Life Values and Adolescent Mental Health

Contents: Preface. Theoretical, Empirical, and Analytical Framework. What Children Admire: The Measure and Developmental Trends. Life Priorities: Measure Origins and Developmental Changes. The Environmental Origins of Life Goals: Neighborhood, School, and Peers. The Environmental Origins of Children's Values: Family Effects. Within-Child Correlates of Children's Patterns of Admiration and Life Priorities. The Consequences of Children's Attitudes and Life Priorities: Connections With Mental Disorder. Summarizing the Past, Anticipating the Future. Tying It Together. Appendix: Childs Priority Sort.