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Life Values and Adolescent Mental Health

Life Values and Adolescent Mental Health

Cohen, Jacob
Cohen, Patricia

Hardcover

Series: Research Monographs in Adolescence

EconomicsChild PsychologyGeneral Parenting

ISBN10: 0805817743
ISBN13: 9780805817744
Publisher: Psychology Pr
Published: Oct 1 1995
Pages: 196
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.38 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
Arising from the Cohens' work on the epidemiology of childhood psychopathology, this book explores the two aspects of motivational structure--ideas and values--that underlie the development of maladaptive functioning and symptoms. The first aspect is a measure of what children admire in their peers; this measure is seen as an operationalization of personal ideals. The second is a measure of life goals, seen as a representation of the contemporary structure of long-term personal values.

Despite the considerable amount of attention given in the popular press and among social critics and politicians, values have been relatively neglected as a topic of empirical research in this country. To fill the void, this work uses data from a large cohort of young people who have been studied longitudinally since early childhood to elucidate three aspects of life goals and values:

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