title: Women's perceptions of the adolescent experience.
abstract: Two focus groups of culturally and racially diverse middle-class women were used to examine the transitional process from their pre-adolescence through adolescence, and the issues, consequences, and coping strategies that emerged during this pivotal time in their lives. Changes in self-confidence, issues about body image, boys' sexual advances, and changes in parental relationships and friendships were pressures that had an impact on their adolescent years. Suggestions are made for future research.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-2539, USA.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012649:Self Concept; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*