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Copeland, William E.; Adair, Carol E.; Smetanin, Paul; Stiff, David; Briante, Carla; Colman, Ian; Fergusson, David; Horwood, John; Poulton, Richie; Costello, E. Jane; Angold, Adrian – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Quantifying diagnostic transitions across development is needed to estimate the long-term burden of mental illness. This study estimated patterns of diagnostic transitions from childhood to adolescence and from adolescence to early adulthood. Methods: Patterns of diagnostic transitions were estimated using data from three prospective,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Mental Disorders, Children, Adolescents
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Sanders, Jackie; Munford, Robyn – Journal of Youth Studies, 2008
The multiple and conflicting identity pressures that young women in western society face have been remarked upon in the literature. Adolescence is a time when identity development activity intensifies, and this process can present young people with challenges. In this paper a social constructionist and interpretive frame is applied to such…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Identification
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Knowles, J. Gary – Journal of Experiential Education, 1992
A night-time canoe trip during an outdoor education program in New Zealand became a powerful experience of "sacred place." Geopiety (attachment and reverence for particular places) is evident in the cultures of all people. Outdoor education can foster spiritual growth, thus educating the whole child, by providing opportunities for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Barling, Julian, Ed.; Kelloway, E. Kevin, Ed. – 1999
This book contains nine papers devoted to the psychological experience of youth employment and its role in shaping future employment experiences and expectations. "Introduction" (Julian Barling, E. Kevin Kelloway) emphasizes the diversity of young people as a group and the diversity of individual youth's employment experience. "The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Attitude Change