PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

(from the chapter) 2o phenomena have recently been noted as serious problems for Japanese adolescents the 1st is related to the large percentage of adolescents attending higher educational institutions / in 1982, nearly 40 percent of high school graduates enrolled in colleges or universities / at present, Japan ranks 2nd to the US in number of students enrolled in colleges or universities / associated with this rapid spread of higher education is the strong pressure for academic achievement and success in entrance examinations exerted by parents / the result of the pressure has been to distort students' motivation as stress is placed on extrinsic and instrumental objectives for learning the 2nd problem is the increasing frequency over the last decade of various kinds of juvenile delinquency / recent juvenile delinquency exhibits several unique features: one is the acting out of violent behavior toward parents, especially the mother, and another is school-phobic activity background of problem behaviors in Japanese adolescents / sex-role development in Japanese adolescents / self-concept and sex-role development / sex-role socialization processes and their consequences (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)