Library: PSY 2551: Adolescent Psychology: Books & Reference

Starting Your Research

For general information about adolescent psychology, try checking out some of the books listed here. Use the library catalog or OhioLINK searches below.

If you already have a specific topic to research, you can jump to the Topics tab to explore selected resources from both CSCC and OhioLINK.

Catalog Search

Use the Columbus State library catalog to search for books, journals, eBooks, and audio-visual materials owned by Columbus State Community College.

OhioLINK Catalog Search

Still can't find what you're looking for? Try OhioLINK. Use your name and Cougar ID to request items be delivered to the Columbus State Community College library.

Quick Resources

These books may be useful as an introduction to Adolescent Psychology and Culture. They can be found on the Third Floor of The Library and may be checked out for three weeks.

Families Count: effects on child and adolescent development by Alison Clarke-Stewart (Editor); Judy Dunn (Editor)
Call Number: 305.231 F1982
Publication Date: 2006
"This book is concerned with the question of how families matter in young people's development - a question of obvious interest and importance to a wide range of readers, which has serious policy implication."
Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids by Murray Milner; University of Virginia Staff
Call Number: 305.235 M659f
Publication Date: 2004
"In this timely and insightful book, award-winning sociologist Murray Milner tries to understand why teenagers behave the way they do. Drawing upon two years of intensive fieldwork in one high school and 300 written interviews about high schools across the country, he argues that consumer culture has greatly impacted the way our youth relate to one another and understand themselves and society. He also suggests that the status systems in high schools are in and of themselves an important contributing factor to the creation and maintenance of consumer capitalism explaining the importance of designer jeans and designer drugs in an effort to be the coolest kid in the class."
Handbook of Adolescent Psychology by Vincent B. Van Hasselt (Editor); Michel Hersen (Editor)
Call Number: 155.5 H236
Publication Date: 1987

These Ebooks are an electronic resource which can be accessed from anywhere with a valid Cougar ID number.

Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives by Maureen J. Hoskyn (Editor); Grace Iarocci (Editor); Arlene R. Young (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2017
"Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives captures the diversity and complexity of the executive system that underlies children's everyday life experiences. Acquisition of executive functions, such as interpreting communication cues and the perspectives of others, is foundational to and a function of children's early social and communicative competencies"
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development by Peter K. Smith (Editor); Craig H. Hart (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2022
"In the newly revised Third Edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, a team of eminent researchers delivers a current and comprehensive discussion of the research and theory of childhood social development."
Encyclopedia of Adolescence by Roger J. R. Levesque (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2011
"The Encyclopedia of Adolescence breaks new ground as an important central resource for the study of adolescence. Comprehensive in breath and textbook in depth, the Encyclopedia of Adolescence - with entries presented in easy-to-access A to Z format."

Listed here are some reference books that are available for use in the library. They are on the Second Floor of The Library and must stay in the library.

Encyclopedia of Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology by Thomas H. Ollendick (Editor); Carolyn S. Schroeder (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 618.9289 E5639
Publication Date: 2003
"One volume-reference work with approximately 300 entries Each entry will contain 5-8 references Entries will kept under 7 pages, with limited references and cross-referenced to 5 other topics in the encyclopdia"
The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence by Jerome Kagan (Editor); Susan Gall (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 305.231 G151
Publication Date: 1998
"This is a multidisciplinary reference source on the issues, terms, people, theories and trends that relate to children and their development. It contains over 900 alphabetically arranged, signed articles covering all aspects of child development from birth to young adulthood."
Psychologists and Their Theories for Students by Kristine M. Krapp
Call Number: Ref 150.92 P9746
Publication Date: 2005
"Perfect for research assignments in psychology, science and history, this one-stop source for in-depth coverage of major psychological theories and the people who developed them provides a unique approach to the study of psychological history as it pertains to analysis."