Research on the processes of change during the transition from middle childhood to adolescence has been a relatively neglected area of scholarship until recently. This volume, features prominent researchers who provide integrative accounts of their research programs, focusing on processes of physical, social, and cognitive change during this important transition period in development. Also included in this volume is an overview, discussion, and critical analysis of core conceptual issues in the study of adolescent transition.

Contents: W.A. Collins, Research on the Transition to Adolescence: Continuity in the Study of Developmental Processes. C. Coe, K.T. Kayashi, S. Levine, Hormones and Behavior at Puberty: Activation or Concatenation? J.P. Hill, Adapting to Menarche: Familial Control and Conflict. J.G. Smetana, Concepts of Self and Social Convention: Adolescents' and Parents' Reasoning about Hypothetical and Actual Family Conflicts. R.G. Simmons, R. Burgeson, M.J. Reef, Cumulative Change at Entry in Adolescence. G.H. Elder Jr., A. Capsi, L.M. Burton, Adolescent Transition in Developmental Perspective: Sociological and Historical Insights. C.R. Cooper, Commentary: Developmental Issues in the Transition to Early Adolescence.

Gunnar, Megan R.; Collins, W. Andrew