Developmental Psychology Arena

Is There Life Without Mother?

Psychoanalysis, Biography, Creativity

• By Leonard Shengold

In this richly textured study of personal growth and creativity hemmed in by childhood disaster, Shengold compares the differing gifts and differing solutions of extraordinary...

Published December 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Adolescent Psychiatry, V. 25

Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

• Edited by Aaron H. Esman

Volume 25 of The Annals is a timely reprise on developmental, psychotherapeutic, and forensic issues that enter into the evaluation and treatment of adolescents. It...

Published November 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Development of the Corpus Callosum and Interhemispheric Interactions

A Special Issue of developmental Neuropsychology

• Edited by Warren S. Brown, Marie T. Banich

This special issue examines recent advances in our understanding of how interaction between the cerebral hemispheres can change with age. The articles investigate some of...

Published November 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Time and Intimacy

A New Science of Personal Relationships

• By Joel B. Bennett

There is a mysterious connection between our experiences of intimacy--of love, the longing to feel connected, and sexual embrace--and the human sense of time--eternity, impermanence,...

Published November 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Obedience to Authority

Current Perspectives on the Milgram Paradigm

• Edited by Thomas Blass

Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience to authority are among the most important psychological studies of this century. Perhaps because of the enduring significance of the...

Published November 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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To Dance the Dance

A Symbolic Interactional Exploration of Premarital Sexuality

• By F. Scott Christopher

This pioneering monograph integrates the major research findings of the past four decades and offers a new model for the study of human sexuality. The...

Published September 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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The Effects of Early Adversity on Neurobehavioral Development

• Edited by Charles A. Nelson

There has been a burgeoning of interest in the relation between biological development--particularly brain development--and behavioral development. This shift in focus does a better job...

Published September 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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The Effects of Quality Care on Child Development

A Special Issue of applied Developmental Science

• Edited by Michael E. Lamb

The papers in this special issue reflect the current status of research on the association between quality of care and children's adjustment while pointing toward...

Published September 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Promoting Adolescent Development in Community Context

Challenges To Scholars, Nonprofit Managers, and Higher Education. A Special Issue of applied Developmental Science

• Edited by Shepherd Zeldin, Linda Camino, Wendy Wheeler

The scholarships of discovery (empirical research) and application (community-based practice) are alone insufficient in creating the types of valid and relevant information necessary to understand...

Published August 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Promoting Adherence to Medical Treatment in Chronic Childhood Illness

Concepts, Methods, and Interventions

• Edited by Dennis Drotar

Based on a conference that assembled experts in the field of pediatric compliance in chronic illness, this book presents the latest data and conceptual models...

Published August 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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