Scarecrow Press
Pages: 264
Trim: 7⅛ x 10¼
978-0-8108-4909-9 • Hardback • July 2005 • $65.00 • (£50.00)
L. Kris Gowen, Ph.D., Ed.M., teaches in the Department of Community Health at Portland State University. She has facilitated online message boards and advice columns where teens ask questions about sex and relationships, and has helped develop several health curricula for high school students.Molly C. McKenna, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Portland, Oregon, specializing in assessment and treatment of adults and adolescents. She has written and served as a consulting expert for numerous articles on vocational assessment, health psychology, stress management, wellness, and general mental health.
Part 1 Introduction: Image and Identity
Chapter 2 1 Who Are You?
Chapter 3 2 Your Body
Chapter 4 3 Who You Hang Out With
Chapter 5 4 The Things You Do
Chapter 6 5 What You Believe
Chapter 7 6 The Influences Around You
Chapter 8 7 How You See Yourself
Part 9 Conclusion: Your Image, Yourself
Part 10 Index
Part 11 About the Authors
...appropriate for adults who work with teens, affording them some insight into young adult lives. The book's aim is to help teens 'figure out who you are.' Chapters cover such broad topics as 'Who You Hang Out With,' 'You Body,' 'The Things You Do,' and 'The Influences Around You.' The authors do not talk down to teens, but they lay out facts plainly and fairly. A section about alcohol explains why some people drink (cultural tradition) and what some of the detrimental affects of drinking are ('people who drink don't just do stupid things, sometimes they do dangerous things'). The authors also try to show a teen's viewpoint, such as pointing out positive peer pressure ('you probably already knew your friends can be good for you')....
— VOYA
...useful information for research topics...
— Sherry Thompson, Flower Mound High School
This guide for teenagers provides tools for exploring their developing identities. Some of the aspects of identity covered include family, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, friends, school interests, work, and aspirations. A number of health- and body-related issues are also discussed, including tattoos, plastic surgery, eating disorders, physical disabilities, and steroids. Gowen teaches community health at Portland State U., and McKenna is a psychologist in private practice.
— Reference and Research Book News