"Adolescence in Context is a topically oriented textbook for the Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood development course organized around three key themes: the centrality of context, the importance of research, and the applied value of developmental science. The text, developed by teacher and scholar Tara Kuther, connects learners with the science that shapes our understand of today's teenagers and young adults. Adolescence: Lives in Context delivers current and classic research, foundational theories and helps students to comprehend how those theories apply to their future careers and own experiences through a lens of contexts at each developmental stage and topic"-- Provided by publisher.