Psychology

Adolescent development in a diverse and changing world: Introduction

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Cultural and contextual perspectives provide an understanding of universal and unique patterns of adolescent development. The articles in this special section show how this is vital for theory and research in today's diverse and changing world, and for interventions with adolescents within and across countries. The articles by Diers, Kagitcibasi, and Way, based on their addresses at the 2012 Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, elaborate on the meeting theme of "Culture and Context." Here, we give a précis of the articles and then discuss how they exemplify our three intellectual goals for the 2012 meeting. Specifically, we aimed for breadth in regard to development, culture, and context. We end by noting novel synergies that emerged among the articles. © 2013 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2013 Society for Research on Adolescence.

Publication Title

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Publication Date

2013

Volume

23

Issue

2

First Page

197

Last Page

200

ISSN

1050-8392

DOI

10.1111/jora.12046

Keywords

adolescent development, adolescent attitudes, social change, intellectual goals, diversity

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