Developmental Psychology Arena

Nature and Nurture

The Complex Interplay of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Human Behavior and Development

• Edited by Cynthia Garcia Coll, Elaine L. Bearer, Richard M. Lerner

What does it mean to find a gene or set of genes that are associated with ADHD, schizophrenia, or autism? Could we eradicate such diseases...

Published December 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Biological and Social Determinants of Child Development

A Special Double Issue of developmental Neuropsychology

• Edited by Susan H. Landry

The Biological and Social Determinants of Child Development stimulates cross-disciplinary communication and research collaboration in the field of child development. While the papers in this...

Published November 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Emotional Development in Psychoanalysis, Attachment Theory and Neuroscience

Creating Connections

• Edited by Viviane Green

Emotional Development in Psychoanalysis, Attachment Theory and Neuroscience is a multi-disciplinary overview of psychological and emotional development, from infancy through to adulthood. Uniquely, it...

Published October 23rd 2003 by Routledge.

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Play in Child Development and Psychotherapy

Toward Empirically Supported Practice

• By Sandra Walker Russ

Child psychotherapy is in a state of transition. On the one hand, pretend play is a major tool of therapists who work with children. On...

Published September 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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The Question of Identity Structure

A Special Issue of identity

• Edited by Charles Levine

The Question of Identity Structure is a stimulating collection of articles discussing the construct of structure and the ways in which it can be considered...

Published June 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Beyond the Self

Perspectives on Identity and Transcendence Among Youth:a Special Issue of applied Developmental Science

• Edited by James L. Furrow, Linda M. Wagener

Beyond the Self grew out of a conference of developmental scientists who examined the ways that young people were developing understandings of self that anchored...

Published June 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Development of Movement Coordination in Children

Applications in the Field of Ergonomics, Health Sciences and Sport

• Edited by Geert Savelsbergh, Keith Davids, John van der Kamp, Simon J. Bennett

Co-ordination of movement plays a key role in human development and is an important area in sport and health sciences. This book looks in detail at...

Published May 22nd 2003 by Routledge.

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Connectionist Models of Development

Developmental Processes in Real and Artificial Neural Networks

• Edited by Philip T. Quinlan

Connectionist Models of Development is an edited collection of essays on the current work concerning connectionist or neural network models of human development. The...

Published May 22nd 2003 by Psychology Press.

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Conduct and Oppositional Defiant Disorders

Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatment

• Edited by Cecilia A. Essau

Recent decades have seen a steady rise in the incidence of antisocial behavior in youth. Possible direct consequences aside, such behavior is predictive of chronic...

Published May 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Regression Periods in Human infancy

• Edited by Mikael Heimann, Frans X. Plooij

Regression periods play a central role in the psychological development of the human baby. Studies of infants have identified 10 periods of regression, or a...

Published May 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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