Advances in Sociology Research

This continuing series presents original leading edge research results in the field of sociology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. Included in this compilation are topics such as the mastering the demands of social and economic change as social indicators and predictors of primary and secondary control; alcohol consumption patterns in Sweden; ethnography as it applies to health care and sociology research; the effects of urbanisation on bird fauna in Valencia, Spain and in the streams and rivers of Patagonia, Argentina; and mental health among native and immigrant adolescents in Norway.