The adolescent years : social influences and educational challenges / edited by Kathryn Borman and Barbara Schneider.

Section one: setting the context. Stress and resilience in adolescence :an evolutionary perspective / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jennifer Sschmidt -- Identity formation in adolescence / Dena Phillips Swanson, Margaret Beale Spencer, and Anne Petersen -- Growing up female / Ellen B. Kimmel with Tricia Rudolph -- Adolescent sons and daughters of immigrants : how schools can respond / Margarita Calderتn. Section two: institutional and social supports for youth. How secondary schools contribute to academic success / Fred M. Newmann -- Learning contexts beyond the classroom : extracurricular activities, community organizations,and peer groups / B. Bradford Brown and Wendy Theobald -- Social institutions serving adolescents / Chandra Muller and Michelle Frisco -- Working : perceptionsand experiences of American teenagers / Charles Bidwell, Barbara Schneider, andKathryn Borman -- Adolescent part-time work and educational achievement / Jeylan T. Mortimer and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson -- Making the transition from high school : recent trends and policies / David Lee Stevenson, Julie Kochanek, and Barbara Schneider.