Encyclopedia of Adolescence

From the contents: Abandonment.- Abnormality.- Abortion Counseling.- Abortion Rights.- Abstention.- Abstinence.- Abstinence Education.- Academic Achievement: Contextual Influences.- Academic Self-efficacy.- Acculturation.- Achievement Motivation.- Achievement Tests.- Acting Out.- Activism.- Acute Brain.- Disorders.- Adaptation.- Addiction.- Adjudicative Competence.- Adjustment.- Adjustment Disorder.- Adolescent Crisis.- Adolescent Turmoil.- Adoption.- Adoption and Safe Families Act.- Adrenarche.- Advertising: Do Not Buy That.- Affirmation.- Affirmative Action.- Affluent Youth.- African American children in kinship care.- Age of Consent, Majority, and License.- Agency.- Aggression.- Agreeableness.- Aid to Families with Dependent Children.- Alcohol Use.- Alcohol Use Disorders.- Alcoholics Anonymous.- Alternative Schools.- Altruism.- Amicus Brief.- Amusement Sites and Adolescents’ Rights.- Anger.- Animal Cruelty by Juveniles.- Antisocial Personality Disorder.- Anxiety Disorders.- Anxiety Sensitivity.- Appeal.- Apprenticeships.- Arranged Marriage.- Art Therapy.- Asperger Syndrome.- Assault.- Assimilation.- Assimilative Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.- Assortative Mating.- Athletic Programs and Title IX.- Attachment During Adolescence.- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).- Authenticity in Relationships.- Autism.- Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Auto Theft.- Autonomy and Its Assessment.- Babysitting.- Bail.- Bariatric Surgery.- Battered Child Syndrome.- Belief in a Just World.- Bereavement.- Best Friends.- Best Interests of the Child.- Betrayal.- Bicultural Stress.- Caffeine Intoxication.- Caffeine Use.- Callous-Unemotional Traits.- Cancer.- Cerebellum.- Cerebral Cortex.- Cerebrum.- Cheating.- Cheerleading.- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.- Dance.- Dangerousness.- Date Rape.- Dating Abuse: Prevalence, Consequences, and Predictors.- Dating Abuse: Primary Prevention Efforts.- Deafness.- Deception.- Decriminalization.- Defense Mechanisms.- Delay of Gratification.- Delinquency.- Delinquency Trajectories.- Delinquent Youth with Disabilities.- Delirium.- Eating Disorders.- Ecstasy Use.- Educational Aspirations.- Effortful Control.- Ego Identity.- Egocentrism.- Emancipation.- Emergency Contraception.- Emerging Adulthood.- Emotion Regulation.- Emotional Abuse.- Emotional Intelligence.- Fair Labor Standards Act.- Faith.- Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.- Family Development Theory.- Family Group Decision Making.- Family Immunity Doctrine.- Family Meals.- Family Policy.- Family Poverty, Stress, and Coping.- Family Resiliency.- Family Risk and Needs Assessment.- Family Systems Theory.- Family-Based Prevention Programs.- Family-Based Therapy.- Fanaticism.- Fantasy.- Fast Foods.- Fatherhood.- Fathers’ Rights Outside of Marriage.- Fear of Crime.- Gambling.- Gangs.- Gateway Drug Use.- Gay-Straight Alliances.- Gender Coding.- Gender.- Complementation.- Gender Dysphoria.- Gender Identification.- Gender Identity.- Gender Identity Disorder.- Gender Intensification.- Gender Role and Identity.- Gender Role Conflict: Boyhood in Distress.- Gendered Juvenile Justice.- General Strain Theory.- Generativity.- Genetic Influences and Criminal Careers.- Giftedness: The Asset-Vulnerability Paradox.- Habeas Corpus.- Hallucinations.- Hallucinogens.- Happiness.- Harm Reduction.- Hate Crimes.- Hateful Expression Rights.- Hazing.- Health Beliefs.- Health Literacy.- Help-Negation.- Help-Seeking.- Heritability.- Heterosocial Competence.- Identity Distress.- Identity Formation.- Identity Processes.- Identity Status.- Idols and Idolization.- Immigrants’ Linguistic Adaptation.- Immigration.- Impostor Phenomenon.- Impulsivity.- In Loco Parentis.- Incarcerated Parents.- Incarcerated Youth.- Indian Child Welfare Act.- Individualized Education Programs.- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.- Infatuation.- Information Management.- Informational Rights.- Informed Consent and Assent.- Jealousy.- Jury Trial Rights in Juvenile Court.- Juvenile Court Processes.- Juvenile Court Rationales and Models.- Juvenile Court Transfers.- Juvenile Death Penalty.- Juvenile Drug Courts.- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.- Juvenile Probation.- Juvenile Risk Assessment.- Juvenile Sex Offenders.- Lesbian and Gay Parenting.- Life Course Theory.- Life Events.- Life Goals: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Pursuits.- Life Satisfaction.- Life Sentences.-Life-Story Work.- Loneliness.- Loners.- Longitudinal Designs.- Lying.-Magical Thinking.- Mainstreaming.- Malingering.- Malls.- Marijuana Use.- Marital Distress and Conflict.- Marital Rights.- Marriage.- Masculinity.- Masturbation.- Mattering.- Maturation.- Mature Minor Doctrine.- Maturity of Judgment.- Meaning in Life.- Neocortex.- Neuroimaging and Electroencephalography.- Neurons and Neurotransmitters.- Neuroticism.- Nightmares.- No Child Left Behind Act.- Nomothetic and Ideographic.- Non-suicidal Self-injury.- Nonparental Adults.- Nontraditional Families in Law.- Normality.- Obesity and Overweight.- Objectification Theory.- Obscene and Indecent Expressions.- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.- Occipital Lobe.- PTSD in Young Soldiers from Violent Impoverished Communities.- Pubertal Timing.- Puberty.- Puberty Rites.- Public Policy.- Purpose.- Pygmalion Effect.- Qualitative Methods.- Quality of Life.- Quantitative Methods.- Race and Juvenile Justice Decision Making.- Racial and Ethnic Discrimination.- Racial Pride.- Racism.- Rape.- Rape Trauma Syndrome.- Reactive Attachment Disorder.- Reasoning.- Rebelliousness.- Recidivism.- Refugees.- Reintegrative Shaming Theory.- Rejection Sensitivity.- Relationship Networks.- Reliability.- Religiosity in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood.- Religious Expression Rights.- Reputations.- Residency Requirements.- Residential Treatment.- Resilience.- Resistance and Conformity.- Sadistic Personality Disorder.- Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.- Safe Space.- Scapegoating.- Schema.- Schizophrenia.- Schizotypy.- School Belonging.- School Climate.- School Connectedness.- Taxonomies of Delinquents.- Teen Courts.- Temperament.- Temporal Lobe.- Terrorism.- Testimonial Competency.- Thematic Apperception Test.- Theory of Mind.- Therapeutic Foster Care.- Underachievement.- Underachievers.- Underclass.- Unfit Parents.- Validity.- Vegetarianism.- Video Games.- Virginity Loss.- Vocational Education.- Vouchers.- Vulnerability.- Weapons Carrying.- Wellness.- Wet Dream.- White Matter.- Wilderness Therapy.- Wisdom.- Work and Antisocial Behavior.- Working Memory.- Wraparound Interventions.- Youth Research Traditions.- Zero Tolerance Policies.