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Applied Research in Child and Adolescent Development
A Practical Guide
- By Valerie Maholmes, and Carmela Gina Lomonaco.
Published April 2010
Developed for an NIH training institute, this volume is organized around the most frequently asked questions by researchers starting their careers in applied research in child and adolescent development. With contributions from the leading scholars in the field, actual research experiences…
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What Every Man Should Know About Being a Dad
- By David Cohen.
Published June 2009
When a man becomes a father, it can be a very daunting time. He is suddenly thrust into a new and emotional world. He can feel unprepared (despite the preceding nine months of build-up), useless (despite all the "uses" the mother of his child could offer him), and apprehensive. However, the new…
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Reclaiming Childhood
Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear
- By Helene Guldberg.
Published January 2009
Children are cooped up, passive, apathetic and corrupted by commerce… or so we are told.
Reclaiming Childhood confronts the dangerous myths spun about modern childhood. Yes, children today are losing out on many experiences past generations took for granted, but their lives have improved in so…
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Human Development from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood
Findings from a 20 Year Longitudinal Study
- Edited by Wolfgang Schneider, and Merry Bullock.
Published November 2008
Data generated from longitudinal studies allow researchers to better understand how context and experience interact with stable characteristics of the developing person over time. This book summarizes a landmark longitudinal study of 200 children, from the ages of 3 to 23. The Munich Longitudinal…
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Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality
- Edited by Robin M Mathy, and Jack Drescher.
Published October 2008
This book presents leading experts on the scientific study of gender, providing their views on what we know today about the relationship between gender nonconformity in childhood and future adult sexual identities or behaviors. This book explores the topic from a wide range of perspectives,…
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Immigrant Youth in European Countries
A Special Issue of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Edited by Dagmar Strohmeier, and Eva Schmitt-Rodermund.
Published July 2008
Today, many children and adolescents living in Europe have an immigrant background. For the first time, studies investigating youth belonging to several immigrant groups were collected to form a special issue on their situation. The papers presented here offer a comprehensive introduction …
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Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment
A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion
- Edited by Andy P. Field, Sam Cartwright-Hatton, Shirley Reynolds and Cathy Creswell.
Published May 2008
Despite the negative impact of anxiety in children, theories and research have lagged behind their adult counterparts. This special issue arose from an Economic and Social Research Council funded seminar series (Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment, CATTS).
It highlights four themes in theories and…
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Rethinking developmentalism in Early Childhood
Developmental Psychology and Post-modernity
- By Valerie Walkerdine.
Published April 2008
From Birth to Five Years
Children's Developmental Progress
- By Helen Cockerill, Mary D. Sheridan and Ajay Sharma.
Published November 2007
From Birth to Five Years, based on the pioneering work of Mary Sheridan, has become a classic guide to the developmental progress of pre-school children. It is widely recognised as an invaluable reference for professionals training or working in health, education and social care.
Features of…
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The Education-Drug Use Connection
How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and Delinquency
- By Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Peter Freedman-Doan and Emily E. Messersmith.
Published August 2007
Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences,…
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