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First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
Originally published in 1979, this important book has now been
completely revised and updated to provide a coherent and
contemporary normative view of female adolescent development.
Leading authorities synthesize extensive new research data, from
both the biomedical and the behavioural sciences, on this
developmental stage in females, and offer a balanced assessment of
the far-reaching cultural and social changes that have affected the
development of young females. Eight new contributors have been
selected for the Second Edition to provide new perspectives and
ideas not only in social and cultural issues, but also on
maturation, cognitive development, ethnicity, female active
engulfment, and superego development.
The author proposes that the four earliest British North American
colonies in the United States promoted the development of distinct
regional identities and that this cultural legacy affected identity
development as well as behavioral patterns differently in each
region. He compares data from the North American colonies to the
situation in England and discovers that the findings in the
latter's eight standard regions are very similar to those in the
United States.
The definition of the risks of adolescent childbearing has received
considerable investigative attention during the last decade. We
have gradually moved away from simplistically studying young
maternal age as the sole determinant of biologie and psychosocial
outcome, even though we recognize it is one of several factors
which warrant consideration. We now recognize that if adolescents
receive adequate and consistent pre natal care, they and their
infants should do nearly as weIl as adult women and their infants
of similar backgrounds. Thus, the major morbidities for adolescent
mothers, adolescent fathers, and their infants are psychosocial:
lack of educational and voca tional futures, failed marriages, and
dependence on government aid for support. The adequacy of the
parenting of adolescent mothers and fathers and the long-term
developmental and physical outcomes of their children are largely
unstudied. This book, edited by Dr. Max Sugar, a recognized
authority on adolescence, focuses on the important topic of
adolescent parenthood. The authors of this timely contribution
approach the topic of adolescent parenthood in a unique fashion,
utilizing a combination of several approaches: consideration of
fictional characters in history, astute and carefully conceptual
ized clinical observations, reviews of the literature, and their
own investigation. lt will be through the use of such a creative
approach that we shall define the important quest ions which should
be addressed about adolescents as parents and the outcome for their
children."
The author proposes that the four earliest British North American
colonies in the United States promoted the development of distinct
regional identities and that this cultural legacy affected identity
development as well as behavioral patterns differently in each
region. He compares data from the North American colonies to the
situation in England and discovers that the findings in the
latter's eight standard regions are very similar to those in the
United States.
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