ABSTRACT

The Developmental Science of Adolescence: History Through Autobiography is the most authoritative account of the leading developmental scientists from around the world. Written by the scholars who shaped the history they are recounting, each chapter is an engaging and personal account of the past, present, and future direction of the field. No other reference work has this degree of authenticity in presenting the best developmental science of adolescence.

The book includes a Foreword by Saths Cooper, President of the International Union of Psychological Science and autobiographical chapters by the following leading developmental scientists:

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Robert Wm. Blum, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, B. Bradford Brown, Marlis Buchmann, John Bynner, John Coleman, Rand D. Conger, James E. Côté, William Damon, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Nancy Eisenberg, Glen H. Elder, Jr., David P. Farrington, Helmut Fend, Andrew J. Fuligni, Frank F. Furstenberg, Beatrix A. Hamburg, Stephen F. Hamilton, Karen Hein, Klaus Hurrelmann, Richard Jessor, Daniel P. Keating, Reed W. Larson, Richard M. Lerner, Iris F. Litt, David Magnusson, Rolf Oerter, Daniel Offer, Augusto Palmonari, Anne C. Petersen, Lea Pulkkinen, Jean E. Rhodes, Linda M. Richter, Hans-Dieter Rösler, Michael Rutter, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, John Schulenberg, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Judith G. Smetana, Margaret Beale Spencer, Laurence Steinberg, Elizabeth J. Susman, Richard E. Tremblay, Suman Verma, and Bruna Zani.

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

The History of the Developmental Science of Adolescence: The Role of Autobiographical Perspectives

chapter 2|10 pages

Confessions of a Heretic

My Unlikely Career as a So-Called Psychologist

chapter 3|17 pages

Robert Wm. Blum

An Autobiography

chapter 4|13 pages

Person, Time, and Place

The Life Course of a Developmental Psychologist

chapter 5|10 pages

An Autobiographical Journey Through Adolescents' Social World

Peer Groups, Peer Influence, and the Effects of Electronic Media on Social Adjustment in College

chapter 6|9 pages

Reflections on a Lifetime of Life-Course Research

Turning Opportunity into Passion

chapter 8|7 pages

Why Adolescence Matters

An Autobiography of a Psychologist

chapter 9|10 pages

Rand D. Conger

An Autobiography

chapter 10|7 pages

A Stranger in Paradise

Fitting In, Managing Identities, and Reaching Out

chapter 11|8 pages

My Research Life and Times

chapter 13|10 pages

Following the Data (and Sometimes Theory)

The Career of a Socioemotional Developmental Scientist

chapter 14|16 pages

Studying Lives in Changing Times

A Life-Course Journey

chapter 16|9 pages

My Turning Points in Adolescent Research

From Internal Dynamics to External Opportunities to Self-Governance of Development

chapter 17|8 pages

From Ithaca to Los Angeles

Gaining Focus from Places and People

chapter 20|9 pages

Decisions and Directions

Making a Path Through Life

chapter 21|11 pages

Coming of Age

Karen Hein's Journey

chapter 22|9 pages

Adolescents as Productive Processors of Reality

My Socialization Approach in Youth Research

chapter 23|18 pages

Problem Behavior Theory

A Half-Century of Research on Adolescent Behavior and Development

chapter 24|10 pages

Adolescent Thinking in Action

Minds in the Making

chapter 25|10 pages

Studying Experience

Pursuing the “Something More”

chapter 26|32 pages

Taking the Boy out of Brooklyn

Time, Place, and People in the Development of a Developmental Scientist

chapter 27|9 pages

Doing “Good Time”

chapter 28|14 pages

Individual Development—a Transformation Process

A Longitudinal Program

chapter 29|8 pages

Growth and Development

The Interrelationship of Personal Experiences and Scientific Endeavors

chapter 32|17 pages

Researcher as Bumblebee

Developing a Science of Adolescence Integrating Biology, Using Rigorous Research Methods, and Including Girls

chapter 34|7 pages

Lucking Out

A Career Shaped by Mentoring

chapter 35|9 pages

Growing Up in South Africa

Science, Politics, and Policy

chapter 38|9 pages

Born in Clever 1

chapter 40|9 pages

Contributing to Adolescent Research in Non-Typical Ways

Pursuing the Many Faces of Social Cognition

chapter 42|8 pages

Studying Adolescent—Parent Relationships

A Personal History

chapter 44|8 pages

The Importance of Serendipity

chapter 45|8 pages

Lives in Transition

A Hormones and Behavior Odyssey

chapter 48|15 pages

Yesterday's and Today's Adolescents

Different Contexts, Same Challenges?