From peer pressure to alcohol and drug problems adolescents face many difficult decisions in today’s world. Adolescent psychologists study these problems and the way that adolescents react to them. The reason why they are studied is so that people can have an insight in to the mind of an adolescent. Many of the psychologists use the knowledge that is gained, from their research, to write research papers and books. Many of these books and research papers are submitted to different psychological journals. These journals are then sent out all over the world to many different universities and libraries to be enjoyed and analyzed by all. The point of this paper is to examine one of these psychological journals and find out about what information is contained within it.The journal entitled Adolescence focuses on adolescent thought and their actions. The main purpose for the journal is to inform people of the “Physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological and educational aspects of the second decade of human life.” What this basically means is that the journal was created to study all of the aspects of an adolescent human being. The journal contains articles that have been written by psychologists who have a PhDs. from top universities around the world. Parents, educators and other psychologists use these articles and book reviews to give them a better view into the adolescent psyche. The journal Adolescence articles pertain to, among others, adolescent-peer relations, adolescent drug and alcohol abuse and child welfare.Many psychological authors and professors submit books and articles to the journal. The way that the authors submit there work is achieved by two different means. An author of a research paper must create an abstract of their research paper and send it along with a self-addressed envelope to the main office of the journal. If the author is lucky he/she will receive a reply in a couple of weeks requ...
