Research Catalog

Title

Adolescence and puberty / edited by John Bancroft, June Machover Reinisch.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bancroft, John.
• Reinisch, June Machover.

Description

xiii, 303 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"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."--Publisher description.

Series Statement

The Kinsey Institute series ; v. 3

Uniform Title

Kinsey Institute series ; v. 3.

Subject

• Youth > Sexual behavior > Congresses
• Puberty > Congresses
• Youth > Sexual behavior > United States > Congresses
• Adolescent psychology
• Puberty
• Teenagers > Sexual behavior > Congresses
• Adolescent psychology > Congresses
• Adolescent
• Psychology, Adolescent
• Puberty
• Sexual Behavior
• Teenagers > Sexual behavior
• Adolescent psychology
• Youth > Sexual behavior
• Heranwachsender
• Jugendpsychologie
• Pubertät
• Sexualität
• Kongress
• United States

Genre/Form

• Electronic books.
• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Based on a symposium held Nov. 20-23, 1986 at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Factors controlling the onset of puberty in primates / Judy L. Cameron -- The onset of human puberty : biological and environmental factors / Nancy J. Hopwood [and others] -- Biological and social influences on the endocrinology of puberty : some additional considerations / Stephanie A. Sanders and June M. Reinisch -- A comparative primate perspective on adolescence / Leonard A. Rosenblum -- Hormonal and social determinants of adolescent sexual initiation / J. Richard Udry -- Hormones and behavior at puberty / Editha D. Nottelmann [and others] -- Changing patterns of psychiatric disorders during adolescence / Michael Rutter -- Mood changes during adolescence / Robert T. Rubin -- Emerging and submerging adolescent sexuality : culture and sexual orientation / Mary E. Hotvedt -- Social support and pressure and their impact on sexual behavior / Jan E. Trost.
• Changing influences on adolescent sexuality over the past forty years / Gail Elizabeth Wyatt -- The impact of sociocultural influences on adolescent sexual development : further considerations / John Bancroft -- Trends in adolescent sexual activity, contraception, and pregnancy in the United States / Sandra L. Hofferth -- Cultural influences on adolescents' reproductive behavior / Jacqueline Darroch Forrest -- Legal and social dilemmas of adolescent sexuality / Hyman Rodman. Comment / Harriet F. Pilpel -- Adolescence and puberty : an overview / D. Malcolm Potts.

ISBN

• 0195053362
• 9780195053364

LCCN

89023160

OCLC

• ocm20491210
• 20491210
• SCSB-14693198

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library