The Developmental Science of Adolescence: History Through Autobiography

592 Pages·2013·3.26 MB·English

by  Richard M. Lerner

T D S A
HE EVELOPMENTAL CIENCE OF DOLESCENCE
The Developmental Science of Adolescence: History Through Autobiography is the most authoritative account of the
leading developmental scientists from around the world. Written by the scholars who shaped the history they are recount-
ing, each chapter is an engaging and personal account of the past, present, and future direction of the field. No other
reference work has this degree of authenticity in presenting the best developmental science of adolescence.
This book consists of autobiographical chapters by the following leading developmental scientists: Jeffrey Jensen
Arnett, Robert Wm. Blum, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, B. Bradford Brown, Marlis Buchmann, John Bynner, John Coleman,
Rand D. Conger, James E. Côté, William Damon, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Nancy Eisenberg, Glen H. Elder, Jr., David P.
Farrington, Helmut Fend, Andrew J. Fuligni, Frank F. Furstenberg, Beatrix A. Hamburg, Stephen F. Hamilton, Karen Hein,
Klaus Hurrelmann, Richard Jessor, Daniel P. Keating, Reed W. Larson, Richard M. Lerner, Iris F. Litt, David Magnusson,
Rolf Oerter, Daniel Offer, Augusto Palmonari, Anne C. Petersen, Lea Pulkkinen, Jean E. Rhodes, Linda M. Richter,
Hans-Dieter Rösler, Michael Rutter, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, John Schulenberg, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Rainer K.
Silbereisen, Judith G. Smetana, Margaret Beale Spencer, Laurence Steinberg, Elizabeth J. Susman, Richard E.
Tremblay, Suman Verma, and Bruna Zani.
Richard M. Lerner is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Institute for
Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, USA.
Anne C. Petersen is the Founder and President of Global Philanthropy Alliance and Research Professor in the Center for
Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan, USA.
Rainer K. Silbereisen is a Research Professor of Developmental Psychology and the Director of the Center for Applied
Developmental Science (CADS) at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany.
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and the Director of the
National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia
University, USA.
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T D S
HE EVELOPMENTAL CIENCE
A
OF DOLESCENCE
History Through Autobiography
Edited by
Richard M. Lerner, Anne C. Petersen,
Rainer K. Silbereisen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
The developmental science of adolescence : history through autobiography / edited by Richard M. Lerner, Anne C. Petersen,
Rainer K. Silbereisen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn.
pages cm
Includes index.
1. Adolescent psychology. 2. Autobiography. I. Lerner, Richard M.
BF724.D464 2014
155.507—dc23 2013012639
ISBN: 978-1-84872-931-5 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-58166-7 (ebk)
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Contents
List of contributors ix
Foreword by Saths Cooper xi
Preface xiii
1 Introduction: The History of the Developmental Science of Adolescence: The Role of
Autobiographical Perspectives 1
Richard M. Lerner, Anne C. Petersen, Rainer K. Silbereisen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
2 Confessions of a Heretic: My Unlikely Career as a So-Called Psychologist 5
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
3 Robert Wm. Blum: An Autobiography 15
Robert Wm. Blum
4 Person, Time, and Place: The Life Course of a Developmental Psychologist 32
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
5 An Autobiographical Journey Through Adolescents’ Social World: Peer Groups, Peer Influence,
and the Effects of Electronic Media on Social Adjustment in College 45
B. Bradford Brown
6 Reflections on a Lifetime of Life-Course Research: Turning Opportunity into Passion 55
Marlis Buchmann
7 Journey to a Life-Course Perspective in Developmental Science 64
John Bynner
8 Why Adolescence Matters: An Autobiography of a Psychologist 80
John Coleman
9 Rand D. Conger: An Autobiography 87
Rand D. Conger
10 A Stranger in Paradise: Fitting In, Managing Identities, and Reaching Out 97
James E. Côté
11 My Research Life and Times 104
William Damon
12 How Personal Experiences Influenced My Research on Youth 112
Sanford M. Dornbusch
13 Following the Data (and Sometimes Theory): The Career of a Socioemotional
Developmental Scientist 124
Nancy Eisenberg
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14 Studying Lives in Changing Times: A Life-Course Journey 134
Glen H. Elder, Jr.
15 Reflections on a Life Course of Developmental Criminology 150
David P. Farrington
16 My Turning Points in Adolescent Research: From Internal Dynamics to External
