Overview

This wide-ranging volume presents an in-depth picture of adolescent sexuality and behavior. As perhaps the most vital period in human development, adolescence is a time of complex, often difficult interactions between diverse influences. Here, nineteen scientists representing ten disciplines explore the biological, psychological, and cultural factors involved in the onset of puberty and its associated emotional changes. Patterns of adolescent sexual behavior are viewed in cross-cultural perspective, psychiatric disorders are considered, and trends in adolescent sexual activity, contraception, and pregnancy are described. Key legal and social dilemmas are also explored. This is the third volume in a groundbreaking series from the Kinsey Institute, which has as its aim the study of topics relating to sex, gender, and reproduction that require an interdisciplinary approach. Previous volumes in the series include Homosexuality/Heterosexuality and Masculinity/Femininity.

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Author:   John Bancroft (Clinical Consultant, Reproductive Biology Units, Clinical Consultant, Reproductive Biology Units, MRC Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh) ,  June Machover Reinisch (Director, Kinsey Institute; Professor, Director, Kinsey Institute; Professor, Indiana University, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9780195053364

ISBN 10:   0195053362
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   14 March 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

John Bancroft: Introduction PART I: Interaction of Biological and Environmental Factors in Adolescence and Puberty 1: Judy Cameron: Factors Controlling the Onset of Puberty in Primates 2: Nancy J. Hopwood: The Onset of Human Puberty--Biological and Environmental Factors 3: June M. Reinisch and Stephanie A. Sanders: Biological and Social Influences on the Endocrinology of Puberty: Some Additional Considerations 4: Leonard A. Rosenblum: A Comparative Primate Perspective on Adolescence 5: J. Richard Udry: Hormonal and Social Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Initiation 6: George P. Chrousos and Editha D. Nottleman: Hormones and Behavior at Puberty 7: Michael Rutter: Changing Patterns of Psychiatric Disorders Over Adolescence 8: Robert T. Rubin: Mood Changes During Adolescence PART II: Social and Cultural Aspects of Adolescent Sexuality 9: Mary Hotvedt: Emerging and Submerging Adolescent Sexuality: Culture and Sexual Orientation 10: Jan E. Trost: Social Support/Pressure and Adolescent Sexual Behavior 11: Gail Wyatt: Factors Affecting Adolescents: Have They Changed in 40 Years? 12: John Bancroft: The Impact of Socio-Cultural Influences in Adolescent Sexual Development: Further Considerations 13: Sandra L. Hofferth: Trends in Adolescent Sexual Activity, Contraception and Pregnancy in the United States 14: Jacqueline Dorroch Forrest: Cultural Influences on Adolescents' Reproductive Behavior 15: Hymann Rodman, with Commentary by Harriet Pilpel: Legal and Social Dilemmas of Adolescent Sexuality 16: Malcolm Potts: Adolescence and Puberty: An Overview of the Symposium

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The writing reflects a diversity of perspectives modified by the feedback from specialists in other areas. . . .Will be of interest to and understood by not only members of a wide range of academic disciplines but by most educated laypersons. --Contemporary Psychology An important book. . . .There is much worthwhile material here. --Journal of Child Psychol. Psychiat. The editors of this volume clearly succeed in delivering a readable, interdisciplinary treatise with important technical information on the interface between adolescence, puberty, and sexuality. . . . an important contribution. An excellent set of readings could be extracted from it . . . to offer a comprehensive, analytic, and challenging course. -- Gerald R. Adams, PhD. (University of Guelph), Archives of Sexual Behavior

The writing reflects a diversity of perspectives modified by the feedback from specialists in other areas. . . .Will be of interest to and understood by not only members of a wide range of academic disciplines but by most educated laypersons. --Contemporary Psychology An important book. . . .There is much worthwhile material here. --Journal of Child Psychol. Psychiat. The editors of this volume clearly succeed in delivering a readable, interdisciplinary treatise with important technical information on the interface between adolescence, puberty, and sexuality. . . . an important contribution. An excellent set of readings could be extracted from it . . . to offer a comprehensive, analytic, and challenging course. -- Gerald R. Adams, PhD. (University of Guelph), Archives of Sexual Behavior The writing reflects a diversity of perspectives modified by the feedback from specialists in other areas. . . .Will be of interest to and understood by not only members of a wide range of academic disciplines but by most educated laypersons. --Contemporary Psychology An important book. . . .There is much worthwhile material here. --Journal of Child Psychol. Psychiat. The editors of this volume clearly succeed in delivering a readable, interdisciplinary treatise with important technical information on the interface between adolescence, puberty, and sexuality. . . . an important contribution. An excellent set of readings could be extracted from it . . . to offer a comprehensive, analytic, and challenging course. -- Gerald R. Adams, PhD. (University of Guelph), Archives of Sexual Behavior The writing reflects a diversity of perspectives modified by the feedback from specialists in other areas. . . .Will be of interest to and understood by not only members of a wide range of academic disciplines but by most educated laypersons. --Contemporary Psychology An important book. . . .There is much worthwhile material here. --Journal of Child Psychol. Psychiat. The editors of this volume clearly succeed in delivering a readable, interdisciplinary treatise with important technical information on the interface between adolescence, puberty, and sexuality. . . . an important contribution. An excellent set of readings could be extracted from it . . . to offer a comprehensive, analytic, and challenging course. -- Gerald R. Adams, PhD. (University of Guelph), Archives of Sexual Behavior The writing reflects a diversity of perspectives modified by the feedback from specialists in other areas. . . .Will be of interest to and understood by not only members of a wide range of academic disciplines but by most educated laypersons. --Contemporary Psychology An important book. . . .There is much worthwhile material here. --Journal of Child Psychol. Psychiat. The editors of this volume clearly succeed in delivering a readable, interdisciplinary treatise with important technical information on the interface between adolescence, puberty, and sexuality. . . . an important contribution. An excellent set of readings could be extracted from it . . . to offer a comprehensive, analytic, and challenging course. -- Gerald R. Adams, PhD. (University of Guelph), Archives of Sexual Behavior The writing reflects a diversity of perspectives modified by the feedback from specialists in other areas. . . .Will be of interest to and understood by not only members of a wide range of academic disciplines but by most educated laypersons. --Contemporary Psychology An important book. . . .There is much worthwhile material here. --Journal of Child Psychol. Psychiat. The editors of this volume clearly succeed in delivering a readable, interdisciplinary treatise with important technical information on the interface between adolescence, puberty, and sexuality. . . . an important contribution. An excellent set of readings could be extracted from it . . . to offera comprehensive, analytic, and challenging course. -- Gerald R. Adams, PhD. (University of Guelph), Archives of Sexual Behavior

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