Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Arenas of Comfort in Adolescence
A Study of Adjustment in Context
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Adolescence is a time when the social world expands, a time of increasing engagement beyond the family sphere to the school, the peer group, and the workplace. These contexts may present experiences that differ greatly in their tone and content, either contributing to or hindering satisfaction and...
Pathways Through Adolescence
individual Development in Relation To Social Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Adolescent researchers are increasingly aware that they must examine development both across time and across context. To do so, however, requires new conceptualizations and methodological approaches to the study of development, including attention to the pathways young people choose in adolescence...
Development from Adolescence to Early Adulthood
A dynamic systemic approach to transitions and transformations
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Traditionally, the subject of adolescent development has been explored using a stage based approach, often with an emphasis on the potential risks and problems of adolescence.
Taking a different approach, in this book the authors draw upon a wealth of research to examine the period of development...
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Theoretical and Clinical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
How do biological and environmental factors influence the development of childhood and adolescent disorders?
There has been a substantial increase of interest in research into child and adolescent psychopathology. In this book, Cecilia Essau brings together contributions from the UK, the US...
The Aggressive Adolescent
Clinical and Forensic Issues
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Maximize your effectiveness with troubled kids!
The Aggressive Adolescent: Clinical and Forensic Issues provides mental health professionals with a comprehensive text that covers both theoretical and practical applied knowledge of aggressive youth in a specific, problem-focused way. Through...
La pleine conscience chez l'enfant et l'adolescent
Programmes d’initiation et d'entraînement
Language: French
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Un guide pour les professionnels de l’enfance ou pour les parents qui souhaitent intégrer la pleine conscience dans le quotidien de leur enfant
Les approches psychologiques basées sur la pleine conscience connaissent actuellement un succès important. Il n’a donc pas fallu attendre longtemps...
L'Adolescent champion
Contrainte ou liberté
Language: French
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Adolescence, sport et succès, comment tout gérer ?Au centre de l’attention du public et des médias, le champion est désormais investi d’une fonction qui dépasse largement le champ sportif ; icône moderne, il véhicule une image de réussite sociale, particulièrement forte chez les jeunes....
Adolescent Medicine Today
A Guide to Caring for the Adolescent Patient
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Filled with short, succinct chapters written by experts in the field of Adolescent Medicine, this handbook covers the major health issues that practicing clinicians regularly encounter in the care of teens and young adults. From menstrual concerns and sexually transmitted infections, anxiety disorders...
Adolescence, Sexuality, and the Criminal Law
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Gain an understanding of the threat to freedom that is posed by state regulation of adolescent sexual behavior
Sexual autonomy encompasses both the right to engage in wanted sexual activity and the right to be free and protected from unwanted sexual aggression. Only when both aspects of adolescents’...
Adolescent Development
Longitudinal Research into the Self, Personal Relationships and Psychopathology
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
This groundbreaking book provides students and researchers with a unique overview of the longitudinal study of the development of young people from the ages of 12 to 25. It offers a comprehensive introduction into the multiple theories on the development of the self, personal relationships and psychopathology...
Treating the Unmanageable Adolescent
A Guide to Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
The problem of the out-of-control teenager demands immediate and effective attention from clinicians. As American town after town enacts curfew laws for minors and more and more teachers send youths for treatment, therapists are faced with an epidemic for which they often feel ill-prepared. In this...
The Thriving Adolescent
Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Positive Psychology to Help Teens Manage Emotions, Achieve Goals, and Build Connection
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Adolescents face unique pressures and worries. Will they pass high school? Should they go to college? Will they find love? And what ways do they want to act in the world? The uncertainty surrounding the future can be overwhelming. Sadly, and all too often, if things don’t go smoothly, adolescents...
by Christine B. McCormick, PhD, David G. Scherer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
This accessible text--now revised and updated--has given thousands of future educators a solid grounding in developmental science to inform their work in schools. The book reviews major theories of development and their impact on educational practice. Chapters examine how teaching and learning intersect...
Metacognitive Knowledge
Development, Application, and Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
An important goal in contemporary educational psychology research is adolescent students’ development of higher?order thinking, which includes, among other things, that these students become competent and independent learners and problem solvers. This goal comes forth from the notion of education for...