Jari-Erik Nurmi is Professor in Psychology at the University of Jyvaskyla - Finland. He is also the editor of Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts, a complementary volume in the Michigan State University Series on Children, Youth, and Families (Routledge).

• Chapter One Navigating through Adolescence: Introduction Jari-Erik Nurmi Part I: The Role of Values, Goals and Strategies during Adolescence and Young Adulthood Chapter Two Adolescents' Values Matter Hakan Stattin and Margaret Kerr Chapter Three Personal Goals during the Transition to Young Adulthood Katariina Salmela-Aro Chapter Four Achievement and Social Strategies in a Transition to Young Adulthood Sanna Eronen Part II: Future Planning and Identity Explorations in Educational and Vocational Settings Chapter Five Future-orientation in Educational and Interpersonal Contexts Lars-Erik Malmberg Chapter Six Adolescents' Career Exploration in the Context of Educational and Occupational Transitions Barbel Kracke and Eva Schmitt-Rodermund Chapter Seven Adolescents' Future: A Comparison of Young People's and their Parents' Views Margherita Lanz, Rosa Rosnati, Elena Marta and Eugenia Scabini Chapter Eight Family Context and the Development of Adolescent Decision Making Bruna Zani, Harke A. Bosma, Djurre H. Zijsling, and Terry M. Honess Part VI: Theoretical Developments in the Research on Navigating through Adolescence Chapter Nine Adolescents' Self-direction and Self-definition in Age-graded Sociocultural and Interpersonal Contexts Jari-Erik Nurmi Chapter Ten A Dynamic Systems Approach to Identity Formation: Theoretical Background and Methodological Possibilities E. Saskia Kunnen, Harke A. Bosma, and Paul L.C. van Geert Chapter Eleven Adolescents' Scholastic Field, Identity Frames and Future Projects Jean Guichard Chapter Twelve Conclusions and Future Perspectives Jari-Erik Nurmi