Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

Groups for parents, babies and toddlers, spanning the 1001 critical days from late pregnancy up to age two, are an effective way of supporting expectant and new parents by helping them to become more attuned, sensitive and empathic towards their child.

Using psychological theory as a basis, Socializing Children through Language examines naturally occurring conversations between mothers and children in the context of achievement, self-regulation, food consumption, and television watching to illustrate how families of different socioeconomic means interact and discuss a variety of topics in the home.

Global capitalism has created the problems of our time.

In Zeiten von multiplen Krisen wie der Klima- und Biodiversitätskrise, dem Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine, den Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie, Inflation und Energiekrise berichten Kinder und Jugendliche eine deutliche höhere psychische Belastung.

This text is the first holistic research overview and practical methodological guide for social network analysis in second language acquisition, examining how to study learner social networks and how to use network data to predict language learner behavior and identity.

This definitive handbook is now in an extensively revised third edition with many all-new chapters and new topics.

Published in 2001, Conditions for Optimal Development in Adolescence is a valuable contribution to the field of Developmental Psychology.

Researchers and theoreticians commonly acknowledge the profound impact of culture on all aspects of development.

Critiquing the positioning of children from non-dominant groups as linguistically deficient, this book aims to bridge the gap between theorizing of language in critical sociolinguistics and approaches to language in education.

Despite the marked increase in anxiety, depression, and suicidal behaviour among school-aged youth, millions of children with mental health needs never receive treatment.

This volume brings together leading scholars on immigrant youth to discuss current research and its implications for policy and intervention.

"e;Bertram and Kerns present a compelling imperative for evidence based practice.

Now in its second edition, Introduction to Human Development and Family Science was the first text to introduce human development and family studies (HDFS) as inextricably linked areas of study.

This volume brings together studies, research syntheses, and critical commentaries that examine play-literacy relationships from cognitive, ecological, and cultural perspectives.

Fully updated throughout, this new edition provides a comprehensive exploration of how children acquire a first language effectively.

This book was first published in 1979.

Franziska Eller investigated the effectiveness of individualized Neurofeedback training in addition to a comprehensive basic neurodevelopmental therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

This book provides a comprehensive, in-depth and practical approach towards an understanding of the multitude challenges of adolescence in India.

This book provides a wide spectrum of research on young children's humor and illuminates the depth and complexity of humor development in children from birth through age 8 and beyond.

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Originally published in 1983, the main aim of this volume was to suggest new ways of conceptualizing human development and new domains of theorizing and engaging in practice for those who were vitally concerned with the nature and value of human beings.

Early Childhood and Neuroscience is a practical guide to understanding the complex and challenging subject of neuroscience and its use (and misapplication) in early childhood policy and practice.

Covering core topics such as the development of attachment, social relations, cognitive and language development and social and cultural contexts of development, this introductory text addresses the core knowledge domain of developmental psychology.

It sometimes seems that it is difficult to pick up a current newspaper or a magazine without it containing a story about some behavioral characteristic for which it has been found that a gene is responsible.

Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we are.

Die bewusst sehr knapp gehaltene Übersicht über Methoden, Theorien und Erkenntnisse der Entwicklungspsychologie ist als Lehrtext für Ausbildungsgänge im sozialen, pädagogischen und medizinischen Bereich konzipiert.

As surprising as it may be to parents, young people today are immersed in porn culture everywhere they look.

A Life Worth Living brings together the latest thought on Positive Psychology from an international cast of scholars.

The majority of research on eyewitness memory has traditionally studied children and young adults.

This is the third book in a series of Across the Life Span volumes that has come from the Biennial Life Span Development Conferences.

This volume provides a different perspective on the global changes that have transformed school-to-work transitions since the 1970s.

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities provides an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, and syndromes, etc.

Interpersonal rejection ranks among the most potent and distressing events that people experience.

The DSM-5 promises to be a major reformulation of psychopathology, and no section is likely to change diagnostic practice more than that of personality pathology.

First published in 1923, this book explores the impact on development that heredity and environment has on children.

This unique book presents current research on how young children perceive and think about their own and others'' bodies.

Are we born selfish or primed to help others?

Autobiographical memory and narrative define self as coherent and continuous and are at the interface of individual and culture.

For fifty years Barbel Inhelder (1913-1997) was the research companion of Jean Piaget.

Using the highly influential working memory framework as a guide, this textbook provides a clear comparison of the memory development of typically developing children with that of atypical children.

This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children whose parents are going through a separation.

Following the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, a number of prominent academics, journalists, and activists were quick to pronounce the demise of neoliberal capitalism and governance.

In a period in which the future of the European Union is subject to increased scrutiny, it is more vital than ever that the thoughts and views of younger generations are considered.

Synthesizing decades of influential research and theory, Michael Lewis demonstrates the centrality of consciousness for emotional development.

Clinician's Toolkit for Children's Behavioral Health provides a wealth of clinical tools, best practices, and research-based recommendations on the behavioral health of children.

Those working within the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) encounter potential ethical dilemmas on a daily basis.

At the beginning of the 1980s, the previous few decades had been characterised by a 'population explosion' amongst the older age groups.

This special issue highlights how social psychology can further the understanding of important social, health, interpersonal, and intergenerational issues facing people as they age.