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Over the past 5 years the scientific study of adolescence has continued to grow in volume and sophistication. Drawing on recent articles published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence, I take this opportunity to comment on some common understandings about the nature of adolescent development and behavior, recurrent tensions in the research, and promising directions or special challenges for future investigations. The journal also has changed in significant ways over this period, thanks to the outstanding contributions of scholars and journal/publisher support staff. This editorial pays homage to their efforts.

The period of adolescence involves growth, adaptation, and dramatic reorganization in almost every aspect of social and psychological development. The Encyclopedia of Adolescence offers an exhaustive and comprehensive review of current theory and research findings pertaining to this critical decade of life. Leading scientists offer accessible and easily readable reviews of biological, social, educational, occupational, and cultural factors that shape adolescent development. Issues in normative development, individual differences, and psychopathology/maladjustment are reviewed. Over 130 chapte

Drawing energy from a debate about the efficacy of parental monitoring, research over the first decade of the 21st century has traced numerous ways in which parenting practices and parent–child relationship features affect adolescents' peer interactions, and how these 2 factors interact to affect adolescent adjustment. In reviewing this research, this paper extols methodological advances and growing diversity of samples while critiquing conceptual underpinnings of many investigations. Suggestions are offered to guide research toward a more contextually sensitive, integrative understanding of dynamic, reciprocal processes between general and peer‐focused parenting processes and adolescent peer relations.

Missing the love boat : why researchers have shied away from adolescent romance / B. Bradford Brown, Candice Feiring, and Wyndol Furman -- The emotions of romantic relationships : do they wreak havoc on adolescents? / Reed W. Larson, Gerlad L. Clore, and Gretchen A. Wood -- The nature and functions of social exchange in adolescent romantic relationships / Brett Laursen and Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell -- Cognitive representations of adolescent romantic relationships / Wyndol Furman and Valerie A. Simon -- Romantic and sexual relationship development during adolescence / Brent C. Miller and Brad Benson -- Capacity for intimate relationships : a developmental construction / W. Andrew Collins and L. Alan Sroufe -- Rejection sensitivity and adolescent romantic relationships / Geraldine Downey, Cheryl Bonica, and Claudia Rincón -- Sex, dating, passionate friendships, and romance : intimate peer relations among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents / Lisa M. Diamond, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, and Eric M. Dubé -- Gender identity and the development of romantic relationships in adolescence / Candice Feiring -- Adolescent romance and the parent-child relationship : a contextual perspective / Marjory Roberts Gray and Laurence Steinberg --Romantic relationships in adolescence : the role of friends and peers in their emergence and development / Jennifer Connolly and Adele Goldberg -- "You're going out with who?" : peer group influences on adolescent romantic relationships / B. Bradford Brown -- The cultured and culturing aspects of romantic experience in adolescence / Deborah L. Coates -- What's love got to do with it? Adolescents' and young adults' beliefs about sexual and romantic relationships / Julia A. Graber, Pia R. Britto, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Love is a many-splendored thing : next steps for theory and research / Wyndol Furman, Candice Feiring, and B. Bradford Brown.

Drawing from a sophisticated set of longitudinal studies, the five articles in this special section highlight factors that draw adolescents into gangs and the psychological and social impact of their involvement. We assess the contributions of these articles in the context of the broader field of gang studies, then point to factors that should characterize the next generation of studies of adolescents and gangs. Particular attention is paid to developmental features of adolescence that may shape the allure and impact of gang affiliation.

Communication technologies are widely used to manage interpersonal relationships, but little is known about which media are most useful at different stages of relationship development, and how the pattern of usage may be influenced by contextual factors or users' gender. Drawing on theories of relationship development, this study examined usage patterns among 34 college students participating in six geographically stratified focus group interviews. Analyses revealed a sequence of media use tied to stages of relationship development − from Facebook in early stages to instant messaging and then cell phones as a relationship progressed. Judgments about the efficacy and appropriateness of using a medium were based on how well its salient features matched prominent goals or addressed major concerns of a relationship at the given stage. International students added two technologies to the sequence to accommodate time differentials and distance from communication partners. Males were less explicit about the sequence, except when referring to cross-sex relationships.

Trends across nations suggest that adulthood in the future will require greater social versatility, including abilities to function in relationships that are less scripted by community norms and that bridge multiple social worlds. This article assesses whether current changes in adolescents' interpersonal experience are likely to give them the social resources and competencies they will need. Changes in families are making them smaller, more diverse in social capital, and more responsive to adolescents. Changes in adolescents' nonfamily experience include more time in institutional settings; more involvement with peers; and more cycles of developing (and ending) relationships with a heterogeneous set of adults, friends, and, for many, romantic partners. The analysis suggests that these changes will provide many youth with greater opportunities to develop the more versatile interpersonal resources required in the future, but that many adolescents will have restricted opportunities to acquire these resources.

AbstractExperience sampling methodology was used to measure engagement during the after‐school hours. Experiences that combined high levels of intrinsic motivation with concerted effort and enjoyment were more likely at after‐school programs than elsewhere.