This book equips school psychologists and other mental health professionals with a comprehensive understanding of mental health and well-being in adolescent girls. The text places adolescent girls in a developmental and social-cultural context and outlines factors that can shape girls’ well-being including family, peers, and media. Chapters discuss trajectories that might result in mental distress and dysfunction in adolescent girls and identify pathways to their optimal development.
Key Features
- Comprehensive Understanding: Offers insights into mental health and well-being in adolescent girls.
- Developmental Context: Places adolescent girls within a developmental and social-cultural framework.
- Interventions: Each chapter includes theory-informed and empirically supported interventions.
- Domains of Well-being: Reviews various domains including physical health, emotional well-being, healthy relationships, and identity.
- Recommended Resources: Culminates in a list of further recommended resources for readers.
Additional Information
Well-Being in Adolescent Girls is a valuable resource for school psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals working with adolescents along with those in graduate-level courses in school psychology and school counseling programs.
