HD FS 239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Physical Attractiveness, Apache Hadoop, Substance Abuse
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Adolescents with adoptive parents: mixed findings; adopted individuals show relatively higher rates of: No evidence that children or adolescents with lesbian or gay parents are psychologically different than those with straight parents. Adolescents who have spent extensive time in foster care are at an increased risk for emotional and behavioral problems: could be due to a variety of reasons. The abuse or neglect that necessitated their placement in foster care. The importance of the family in adolescent development. Adolescents who feel that their parents or guardians are there for them caring, involved, and accepting are: healthier, happier, more competent than their peers. Despite growing importance of peers, adolescents still need love and support of adults who care about them. Groups of people who are roughly the same age. Modernization has led to more age segregation. Over of americans adolescents" waking hours are spent with peers. Adolescents" moods are most positive when with friends.