Abstract Instant Messenger has become one of the most popular software among juvenile and almost can not be parted from their lives. This research would like to probe deeper into the significance of Messenger in those minority families which are marginalized by the whole society. Therefore, this research takes the minority juvenile, being less social welfare distributed, as the subject, through fundamental interviews of cases, to have an understanding of these juvenile¡¦s using Messenger and Messenger¡¦s significance in their daily lives. This research presents in two ways: one is through story narration providing ample information and clues to achieve an overall understanding; second is to analyze. Aiming at the purpose, divided into the form of relation-establishing and the motive and mechanism of interrelation to analyze the phenomenon of using Messenger. The research finds that these juvenile mostly come from a minority family, such as grand parenting. They lack parental care, get lower grades and cannot get identified by the teachers. As a result, they are depressed in real life. In addition, these juvenile use Messenger in different and distinctive ways from others. Which include : a good means of ¡§calling together¡¨ ¡V to call friends and fellows into group fight; a stealthy way of running away from home ¡V to use Messenger for preparation of running away from home; ¡§group¡¨ ¡V to communicate in an utmost speed; ¡§E generation affaire d¡¦amour¡¨ ¡V Messenger becomes a tool for developing affaire d¡¦amour; a secret means of interconnection; pressure releasing ¡V to release pressure from life through chatting with friends in Messenger; to generate self-identification through using Messenger. For these frustrated juvenile who come from minority families and can not get satisfaction from school and society, Messenger is a bigger inducement. Therefore, the society, their parents and teachers should pay more concern and care to these minority group of juvenile.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 128 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-103).

Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 10, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Thesis advisor: Dr. Ze Wang. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 375-409). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-171). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Adolescence is not experienced in the same way by all individuals or communities; individuals who cannot find harmony between their sense of identity and social norms often have a much harder time during this period. In this vein, there is an especially strong need for transgender adolescents to be able to locate themselves in the world around them. I examine current transgender representations available to (and specifically marketed towards) young adults through three venues—literature, television, and the Internet. The amount of material that deals directly with any instance of transgender or transsexual identity is minimal. I will argue at the very least that these representations are important for transgendered adolescents to find someone with whom they can identify but that more than likely, it is important for all adolescents to have exposure to representations of transgender individuals. I closely analyze the young adult novel, Parrotfish (Wittlinger 2007), and the CW television show, America’s Next Top Model, for narratives of success that are applied to transgender subjects. I also briefly analyze three websites and compare them to the previous texts, identifying key similarities and differences. I end with suggestions for future growth in all three areas. / text

There are many influential social factors which influence teenagers personality formation, but today the most important personality socialization factors is a group of contemporaries. Repudiation is connected with undesirable behavior consequences. One of the most important personality socialization factors is a group of contemporaries. Repudiation is connected with undesirable behaviour consequences. Most often repudiation from contemporaries groups reveals in teens and becomes apparent in disability to accommodate with contemporaries behavior’ culture. The index of dependence difficulties in contemporaries groups are getting into conflicts, aggressive behavior, unnature behavior forms and low self esteem. The review of scientific literature and researches in Lithuania has showed that peculiarities of contemporary groups and repudiation factors has been rarely analysed in the sociological studies. The social workers lack experience and complex model to help teenagers in this problem. The aim of this work was set to reveal the specific features of contemporary groups, the factors of repudiation from these groups and foresees the intensity of social assistance.

The author of this work analyses teenagers’ supplementary art education problems as aducational means for self – expression and therapy for teenagers.The supplementary aducation is also discussed in the aspect of socialization of teenagers. The question of supplementary art education is discussed as a part of teenagers’ self-expression in general context of their psychophysical development. 90 teenagers participated in the research (from 13 to 15 years of age),two groups of 30 people studying at Art school and one group of 30 people who study in the basic shool.Total – three groups with 30 people each. Results of the research – diagrams and tables that provide the information abaut obtained knowledge and communication fluency, and development of personality. In this work relations between adolescence development and visual expression are analyzed. The development of teenagers’ individuality, their needs, particularities and the influence of cultural education for the process of individuality’s development, the additional meaning of the art education while forming the consciousness, of the getting mature individuality, the particularity of cultivation of creativeness and creative thinking, the expression of teenagers’ socialization during the additional education of arts are discussed. The teenagers’ attitudes to extra education, beauty, aesthetics, wish to participate in the society’s social life actively, and teenager’s independence while choosing additional education of... [to full text]

This study examined whether the widely reported positive relation between "authoritative" parenting and adolescent adjustment among middle class white American families was also present among Cuban Americans, and whether this relationship was moderated by various degrees of parents' acculturation, including biculturalism. A sample of 112 adolescents of Cuban origin who attended high schools in South Florida was included in the study, along with their mothers and fathers, for a total of 336 participants. Three different standardized measures were employed—the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (BIQ), and the Child Behavior Checklist/6-18 (CBCL/6-18)—as well as a Demographic Information Sheet (DIS). Scores from the PAQ and the BIQ were examined first to determine any relationship between parenting styles and parents' level of acculturation/biculturalism. Parenting styles and level of acculturation/biculturalism scores were later analyzed to predict adolescents' developmental outcomes as measured by the Total Competence and Total Problem scales of the CBCL/6-18. Multiple Regression Analyses revealed that no significant relationship was present between parenting styles and parents' level of acculturation/biculturalism, and that these two variables in turn did not significantly predict adolescents' developmental outcomes. Given that participants resided in an area with unique cultural characteristics as compared to the rest of the United States, the possibility of the acculturation/biculturalism variable masking the true effects of parenting styles was considered. Therefore, additional analyses were conducted without including the acculturation/biculturalism variable. In this case, results indicated that the positive correlates of authoritative parenting transcend the middle class white American culture and can be found in the population of Cuban Americans studied. According to these findings, as adolescents perceived their parents to be more authoritative, parents rated their adolescents as demonstrating higher levels of competence and lower levels of behavioral and emotional problems. In addition, as adolescents perceived their parents to be more authoritarian, parents found more behavioral and emotional problems in their children. Limitations in the study, and implications for future research and practice were also discussed. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.