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Changing Adolescence: Social Trends and Mental Health
Ann Hagell
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Description for Changing Adolescence: Social Trends and Mental Health
Paperback. Brings together the main findings from the Nuffield Foundation's Changing Adolescence Programme and explores how social change may affect young people's behaviour, mental health and transitions toward adulthood. This book is suitable for policy makers and service providers, as well as voluntary organisations and campaign groups. Editor(s): Hagell, Ann. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP1; JKS; MBPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
The general well-being of British adolescents has been the topic of considerable debate in recent years, but too often this is based on myth rather than fact. Are today's young people more stressed, anxious, distressed or antisocial than they used to be? What does research evidence tell us about the adolescent experience today and how it has changed over time? And how do trends in adolescent well-being since the 1970s relate to changes in education, leisure, communities and family life in that time? This unique volume brings together the main findings from the Nuffield Foundation's Changing Adolescence Programme and ... Read more
The general well-being of British adolescents has been the topic of considerable debate in recent years, but too often this is based on myth rather than fact. Are today's young people more stressed, anxious, distressed or antisocial than they used to be? What does research evidence tell us about the adolescent experience today and how it has changed over time? And how do trends in adolescent well-being since the 1970s relate to changes in education, leisure, communities and family life in that time? This unique volume brings together the main findings from the Nuffield Foundation's Changing Adolescence Programme and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
362 g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447301035
SKU
V9781447301035
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99-50
About Ann Hagell
Dr Ann Hagell is a chartered psychologist with a longstanding interest in social policy and adolescent well-being. She has worked with several universities, think-tanks and funders over the last 25 years, and is committed to making research findings relevant and useful to policy and practice. She is editor of the Journal of Adolescence and was head of the Nuffield Foundation's ... Read more
Reviews for Changing Adolescence: Social Trends and Mental Health
"This book should be read by anyone professionally involved in the mental health of young people. Its message should also be absorbed by those in a position to influence public opinion and social policy." Child and Adolescent Mental Health "The authors use incredible depth and breadth of research in attempting to explain some of the underlying issues that could explain ... Read more