4. The Impact of Social and Cultural Modernisation on the Everyday Lives of Children. Theoretical and Methodological Framework and First Results of an Inter-cultural Project

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introduction V
3. Contents XI
4. Part I. Status Transitions of Dutch Adolescents and the Role of Parents
5. 1. The Modernization of the Youth Phase. Educational, Professional and Family Careers of Dutch Youth in the Nineties 3
6. 2. Courtship and Sexuality in the Youth Phase 41
7. 3. The Role of Parents in the Transition Period of Young People 73
8. Part II. Modernisation of Childhood in East and West Germany and The Netherlands
9. 4. The Impact of Social and Cultural Modernisation on the Everyday Lives of Children. Theoretical and Methodological Framework and First Results of an Inter-cultural Project 105
10. 5. The Modern Family as a Negotiating Household. Parent-Child Relations in Western and Eastern Germany and in the Netherlands 127
11. 6. Biographisation in Modern Childhood 161
12. Part III. Coping Strategies of Dutch and German Adolescents in Social Context
13. 7 Internal and External Coping in Adolescence. Psychosomatic Complaints, Aggressive Behaviour, and the Consumption of Legal and Illegal Drugs 183
14. 8. Demands for Help. Gender Differences in Informal and Medical Help-Seeking 197
15. 9. Adolescents’ Health Problems and Utilization of Medical and Psychosocial Care Services in East and West Germany. Findings of a Study Based on Interviews of Medical, Psychological and Educational Experts. 209
16. 10. Emotional Problems in Adolescence 225
17. 11. Inter-Ethnic Violence: A Male Youth Problem? 243
18. 12. Youth Under Threat 257
19. Part IV. Youth Information in the Netherlands A New Educational Concept
20. 13. Youth Information, Education and the Psychosocial Functioning of Adolescents. An Approach Using Both Socialisation- and Coping-theory 289
21. 14. The Demand for Youth Information. Results of a national survey among adolescents and young adults in The Netherlands 305
22. References 329