Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Risks and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
In this volume, Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunities, top scholars in the field of family research examine the nature and origin of adolescents’ contemporary patterns of sexual and romantic relationships, spanning such diverse topics as the evolutionary...
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...
An Empirical Investigation into Child Abuse and Neglect in India
Burden, Impact and Protective Measures
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive overview of child abuse and neglect globally in general terms and with empirical evidence from Puducherry, India. The study unearths the reality concerning child safety and raises a number of questions about child safety measures at the institutional and family levels....
by Richard M. Lerner, Jasna Jovanovic
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
This volume focuses on concepts central to the understanding of the key features of individuality which undergo significant transformations throughout the adolescent period: Personality, self, and ego. While rooted in distinct theoretical traditions, these three concepts, in combination, capture the...
Summary & Study Guide - The Teenage Brain
A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Adolescents Are Not an Alien Species,
Just a Misunderstood One.
The must-read summary of “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults,” by Frances E. Jensen, MD.
This book explores how the adolescent brain functions in learning,...
Urban Girls Revisited
Building Strengths
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
Urban Girls, published in 1996, was one of the first volumes to showcase the lives of girls growing up in contexts of urban poverty and sometimes racism and violence. It spoke directly to young women who, often for the first time, were seeing their own stories and those of their friends explained...
The Perversion of Youth
Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Over the past two decades, concern about adolescent sex offenders has grown at an astonishing pace, garnering heated coverage in the media and providing fodder for television shows like Law & Order. Americans’ reaction to such stories has prompted the unquestioned application to adolescents of harsh...
by Laura Marie Prager, Abigail Louise Donovan M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Suicide by Security Blanket, and Other Stories from the Child Psychiatry Emergency Service: What Happens to Children with Acute Mental Illness takes the reader inside the child psychiatry emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. Each chapter highlights both the child's dilemma...
Caught in the Storm
Knowing and Acting when Teens Need Help
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
For teenagers, puberty is a difficult and troubling time. In the midst of physical and mental changes, they face new challenges and increased expectations. They also struggle to find their own identities. Sometimes, they emerge unscathed; other times, they become wounded and broken. More teens are...
Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth
Research Perspectives and Future Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth empirically explores the connections between spirituality and positive youth development through the research of a set of scholars from the wide array of scientific fields including biology, sociology, and theology. This unique handbook shows how to foster positive...
Adolescence and Body Image
From Development to Preventing Dissatisfaction
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Body image is a significant issue for the majority of adolescents. Anxieties relating to body image can be crippling across both genders, their debilitating effects sometimes leading to mental health problems. This important book is the first of its kind to focus specifically on adolescents, providing...
Saying Is Believing
The Necessity of Testimony in Adolescent Spiritual Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
"I have seen and I testify . . ." (John 1:34) The idea of giving one's testimony often evokes summer church camps, evangelistic revivals, mission trips and baptisms. Like an eyewitness called to testify in a courtroom, sharing a testimony of faith is for specific people at special moments....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Developmental Perspectives in Child Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy incorporates recent innovations in developmental theory and research into our understanding of the nature of change in child psychotherapy. Diverse psychoanalytic ideas and individual styles are represented, challenging the historical...
Developmental Transitions across the Lifespan
Selected works of Leo B. Hendry
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Choice Recommended Read
Leo B. Hendry is one of the foremost developmental psychologists of his generation. His diverse range of interests have included studies on young people’s involvement in competitive sports, investigations into teacher and pupil relations in school, adolescents’ leisure...