Models of Development: Understanding Risk in Adolescence.

Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne

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ERIC Number: EJ519409

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Models of Development: Understanding Risk in Adolescence.

Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v25 suppl p18-25 1995

Reviews developmental models for understanding adolescence as they might be applied to emerging sexuality and the challenges and risks that may be associated with different sexual orientations and identities. Models have been identified as: cumulative events or simultaneous change, accentuation, or trajectory models. Models have been useful in study of psychopathology and suicide. (JBJ)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Emotional Problems, Homosexuality, Individual Development, Lesbianism, Mental Health, Models, Psychopathology, Self Destructive Behavior, Self Injurious Behavior, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality, Suicide

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Language: English

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Note: Supplement: "Research Issues in Suicide and Sexual Orientation."