The proposed textbook objectively reflects the current world level of development of the psychology of puberty - one of the most complex and socially significant sections of developmental psychology. The transformation of a child into an adult is a complex and dramatic process, the course of which is influenced by a huge number of different factors: from genetics and physiology to politics and ecology. This book, which has gone through twelve editions abroad, puts at the disposal of the domestic reader a huge amount of theoretical, experimental and methodological material developed by Western psychology, medicine, sociology and anthropology, in a talented and harmonious presentation by Philip Rice and Kim Dolgin, the best representatives of American humanities. Recommended students of humanities, psychologists, teachers, sociologists, lawyers and social workers. Translation: Y. Mironchik, V. Kvitkevich