Cognitive Development

Creativity

Decision Making

Disabilities, Physical

Driving Behavior

Transitions into Adolescence

Transitions to Adulthood

Emotional Development

Executive Function

Gender issues

Genetics

History of Adolescence

Hormones and Behavior

Identity Development

Impulsivity

Literacy & Reading Behavior

Memory

Intellectual Disabilities (Mental Retardation)

Metacognition and Selfregulation

Moral Development

Motivation

Music and Adolescence

Nutrition, Diet, and Eating Behavior

Personality /Temperament

Physical Attractiveness

Puberty

Research Methods

Resilience

Self Concept

Self Esteem

Sexual Orientation

Sleep

Social Cognition

Social Intelligence

Spirituality

Stages of Adolescence

Attachment

Bullying and Victimization

Civic and Political Engagement

Cultural Influences on Adolescent Development

Discrimination, Racial and Ethnic

Divorce

Employment

Ethnic Identity

Family Organization

Family Relations

Foster Care

Friendship

Gangs

Gender Roles

Globalization and Adolescence

High School

Home Environment

Homelessness

Immigrant Issues

Initiation Ceremonies and Rites of Passage

Internet Use and Electronic Technology

Legal System

Leisure

Media, Influence of

Mentor Relationships

Middle School

Neighborhood Influences

Out-of-School Activities

Parent - Child Relationship

Parenting Practices/Style

Peer Influence

Peer Relationships

Popularity and Social Status

Poverty

Religious involvement

Romantic Relationships

Schools and Schooling

School-to-Work Transitions

Sex Education

Sexual Behavior

Sibling relations

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Social Skills

Social Support

Socialization

Sports Participation

Teen Parenting

Vocational Training

Addictions in Adolescence

AIDS

Alcohol Use

Anxiety Disorders

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism and Aspergers

Bereavement

Bipolar Disorder

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Chromic illness

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Coping

Depression and Depressive Disorders

Developmental psychopathology

Disruptive Behaviors

Eating Disorders

Emotional Disregulation

Gambling

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents

Adolescent Specific Learning Disabilities (SLDs)

Loneliness

Maltreatment

Modes of intervention

Modes of prevention

Multisystemic Family Therapy

Nonsuicidal self-injury

Obesity/Weight

Dating Abuse

Personality Disorders

Pharmacotherapy

Pregnancy in Adolescence

Psychopathology, Theories of

Risk-Taking Behavior

Risky sexual behaviors

Runaway Teens

Schizophrenia

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Sleep Patterns and Challenges

Stress

Suicide

Tobacco use

Aggression and Violence