Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE Growth and Health Care in Adolescence -- Growth After Puberty / ROCHE, ALEX F. -- Late Adolescent Changes in Weight / ROCHE, ALEX F. / DAVILA, GAIL H. / MELLITS, E. DAVID -- Growth and Development Patterns and Human Differentiation in Papua New Guinean Communities / MALCOLM, L. A. -- Physical Growth and the Social Environment: A West African Example / FIAWOO, D. K. -- Medical Care of Adolescents in a Suburban Community / SHENKER, I. R. -- Psychotherapy in Adolescents / GONZALEZ, JORGE G. -- Transcultural Aspects of Mental Illness Among Puerto Rican Adolescents in New York / RENDON, MARIO -- PART TWO The Cultural Context -- Several Selves and Many Homes: Black Youths Adaptation to Geographical and Cultural Mobility / ECKENFELS, EDWARD J. -- Impact of Urbanization on Life Patterns of the Ga Adolescent / KALU, WILHEMINA -- Mississippi Choctaw Youth / PETERSON, JOHN -- Future Time Perspectives and Attitudes of New Zealand Maori and Pakeha Adolescents / HAVIGHURST, ROBERT J. -- The Economic Importance of Children in a Javanese Village / WHITE, BENJAMIN -- The Community of Young People in a Transylvanian Village / KRESZ, MÁRIA -- Community Interrelations with the Government: A Study of Adolescent Group Movements in a Japanese Fishing Community / AYABE, TSUNEO -- Parental Authority and Family Size: A Chinese Case / TANG, M. C. -- Psychological Correlates of Family Socialization in the United States and Korea / MADAY, BELA C. / SZALAY, LORAND B. -- Intragroup Competitive Pressures and the Selection of Social Strategies: Neglected Paradigms in the Study of Adolescent Socialization / LACEY, COLIN -- Students and Society: A Cross- National Comparison of Youth Attitudes and Values / ZAVALLONI, MARISA -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects