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Definition of Preadolescence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preadolescence
Literary usage of Preadolescence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adolescence and High-school Problems by Ralph W. Pringle (1922)
"CHAPTER H preadolescence Even a cursory survey of the entire life history ...
the ages of eight or nine to twelve, and known generally as preadolescence. ..."
2. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"Attitudes concerning alcohol and other drug use are formed early—usually during
preadolescence and early adolescence. Consequently, the prevention of ..."
3. Mental Conflicts and Misconduct by William Healy (1917)
"... we are indebted to Mildred's notebooks and diaries, which have been kept since
preadolescence including the several years before she knew that her case ..."
4. The Settlement horizon: A National Estimateby Kennedy, Albert Joseph, Robert Archey Woods by Kennedy, Albert Joseph, Robert Archey Woods (1922)
"The Girl Scout and Camp Fire programs are based on instinctive desires for loyal
ends which characterize preadolescence; and many settlements organize ..."
5. Principles of Secondary Education by Alexander James Inglis (1918)
"When, however, it is maintained that the change from preadolescence to adolescence
is relatively sudden and abrupt, and hence that a relatively radical ..."
6. Stopping Alcohol & Other Drug Use Before It Starts: The Future of Prevention edited by Robert L. DuPont (1996)
"... skills in coping with the developmental influences of preadolescence and
adolescence. Life skills and peer-refusal skills (Flay 1985; Flay et al. ..."
7. Outlines of Child Study: A Manual for Parents and Teachers by Benjamin Charles Gruenberg, Child Study Association of America (1922)
"I, "preadolescence"; Chap. II, "The Muscles and Motor Powers in General"; Chap.
Ill, "Industrial Education"; Chap. IV, "Manual Training and Sloyd"; Chap. ..."
8. Working with Youth in High-Risk Environments: Experiences in Prevention edited by Carol E. Marcus, John D. Swisher (1996)
"... efforts that track the cumulative effects of AOD use prevention activities
from preadolescence through early adolescence to the mid-twenties. ..."
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