Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Wildhood
The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
A revelatory investigation of human and animal adolescence and young adulthood from the New York Times bestselling authors of Zoobiquity.
With Wildhood, Harvard evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and award-winning science writer Kathryn Bowers have created an entirely new way...
by Peter K Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Adolescence is a turbulent period to live through, and a time of importance and concern to parents, teachers, and social workers. Marking the transition from the world of childhood to adult life, the adolescent faces many challenges and opportunities, including forming their own identity, relating...
Girls Rising
A Guide to Nurturing a Confident and Soulful Adolescent
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
This guide for adults working with adolescent girls will help them explore and develop their emotional, social, and spiritual selves.
Young people are hungry and capable of engaging in meaningful explorations of themselves and the world around them. Adolescent girls especially have a deep desire...
Adolescence
The Crises of Adjustment
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
In this volume and its companion Adolescence and Breakdown, originally published in 1975, members of the Adolescent Department at the Tavistock Clinic and of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, together with other leading experts on the subject, present a unique study of adolescence.
Of...
by Peter Mitchell, Fenja Ziegler
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology.
The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including:
Are...
Childhood Re-imagined
Images and Narratives of Development in Analytical Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2008
What can Jungian psychology contribute to understanding children and childhood?
Childhood Re-imagined considers Carl Jung's psychological approach to childhood and argues that his symbolic view deserves a place between the more traditional scientific and social-constructionist views of development....
Pride in the Projects
Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2008
Teens in America’s inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience,...
by Les B. Whitbeck
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
What happens to homeless and runaway adolescents when they become adults? This is the first study that follows homeless youth into young adulthood and reviews the mental health consequences of runaway episodes and street life. The adolescents were interviewed every three months for three years from...
Genetics of Psychological Well-Being
The role of heritability and genetics in positive psychology
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
'In the past decade there has been an explosion of research into the psychology of well-being. While we know that psychological well-being is partly heritable, it is only recently that researchers have started to investigate the specific genetic factors that influence well-being. Such research explores...
Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, Volume 38
Culture and Developmental Systems
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
The latest on child psychology and the role of cultural and developmental systems
Now in its 38th volume, Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Culture and Developmental Systems contains the collected papers from the most prestigious symposia in the field of child development. Providing scholars,...
Easing Their Stress
Helping Our Girls Thrive in the Age of Pressure
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Today’s teenage girls are in a pressure cooker of expectation. They are told to excel in academics, juggle extracurricular activities, become popular, look great and get into an elite college. As a result they are experiencing debilitating stress that threatens their health and well-being,...
by Aaron M. White, Ph.D., Scott Swartzwelder
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Groundbreaking developments in adolescent brain research underpin this straightforward guide to understanding—and dealing with—teen behavior.
Adolescence has long been characterized as the “storm and stress” years, and with recent developments in digital communication, it seems today’s...
Why Do They Act That Way? - Revised and Updated
A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
In this national bestseller, acclaimed, award-winning psychologist Dr. David Walsh explains exactly what happens to the human brain on the path from childhood into adolescence and adulthood. Revealing the latest scientific findings in easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Walsh shows why moodiness, quickness...
REPAIR For Teens
A Program for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
R.E.P.A.I.R. is a Six-Stage Program for abuse survivors that will transform your life forever!
Recognize and accept your adult problems stemming from childhood sexual abuse.
Enter into a commitment to transform your life.
Process your issues with tools and techniques that will...