◎ Contents PART ONE Adolescence 1. Adolescents in Social 2. Adolescents in Theoretical 3. Adolescents in Ethnic PART TWO Physical 4. Sexual Maturation and physical Growth 5. The Body Image PART THREE Intellectual 6. Cognitive Growth and Change 7. Intelligence, Information Processing, and Decision Making PART FOUR Psychosexual 8. Gender, Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, Ethnicity, and Identity 9. Sexual Values, Behavior, and Education PART FIVE Social 10. Adolescent Society, Culture, and Subculture 11. Social Development, Relationships, Dating, Nonmarital Cohabitation, and Marriage 12. Development of Moral Judgment, Character, Values, Beliefs, and Behavior PART SIX 13. Adolescents and Their Families 14. Divorced, Parent-Absent, and Blended Families PART SEVEN 15. Education and School 16. Work and Vocation PART EIGHT Psychosocial Problems 17. Adolescent Alienation 18. Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Dependency ◎ Abstract Offering expanded work on the prevention of stereotypes of adolescents, this work presents such new topics as: the telephone and adolescents; cohabitation and marriage differences; cross-cultural view on what is a bad kid; effects of TV viewing; and music videos and effects.