Main description:

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Part 1 Biological Issues; Chapter 1 Female Pubertal Development, Judith Semon Dubas, Anne C. Petersen; Chapter 2 Differential Cognitive Development and Achievement in Adolescent Girls, Judith Semon Dubas, Anne C. Petersen; Part 2 Psychodynamics; Chapter 3 Female Adolescence: Toward a Separate Line of Female Development, Joan J. Zilbach; Chapter 4 The Changing Body Image of the Adolescent Girl, Maj-Britt Rosenbaum; Chapter 5 The Superego in the Adolescent Female, Hyman L. Muslin, Jonathan D. Lewis; Chapter 6 Alterations in the Ego-Ideal in Girls in Mid-Adolescence, Vann Spruiell; Part 3 Psychosocial Issues; Chapter 7 Female Adolescence and the Family: A Historical View, Lyman C. Wynne, Laura Frader; Chapter 8 Cultural Factors in Adolescent Girls' Development: The Role of Ethnic Minority Group Status, Pamela A. Sarigiani, Phame M. Camarena, Anne C. Petersen; Chapter 9 Issues of Autonomy in Adolescence: The "Superwoman", Alayne Yates; Chapter 10 Female Delinquency, Graciela Viale-Val, Carrie Sylvester; Chapter 11 Effects of Secondary School and College Experiences on Adolescent Female Development, Irving H. Berkovitz; Chapter 12 Adolescent Motherhood and Development, Max Sugar;