The Youth & Society is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal first published in 1969. From then on the issue is published bi-monthly, six time a year and for $160 a year individuals can access the online versions or receive a print copy of the last two currents publications. Another way to gain access to this journal is through institution that might have already subscribed to this for their library catalog such as University of California, Davis (sagepub:2016). This journal focuses on the transitional periods that occurs from childhood to adolescents and adolescents to adulthood with the primary focus being the adolescence period. This allows us gain knowledge about certain issues, especially when it comes to adolescents and how they deal with transitional times in their lives. It is an important
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Researchers such as, Amy G. Langenkamp, Jennifer Braga Leonardo, and Daniel F. Perkins and colleagues conduct independent research that emphasis the importance of understanding the transitional period of adolescence. Amy G. Langenkamp article titled, Effects of School Mobility on Adolescent Social Ties and Academic Adjustment, attempts to correlate social isolation of students who transfer to new schools to high school drop-outs rates. In this article, Langenkamp builds on a previous research done by Joseph Gasper and colleagues, who hypothesized that transfer students are more likely to drop out of school and become socially isolated than their peers. While Gasper and colleagues, conducted research on already transferred students, Langenkamp, focuses on those students that transfer within their first year to reduce selection bias. She also attempts
Researchers such as, Amy G. Langenkamp, Jennifer Braga Leonardo, and Daniel F. Perkins and colleagues conduct independent research that emphasis the importance of understanding the transitional period of adolescence. Amy G. Langenkamp article titled, Effects of School Mobility on Adolescent Social Ties and Academic Adjustment, attempts to correlate social isolation of students who transfer to new schools to high school drop-outs rates. In this article, Langenkamp builds on a previous research done by Joseph Gasper and colleagues, who hypothesized that transfer students are more likely to drop out of school and become socially isolated than their peers. While Gasper and colleagues, conducted research on already transferred students, Langenkamp, focuses on those students that transfer within their first year to reduce selection bias. She also attempts