Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

After decades of neglect, researchers have begun to focus attention on the development and outcomes of girlhood aggression.

Research on the topic of parent beliefs, or parent cognition, has increased tremendously since the original publication of this volume in 1985.

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrainedWe use words and phrases creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language constructions in new ways.

Traditionally, delinquent girls were considered an anomaly, a rare phenomenon attracting little scholarly notice.

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among young people-most notably in the form of forearm- or wrist-cutting-occurs across cultural groups, social strata, and developmental stages, puzzling and repelling adults.

Understanding Animal Abuse and How to Intervene with Children and Young People offers a positive, compassion-based and trauma-informed approach to understanding and intervening in animal abuse.

Visual disability (including blindness) is of major significance among the elderly, and since it is so crucial to the quality of life of the elderly, it is necessary for all professional staff concerned with old people to have an understanding of the subject.

This book examines yoga as embodied mindfulness, introducing and explicating the concepts of yoga and embodiment and the associated theoretical and empirical developments in the field.

There are common midlife events that account for the special narcissistic vulnerabilities of this period of life, and Eda Goldstein ably reviews these events and the theoretical perspectives commonly brought to bear on them.

This fully revised fourth edition of Identity in Adolescence: The Balance Between Self and Other presents four theoretical perspectives on identity development during adolescence and young adulthood and their practical implications for intervention.

This book discusses the relevance of tracing back the course of individual development noted in psychoanalysis (regression) and in Patanjali's Yoga (prati-prasava).

This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development.

Originally published in 1988, this second edition of The Construction of Personality has been substantially revised and updated.

Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers.

In order to achieve the best outcomes for all children and young people, schools must work in partnership with students, parents, other professionals and the wider community.

Originally published in 1974, this volume is primarily devoted to what is known about human infancy from an ethological, evolutionary viewpoint.

Presenting an innovative take on researching early childhood, this book provides an international comparison of the cultural and familial influences that shape the growth of young children.

Depression is a recurrent, debilitating and sometimes fatal disorder that may first effect children between the ages of 9 and 12.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior.

The concept of identity is one of the most important ideas the social sciences have investigated in recent years, yet no introductory textbooks are available to those who want to gain a sense of this burgeoning field.

Vous ne vous reconnaissez plus, votre entourage non plus, tout a brûlé en vous.

Technology and Adolescent Health: In Schools and Beyond discusses how today's adolescents are digital natives, using technology at home and in school to access information, for entertainment, to socialize and do schoolwork.

The second edition of the handbook examines advances in therapeutic approaches for behavioral, developmental, and emotional problems in children.

This picture book and guidebook set has been developed to help raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder, and to highlight the impact of DLD from the child's point of view.

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent forms of psychopathology across the life span.

School-aged children in the U.

Sleep Time, part of the 'Words Together' series, has been created to support children to understand and use two-word sentences.

Exploration and play behaviour form the subject of thisbook, in which a wide range of research activities, boththeoretical and practical, are presented from variousfields.

Great Myths of Child Development reveals the latest evidence-based science behind the myths and misconceptions about the developing child.

There is a growing realization that many adolescents with hearing loss require special attention.

This book provides an in-depth understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological health of people and communities in India.

Jean Piaget was one of the most salient and inspirational figures in psychological and educational research of the 20th century.

This Element explains how different language learning settings dynamically affect bilingual children''s language learning trajectories.

Die Covid-19-Pandemie tangiert das Alltagserleben zahlreicher junger Menschen in Deutschland mitunter gravierend.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the KABC-II Now designed for children aged three to eighteen, the KABC-II is among the top tier of children's tests of cognitive ability.

Decades of research indicate the important connections among academic motivation and achievement, social relationships, and school culture.

Transform your culture of care using the innovative program Through the Looking Glass!

Classroom Interactions as Cross-Cultural Encounters is about native English speakers teaching English as a global language in non-English speaking countries.

This volume provides systematic, interdisciplinary, and intercultural impulses for a phenomenological pedagogy of emotions, feelings, and moods without subordinating them to the logocentric dualism of emotion and rationality.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depressed Adolescents provides clinicians, clinical supervisors, and researchers with a comprehensive understanding of etiological pathways as well as current CBT approaches for treating affected adolescents.

Fixing Gender uses psychoanalysis to explore the theoretical implications for the gendering of the human subject that arise from the situation of lesbians raising children from birth.

Gender: Psychological Perspectives synthesizes the latest research on gender to help students think critically about the differences between research findings and stereotypes, provoking them to examine and revise their own preconceptions.

This unique text offers an interdisciplinary collection of the most current articles concerning the scientific study of Child Health Psychology.

This book examines the relationship between educational psychology and neuropsychology.

With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade.

In der Umgangssprache wird das Wort »hysterisch« abwertend für alles Unechte, Theatralische, haltlos Übertriebene benutzt.

Good clinical practice is impossible without an understanding of the ways in which patients present their complaints.

This second edition reviews the new research findings and theoretical advances on fathers, families, child development, programs, and policies that have occurred in the past decade.

Developmental Trauma offers a comprehensive introduction to the research findings that help us understand the effects on human development of early childhood trauma and adaptation to stress.