The Scientific Study of Adolescence: A Brief History

Autor/inn/en	Steinberg, Laurence; Lerner, Richard M.
Titel	The Scientific Study of Adolescence: A Brief History
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 24 (2004) 1, S.45-54 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431603260879
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Hypothesis Testing; Adolescent Development; Social Science Research; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung
Abstract	This article provides an overview of the history of research on adolescence. In our view, the history of the scientific study of adolescence has had two overlapping phases and is now on the cusp of a third. The first phase, which began early in the 20th century and lasted about 70 years, was characterized by grand theoretical models that purportedly pertained to all facets of adolescent development. The major studies of adolescence during this period were a theoretical, descriptive accounts. The second phase, which began in the mid-1970s and continues today, has been characterized by more focused hypothesis testing, an interest in developmental plasticity and in diversity, and in the application of science to real-world problems. We are now seeing the emergence of a third phase, in which the field of adolescent development is serving as an exemplar of the sort of developmental science that can be used by policy makers and by practitioners to advance civil society and to promote positive development. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10