“Each student in the class is expected to complete a paper that focuses its content on a particular aspect of adolescent development. Please use the American Psychological Association (7th edition)

“Each student in the class is expected to complete a paper that focuses its content on a particular aspect of adolescent development.

Please use the American Psychological Association (7th edition) style guide when writing this paper.

I would like you to select a topic relevant to the issue of adolescent and research. This must be a minimum of eight pages AND include: (a) a cover sheet, (b) an abstract sheet, (c) 5 pages of text, and (d) a reference sheet.

This paper requires a minimum of 5 references.

A central requirement of the paper will be to write about the information you gathered in your research –  as well as integrate course material in the paper.

Some topics that students have used in the past include the following:

1. Psychological maltreatment of children and youth

2. Moral development in adolescence

3. The company they keep: friendships in childhood and adolescence

4.  Adolescent development in interpersonal and societal contexts

5. Sexual development in adolescence

6. What does parental divorce or marital separation mean for adolescents

7. Online communication and adolescent relationships

10. Bullying and cyberbullying

11. Post-divorce: Mother – adolescent relationships

10. Antisocial behavior and youth gang membership

11. Hard to reach youth

12. Adolescent romantic relationships

13. Interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies among adolescents

14. Homosexual teenagers

15. Teenage runaways

16. Teenagers and religion

17. Characteristics of resilient adolescents that enable them to thrive in spite of significant adversity

18. How can we best instill prosocial behavior in adolescents?

19. Meaningful differences between boys and girls in terms of self-esteem that emerge during adolescence

20. The effects of homelessness on adolescents emotionally, socially and academically

21. Self-Esteem and Body Image

22. Peer-Pressure and Competition

23. Teen suicide

24. Teens and sex:  the hookup culture

25. Teen violent video games

26. Teens: violence at home

27. Missing teens: organ harvesting

28. Female teen crave:  makeovers

29. How to talk to and engage adolescents

30. Problem of teenage crime

31. Adolescents in prisons:  the face of the teen killer

32. Teen school shootings

33. Adolescent HIV/AIDS:  issues and challenges

34. Adolescent health

35.What can go wrong during adolescent:  psychosocial problems

You may choose your own topic.”

Topic Chosen: 11. Hard to Reach Youth