Growing up in Singapore : research perspectives on adolescents / edited by Agnes Chang Shook Cheong, S. Gopinathan, Ho Wah Kam



Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

1999

Growing up in Singapore : research perspectives on adolescents / edited by Agnes Chang Shook Cheong, S. Gopinathan, Ho Wah Kam

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This book seeks to address this question, "How different are Singaporean adolescents, brought up in an affluent, competitive society and exposed to Western education and influences, from their counterparts in other countries?". Topics covered include adolescents' ability to think and judge, their learning habits, their risk-taking behaviour, their reaction to stress and their curiousity about sex.

Subjects

Adolescence--Social aspects--Singapore Youth--Research--Singapore Teenagers--Research--Singapore Adolescent psychology--Research--Singapore

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Youth

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Title
Growing up in Singapore : research perspectives on adolescents / edited by Agnes Chang Shook Cheong, S. Gopinathan, Ho Wah Kam
Subject
  • Adolescence--Social aspects--Singapore
  • Youth--Research--Singapore
  • Teenagers--Research--Singapore
  • Adolescent psychology--Research--Singapore
Publisher
  • Prentice Hall, 1999
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1999
Contributors
  • Chang, Agnes Shook Cheong
  • Gopinathan, Saravanan
  • Ho, Wah Kam
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Table of Contents
  • Foreword/Bruce Bain -- Introduction/Agnes Chang Shook Cheong, S. Gopinathan and Ho Wah Kam -- pt.I: Context -- pt.II: Learning -- pt.III: Psychology -- Postscript -- List of contributors.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.