Opportunities to Self-Governance of Development 167
Helmut Fend
17 From Ithaca to Los Angeles: Gaining Focus from Places and People 176
Andrew J. Fuligni
18 How I Became a Developmentalist 184
Frank F. Furstenberg
19 Exploring the Frontiers of Adolescent Psychology, Psychiatry, and Development 192
Beatrix A. Hamburg
20 Decisions and Directions: Making a Path Through Life 210
Stephen F. Hamilton
21 Coming of Age: Karen Hein’s Journey 219
Karen Hein
22 Adolescents as Productive Processors of Reality: My Socialization Approach in
Youth Research 230
Klaus Hurrelmann
23 Problem Behavior Theory: A Half-Century of Research on Adolescent
Behavior and Development 239
Richard Jessor
24 Adolescent Thinking in Action: Minds in the Making 257
Daniel P. Keating
25 Studying Experience: Pursuing the “Something More” 267
Reed W. Larson
26 Taking the Boy out of Brooklyn: Time, Place, and People in the Development of
a Developmental Scientist 277
Richard M. Lerner
27 Doing “Good Time” 309
Iris F. Litt
28 Individual Development—a Transformation Process: A Longitudinal Program 318
David Magnusson
29 Growth and Development: The Interrelationship of Personal Experiences and Scientific Endeavors 332
Rolf Oerter
30 The Life and Academic Journey of an Empiricist 340
Daniel Offer
31 Autobiography Through Adolescence 346
Augusto Palmonari
Contents vii
32 Researcher as Bumblebee: Developing a Science of Adolescence Integrating Biology,
Using Rigorous Research Methods, and Including Girls 356
Anne C. Petersen
33 Self-Control at the Heart of Successful Development 373
Lea Pulkkinen
34 Lucking Out: A Career Shaped by Mentoring 386
Jean E. Rhodes
35 Growing Up in South Africa: Science, Politics, and Policy 393
Linda M. Richter
36 Clinical–Psychological Contributions to Adolescence Research 402
Hans-Dieter Rösler
37 Establishing Developmental Psychopathology 412
Michael Rutter
38 Born in Clever 428
Ritch C. Savin-Williams
39 If You Are Standing Around Just Watching, You Are Not Doing Your Job 437
John Schulenberg
40 Contributing to Adolescent Research in Non-Typical Ways: Pursuing the Many
Faces of Social Cognition 448
Lonnie R. Sherrod
41 Development as Action in Context 457
Rainer K. Silbereisen
42 Studying Adolescent–Parent Relationships: A Personal History 474
Judith G. Smetana
43 Pursuing Identity-Focused Resiliency Research Post-Brown v. Board of Education 1954 482
Margaret Beale Spencer
44 The Importance of Serendipity 494
Laurence Steinberg
45 Lives in Transition: A Hormones and Behavior Odyssey 502
Elizabeth J. Susman
46 War, Family Secrets, Sports, and the Developmental Origins of Aggression 510
Richard E. Tremblay
47 My Career Trajectory in Understanding the Ecological Realities of Adolescence in India 520
Suman Verma
48 Yesterday’s and Today’s Adolescents: Different Contexts, Same Challenges? 537
Bruna Zani
Appendix: Synopses of the Contributions of Deceased Colleagues to the Developmental
Science of Adolescence 552
A1: Paul B. Baltes 553
Lisette M. DeSouza
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A2: Peter L. Benson 554
Mary H. Buckingham
A3: Daniel B. Elkonin 555
Maria K. Pavlova
A4: Stuart T. Hauser 556
Santiago Gasca
A5: John P. Hill 557
Robey B. Champine
A6: Roberta G. Simmons 558
Robey B. Champine
A7: Hershel D. Thornburg 559
Kathleen N. Greenman
Index 560
Contributors
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Frank F. Furstenberg
Clark University University of Pennsylvania
Robert Wm. Blum Beatrix A. Hamburg
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Mount Sinai Medical Center
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Stephen F. Hamilton
Columbia University Cornell University
B. Bradford Brown Karen Hein
University of Wisconsin-Madison Geisel School of Medicine at
Dartmouth College
Marlis Buchmann
Green Mountain Care Board, State of Vermont
University of Zurich
Klaus Hurrelmann
John Bynner
Hertie School of Governance
University of London
Richard Jessor
John Coleman
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Oxford
Daniel P. Keating
Rand D. Conger
University of Michigan
University of California, Davis
Reed W. Larson
James E. Côté
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Western Ontario
Richard M. Lerner
William Damon
Tufts University
Stanford University
Iris F. Litt
Sanford M. Dornbusch
Stanford University
Stanford University
David Magnusson
Nancy Eisenberg
University of Stockholm, Sweden
Arizona State University
Rolf Oerter
Glen H. Elder, Jr.
University of Munich, Germany
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David P. Farrington Daniel Offer
Cambridge University University of Chicago
Helmut Fend Augusto Palmonari
University of Zurich University of Bologna, Italy
Andrew J. Fuligni Anne C. Petersen
University of California, Los Angeles University of Michigan
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