This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents'social development in the context of the family.
* Grounded in social domain theory, the book draws on theauthor's research over the past 25 years
* Draws from the results of in-depth interviews with more than700 families
* Explores adolescent-parent relationships among ethnic majorityand minority youth in the United States, as well as research withadolescents in Hong Kong and China
* Discusses extensive research on disclosure and secrecy duringadolescence, parenting, autonomy, and moral development
* Considers both popular sources such as movies and publicsurveys, as well as scholarly sources drawn from anthropology,history, sociology, social psychology, and developmentalpsychology
* Explores how different strands of development, includingautonomy, rights and justice, and society and social convention,become integrated and coordinated in adolescence