title: Strategies for dealing with resistant adolescents.
abstract: The phenomenon of resistance in adolescence is addressed by relating it to individual developmental issues and social context. Viewing resistance as having a positive and protective function and working with the resistance rather than in opposition to it is suggested. A continuum of types of adolescent resistance is proposed with several specific interventional strategies for deactivating maladaptive resistance.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*