Understanding Early Adolescent Self and Identity: Applications and Interventions (S U N Y Series, Studying the Self)

406 Pages·2002·1.25 MB·English

by  Thomas M. Brinthaupt

Understanding
Early Adolescent
Self and Identity
SUNY Series, Studying the Self
Richard P. Lipka and Thomas M. Brinthaupt, editors
Understanding
Early Adolescent
Self and Identity
Applications and Interventions
Edited by
Thomas M. Brinthaupt and Richard P. Lipka
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Understanding early adolescent self and identity : applications and interventions /
edited by Thomas M. Brinthaupt and Richard P. Lipka.
p. cm. — (SUNY series, studying the self)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-5333-2 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5334-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Identity (Psychology) in adolescence. 2. Self-esteem in adolescence.
I. Brinthaupt, Thomas M., 1958- II. Lipka, Richard P. III. Series.
BF724.3.I3 U53 2002
155.5 182—dc21
2001049473
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
CONTENTS
Contributors vii
1. Understanding Early Adolescent Self and Identity:
An Introduction 1
Thomas M. Brinthaupt & Richard P. Lipka
Part I Conceptual Issues
2. Self and Identity in Early Adolescence: The Pains and
Gains of Knowing Who and What You Are 25
Catrin Finkenauer, Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Wim Meeus,
& Annerieke Oosterwegel
3. Self-Esteem as a Multifaceted Construct 57
Michael H. Kernis
Part II School and the Sense of Self
4. On Academic Identity Formation in Middle School
Settings During Early Adolescence: A Motivational-
Contextual Perspective 91
Robert W. Roeser & Shun Lau
vi • CONTENTS
5. The Ecology of Middle Grades School and Possible Selves:
Theory, Research, and Action 133
Peggy Clements & Edward Seidman
Part III Peer Relationships and Behavioral Problems
6. Self, Self-Esteem, Conflicts, and Best Friendships in
Early Adolescence 167
Margarita Azmitia
7. Stability and Change in Global Self-Esteem and
Self-Related Affect 193
Françoise Alsaker & Dan Olweus
8. Influence of Competence and Alcohol Use on
Self-Esteem: Latent Growth Curve Models Using
Longitudinal Data 225
Lawrence M. Scheier & Gilbert J. Botvin
Part IV Early Adolescent Interventions
9. Identity in Early Adolescence via Social Change Actvities:
Experience of the Adolescent Social Action Program 267
Lily Dow Velarde, Randall G. Starling,
& Nina B. Wallerstein
10. A Place to Call Home: Youth Organizations in the
Lives of Inner City Adolescents 293
Nancy L. Deutsch & Barton J. Hirsch
11. Esteem-Enhancement Interventions During
Early Adolescence 321
David L. DuBois, Carol Burk-Braxton, &
Heather D. Tevendale
Index 373
CONTRIBUTORS
Françoise Alsaker
Institute for Psychology
University of Berne
Berne, Switzerland
Margarita Azmitia
Psychology Department
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
Thomas M. Brinthaupt
Department of Psychology
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
Gilbert Botvin
Institute for Prevention Research
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
Carol Burk-Braxton
Department of Psychology
viii • CONTRIBUTORS
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Peggy Clements
Center for Community Research and Action
New York University
New York, NY
Nancy Deutsch
Program in Human Development and Social Policy
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
David L. DuBois
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Department of Child and Adolescent Studies
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Catrin Finkenauer
Department of Social Psychology
Free University
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Barton J. Hirsch
Program in Human Development and Social Policy
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Michael H. Kernis
Department of Psychology & Institute for Behavioral Research
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Shun Lau
School of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Contributors • ix
Richard P. Lipka
Special Services and Leadership Studies
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS
Wim Meeus
Department of Child and Adolescent Studies
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dan Olweus
Research Center for Health Promotion
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
Annerieke Oosterwegel
Department of Child and Adolescent Studies
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Robert W. Roeser
School of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Lawrence M. Scheier
Institute for Prevention Research
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
Edward Seidman
Center for Community Research and Action
New York University
New York, NY
Randall G. Starling
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Heather D. Tevendale
Department of Psychology