Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I. Theoretical Perspectives -- 1. Adolescent Development: A Global Perspective -- 2. Social Psychology and the Study of Youth -- 3. Toward a Psychosocial Analysis of Adolescent Identity; An Evaluation of the Epigenetic Theory (Erikson) and the Identity Status Model (Marcia) -- 4. Socialization and Coping. A Theoretical Contribution to the Interdisciplinary Study of Youth -- 5. Working-Class Heroes; A Review of the Youth Subculture Theory of the Centre for Contemporary Culture Studies -- Part II. Psychosocial Development -- 6. Historical Change in Personal Networks, Identity Formation and Value Orientation in Dutch Adolescents Since World War II -- 7. Secondary Control in an Individual-centered and in a Group-centered Culture -- 8. Family Discord in Adolescence in the Light of Family Discord in Childhood: The Maternal Perspective -- 9. Love Without Ties: A New Phase in the Sexual Life Course -- 10. Changing Patterns of Sexual Behavior in 16-20 Year Olds in the UK: A Cohort-sequential Longitudinal Study -- 11. First Sexual Experience in West Germany and Hungary: A Comparison with Survival Models -- 12. Risk Analysis in Longitudinal Youth Research -- 13. The Development of Career Expectations by American Youth -- 14. The Development of Authoritarianism in Adolescence. Longitudinal Change in Authoritarianism and the Impact of Age, Gender and Educational Level -- Part III. Career Trajectories and Citizenship -- 15. Is the Importance of Family Decreasing? Evidence Regarding Dutch Sibling Data on Educational Attainment -- 16. Regional and Subcultural Determinants of Adolescents' Routes into Occupational Life. An English-German Comparison -- 17. Transition to Employment and Citizenship: Findings on Early Careers and Identities from a UK Longitudinal Study -- 18. Career Satisfaction and Career Success during the Transition from Youth to Adulthood. A Panel Study of Former German High-School Students between the Ages of 16 and 30 -- 19. Changing Patterns? A Comparison of the Transition to Adulthood of Two Generations of Girls -- 20. 'Being Young' in the Life Perceptions of Dutch, Moroccan, Turkish and Surinam Youngsters -- 21. Poverty, Ethnicity and Youth Adjustment: A Comparison of Poor Hmong and Non-Hmong Adolescents -- 22. Youth in the Shadow of WarWar in the Light of Youth: Life-Stories of Israeli Veterans -- 23. Modernization and Value Shifts: A Cross-cultural and Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescents' Basic Values