... second edition of the Handbook of Adolescent Psychology represents agenerational shift, for it was fully 25 years ago that the first edition of this volume waspublished. A cursory glance at this edition s ... the first edition of the Handbook was published in 1980, the empirical study of adolescence, by our calculation, was barely 5 years old. Much of what was preparedfor that Handbook was, of necessity, ... volume reflect this emphasis.This edition of the Handbook of Adolescent Psychology is concerned with all aspectsix of development during the second decade of life, with all the contexts in which...