Case Study using scholarship to describe an aspect (either a problem OR a prospect for positive adolescent development) of an adolescent’s life based on a real
world, media, or literature adolescent case.
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This is a Case Study using scholarship to describe an aspect (either a problem OR a prospect for positive adolescent development) of an adolescent’s life based on a
real world, media, or literature adolescent case. For the case study, you describe an adolescent who represents a case or example of an aspect of adolescence (i.e., a
problem or a positive prospect). The case study should be written as a human-interest story in essay format with headings and subheadings for a magazine or newspaper
in which research sources are used as references. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “human interest” as “a quality that attracts attention because it involves the
experiences of real people”. For this assignment, we will expand the criteria to include a character from a novel, film, or TV series. Choose a person or character who
can give us a sense of the life of an adolescent and how the problem or positive prospect is manifested in that adolescent’s life. You are free to choose any problem
or positive prospect. In the case study essay, I would like to see some background or context (while disguising identifying information) to help us know this
adolescent (e.g., their age along the continuum of adolescence, gender, or social class). In addition, I would like a description of the aspect of that person’s life
on which you will focus and why this person is a good case to illustrate this aspect.

In the description of the adolescent’s life, especially their problem or positive prospect, you must draw from concepts of adolescent psychology and adolescent
development and ideas from psychology research to describe what is going with that specific adolescent.
The essay should make in-text references to at least three pieces of scholarship. The scholarship could include the information from the text book: ADOLESCENCE,
ELEVENTH EDITION by Steinberg, Laurence D., journal articles, and scientific research data reports. You may use other types of sources, like news reports, but the
three scholarly ones are the minimum. If your case is fictional, provide a citation for their source. The purpose of incorporating relevant scholarly information in
the description of the case is to elevate the presentation of the story from merely an observation to an analysis. Beyond presenting a human-interest situation, the
references help the reader *understand* what this means or why it might be happening from the perspective of knowledge in the field of adolescent psychology.

FORMAT:
TITLE PAGE
BODY- human-interest story in essay format with headings and subheadings for a magazine or newspaper in which research sources are used as references.
REFRENCE PAGE

EXAMPLE:
If I were to write a case study for this assignment, I would like to write mine about an adolescent I know that pursued a relationship with someone that exerted
emotional control and abuse over her. I would look into information in research articles and in the textbook about adolescent relationships, dating, and the occurrence
of control and abuse at that age. I may find news reports that illustrate what I have seen in this adolescent. I would look for articles that may help explain why this
adolescent prioritized that relationship over her family; and I will investigate potential consequences of this situation, especially consequences that may be already
evident in her life.