Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

This book takes a radically new approach to the well-worn topic of children's relationship with the media, avoiding the "e;risks and benefits"e; paradigm while examining very young children's interactions with film and television.

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This book contributes to the studies on learning processes occurring outside "e;traditional"e; socialization settings such as family and school, by analysing civic and political participation and learning experiences.

This book presents up-to-date scientific information about alcohol based on Cox and Klinger's motivational model, which has been described as, "e;the most widely known and influential motivational model of alcohol use"e; (Cooper et al.

This book reflects on the various ways in which intelligence can manifest itself in the wide range of diverse contexts in which people live.

This sourcebook is an unparalleled resource in the field of family science.

This book examines current trends and practices in social skills instruction for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), focusing on empirical support of current practices and for which populations such practices have been most frequently evaluated (e.

This book provides a unique roadmap for the design of an effective emotional intelligence (EI) intervention adapted to the needs of translators.

This book describes and explains how digital technologies enter adolescents' everyday life and learning in different contexts and environments.

This book explores online resilience and safety from a new perspective, by drawing extensively upon the youth voice.

This handbook provides a substantive foundation of autism theory and research, including a comprehensive overview, conceptualization, and history of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD).

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the development of mathematical reasoning in both children and adults and to show how understanding the learner's cognitive processes can help teachers develop better strategies to teach mathematics.

This innovative book applies contemporary and emergent theories of identity formation to timely questions of identity re/formation and development in immigrant families across diverse ethnicities and age groups.

This book examines the similarities in children's short- and long-term development and adjustment when they have been separated from their parents because of larger institutional forces.

Each year, gun violence kills approximately 2,700 and injures approximately 14,500 children in the U.

This book presents the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), an eight-session home-delivered intervention designed to enhance overall maternal sensitivity to infant behavior between the third and the tenth month of life using video feedback and live modeling strategies.

This book analyzes how the increasing number of same-sex couples is changing the traditional concepts of family and parenthood, and how these changes affect the psychological studies of family, couple relationships and human development.

This book highlights the emerging research and policy development efforts to address child and adolescent behavioral health in Sub-Saharan Africa, where mental health policy is at an early stage and in need of context-specific attention to its successes and shortcomings.

This book analyzes the factors and mechanisms involved in the development and adaptation of children and adolescents to adverse and risky contexts in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.

This book addresses the lifelong effects of racism, covering its social, psychological, family, community and health impacts.

This edited volume is a compilation of 30 articles discussing what constitutes food for health and longevity.

This book seeks to break new ground in the way in which adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse is understood.

This book represents a broad integration of several major themes in psychology toward its unification.

This book examines resilience in childhood, focusing on positive functioning and development, often in the face of everyday difficulties and adversities.

This book examines belonging as a key protective factor for enhancing resilience for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

The second edition of this successful handbook, edited by well-known experts in this field, includes core questions in the field of child abuse and neglect.

This handbook examines research on youth suicide, analyzes recent data on suicide among adolescents, and addresses the subject matter as a serious public health concern.

Jaan Valsiner has made numerous contributions to the development of psychology over the last 40 years.

This book portrays an extensive and intensive discussion of theories and research that refer to Vygotsky's and Feuerstein's theories of mediated learning and their effects on learning potential and cognitive modifiability.

This brief investigates school shootings and their impact on individual, community, and societal levels.

This edited collection focuses on different aspects of everyday violence, harassment and threats in schools.

This book explores how technology can foster interaction between children and their peers, teachers and other adults.

This unique, multidisciplinary resource incorporates cutting-edge research and best practices in child welfare into a text that aims to teach and refine advanced child welfare skills for aspiring child welfare professionals.

This book is intended for medical and mental health clinicians faced with the challenge of evaluating adolescents and adults in the legal context who may have a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

This exciting new book brings fresh knowledge of affective pedagogies in early childhood education and care.

This book explains the psychological assessment process and reviews the origins of psychological testing, referral and testing processes, and prominent psychological assessment instruments.

This book examines theoretical considerations in the study of decision making as well as practical applications in social interpersonal domains for adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

This book advances an integrative approach to understanding the phenomenon of psychosocial maturation.

This is the first book in English to show how the work of Lev Vygotsky gave rise to a prolific and original school of cultural-historical psychology in Latin America.

This handbook examines positive youth development (PYD) in youth and emerging adults from an international perspective.

This book is the first to introduce applied behavioral, social, and health sciences researchers to a new analytic method, the time-varying effect model (TVEM).

This book addresses an important and relatively neglected topic in the scientific literature: individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have dealings with the legal system.

This book is based on the idea that increasing juvenile risk behaviours - like substance abuse, nonsuicidal self-injury, and antisocial or suicidal behaviour - allow adolescents to fulfill developmental tasks like identity-formation and regulation of self-worth.

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the development of mathematical reasoning in both children and adults and to show how understanding the learner's cognitive processes can help teachers develop better strategies to teach mathematics.

Recognizing the various ecological contexts that support children's development while amplifying voices from across the globe, this book challenges narrow interpretations of quality and best practice.

This book brings together the central tenets of William Stern's critical personalism.

This innovative and timely work explores how the developmental criminology paradigm can be applied to understandings beyond criminal careers, to the development of more general antisocial behavior.

 This volume examines repetitive and restrictive behaviors and interests (RRBIs) affecting individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

This book examines strategies for teaching adaptive behavior across the lifespan to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who regularly experience difficulty learning the skills necessary for daily living.

This book examines the modern pandemic of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE).