Table of Contents

Perspectives * Paths to Adulthood * The Age of Choice: Opportunities and Obstacles in Adolescence * Charting Adolescent Life Environments * The External Landscape: What the Teenagers World Looks Like * The Internal Landscape: What the Teenagers World Feels Like * Peaks and Valleys: Variability in Daily Experience Interactions * Familiar Aggravations: Relations with Parents and Siblings * The Companionship of Friends * The Self in Solitude: Perils and Possibilities * Coping with Classes Transformations * Conflict and Chaos in Daily Life * Converting Challenges to Enjoyment: The Flow Experience * The Growth of Complexity: Shaping Meaningful Lives

About the Author

Mihaly Csikszenthmihalyi is professor of psychology and education at the University of Chicago. He is the author of a number of books, including the bestselling Flow, The Evolving Self, Creativity, and Being Adolescent. Reed Larson is assistant professor of human development and family ecology at the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign and director of the Laboratory for the Study of Adolescence at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.