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Adolescent Developmental Changes and Goals: The Importance of Early Intervention

Authors: Breinbauer, Cecilia; Maddaleno, Matilde

Source: Youth: Choices and Change, Youth: Choices and Change , pp. 253-331(79)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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Abstract:

Youth: Choices and Change presents a comprehensive guide to the psychology of change in adolescents and youths, with the purpose of stimulating change in lifestyle behavior, health promotion policies, and socio-cultural attitudes toward healthy lifestyles.

The Section III of the book includes the following chapters:

• Introduction

• Chapter Twenty-six / A New Approach to Classifying Adolescent Developmental Stages

• Chapter Twenty-seven / Gender Differences and Adolescent Behaviors

• Chapter Twenty-eight / Early Intervention during Adolescence: The Preadolescent Period

• Chapter Twenty-nine / Early Intervention during Adolescence: The Early Adolescent Period

Chapter Twenty-six presents the PAHO classification of adolescent development, integrating a wide range of recent theories. The system organizes adolescent development into six development stages (pre-, early, middle, and late adolescence, youth, and young adulthood) and five domains (body, brain, sexual, emotional, and social development). Chapter Twenty-seven discusses the gender differences in adolescent development and the effect of differences on health-promotion programs.

Chapters Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine are based on the authors' premise that the preadolescent and early adolescent periods are the most neglected in health-promotion program design. They describe the needs and wants of preadolescents and early adolescents in the five developmental domains of body, brain, sexual, emotional, and social development. The chapters outline health-related developmental goals that should be targeted for these particularly sensitive age groups and explain how their achievement helps adolescents adopt protective, health-promoting behaviors.
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