Adolescence (12-18 years)

Families are faced with a variety of positive and negative challenges throughout the family life cycle.

Families are faced with a variety of positive and negative challenges throughout the family life cycle.

The capacity for a parent to self-regulate their own performance is argued to be a fundamental process unde

Parenting interventions based on social learning principles are amongst the most effective interventions av

Because of the substantial impact of families on the developmental trajectories of children, family interve

Current findings on parental influences provide more sophisticated and less deterministic explanations than did earlier theory

The recent Institute of Medicine report on prevention (National Research Council & Institute of Medicin

The aim of the study was to highlight the experiences and expectations of Swedish parents with respect to g

Youth development has emerged as an important field within the study of human development in recent years. High-quality youth programs can foster positive development of children and adolescents and minimize the likelihood of youth developing problem behaviors.

A theoretical rationale based on the family development orientation is presented for constructing the family life stages for