Resulting from a multidisciplinary conference in 1987, this collection is an attempt to integrate theory and research on stress and adolescent development. The studies described are generally carefully designed and executed, and treat both internal and external variables critical to understanding this age... The volume is intended for advanced scholars of adolescence and for those who would design ambitious studies of this developmental stage... [T]he editors' introductions to each section are clear and helpful. Chapter end notes." --F. J. Peirce, Choice "There is much to recommend this volume. It presents diverse perspectives from various disciplines and, collectively, the volume sensitizes the reader to the complexity of stress and its study, and to the salience of sex, race, and cultural differences in understanding stress development and its consequences. . . . By far the major contribution of the book was provided by the editors, who did much more than merely compile a set of rather diffuse papers. The lengthy introduction sets the background of the various approaches to the study of adolescent stress, but then plows important new theoretical ground. . . . The vision the editors present is refreshing, stimulating, and ambitious, and sets a high standard." --Brian K. Barber, Journal of Marriage and Family