The macro-micro connection; growing up as a modern child in Western Europe - the impact of modernization and civilization processes on the everyday lives of children; Peter Buchner, Heinz-Hermann Kruger and Manuela du Bois-Reymond

Ethnic group differences in children's coping strategies;;Paul E. Jose, Lynda L. Cafasso and Catherine A. D'Anna

The family context of adolescent vulnerability and resilience to alcohol use and abuse;;Rand D. Conger, Martha A. Rueter and Katherine J. Conger;

Influences on migration intentions of rural adolescents; Laura Rudkin, Glen H. Elder, Jr and Rand Conger

Conceptions of childhood transitions - a preliminary study; Marcia Summers and Carol Baker;

Adolescent-to-adult transitions - social status and cognitive factors; Scott D. Scheer and Rob Palkovitz;

Transition to higher education in the United States - institutional boundaries and pathways to adulthood;;David P. Baker and David L. Stevenson

Leaving home and coming back - the impact of recent parental divorce and family dynamics on young adults residential transitions;Teresa M. Cooney;

Foster home providers to children with severe developmental disabilities - a profile; Ann Goetting and Mark G. Goetting

Support and control in parent-child relations from childhood to early adolescence - the Maccoby-Minuchin hypothesis;;Brian J. Bigelow, Elizabeth A. Levin and Sandra A. Cunning