Moving into Adolescence: The Impact of Pubertal Change and School Context

by Dale Blyth and Roberta G. Simmons

From the sociological point of view, adolescence traditionally has been described as a period of physical maturity and social immaturity. Adolescents reach physical adulthood before they are capable of functioning well in adult social roles. The disjunction between physical capabilities and socially allowed independence and power and the concurrent status ambiguities are viewed as stressful for the adolescent in modern Western society. It has been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202362949
• ISBN13: 9780202362946
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"