Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Lonely Children and Adolescents
Self-Perceptions, Social Exclusion, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
From texting and social networking sites to after-school activities, young people have many opportunities to interact with one another, and yet loneliness and isolation trouble today’s youth in increasing numbers. Many children and teens report feeling lonely even in the midst of family and friends,...
Piaget and His School
A Reader in Developmental Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Inhelder in her introduction. The reason for this unity is that explanatory adequacy can be attained only by exploring the formative and constructive aspects of development. To explain a psychologic reaction or a cognitive mechanism (at all levels, including that of scientific thought) is not simply...
Researching Families and Children
Culturally Appropriate Methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Researching Families and Children: Culturally Appropriate Methods highlights methodological issues that arise while conducting research on human development in India. This compilation deals with the dynamics of transacting research in the field, instead of providing formalized instructions on how...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
Volume 38 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series is concerned with the development of memory in the first years of life. It covers an introduction to normative development of memory during this period and an introduction of a means of assessing memory in preverbal infants--namely,...
Representation, Memory, and Development
Essays in Honor of Jean Mandler
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
A festschrift to honor Jean Mandler, this volume contains contributions from leading scholars focusing on the child's development of memory, visual representation, and language. It is appropriate for students and researchers in cognitive psychology, language acquisition, and memory.
Drawings in Assessment and Psychotherapy
Research and Application
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Drawing is a language, projected by children and adults, reflecting their joy and pain. It is used extensively by clinical psychologists, art therapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, adults, and couples. This book brings...
by Sue Jennings, Timothy Rodier, Julie Rose
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Therapeutic deep play has the capacity for children to express deep emotions, overcome seemingly insurmountable issues and resolve serious problems. Working with children in this profound way, therapists are able to not only eliminate symptoms, but to change the very structure of how children live...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Originally published in 1993, this title has contributions from many internationally respected experts from this field. The book covers the following areas: theories of development and etiology of depression; medical illness and depression; depression and other psychiatric conditions; treatment approaches...
Play and Art in Child Psychotherapy
An Expressive Arts Therapy Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Ellen G. Levine draws on her extensive experience in clinical settings to present a series of case studies that demonstrate how art-making and imaginary play can provide a space for children to metabolize their experiences. Each study is followed by an arts-based research discussion of the themes...
Beyond Nature-Nurture
Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Beyond Nature-Nurture: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates is a very special tribute to the University of California at San Diego psycholinguist, developmental psychologist, and cognitive scientist Elizabeth Ann Bates, who died on December 14, 2003 from pancreatic cancer. Liz was a force of nature;...
Gifted Education in Lebanese Schools
Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
This Brief discusses research about gifted education in Lebanese schools. It provides an overview of the latest theories, definitions, and practices used to identify gifted students in Lebanese schools. Chapters begin by providing background information on the status of gifted education in Lebanon...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
This volume presents the findings of a large-scale study of individual differences in spoken (and heard) language development during the school years. The goal of the study was to investigate the degree to which language abilities at school entry were stable over time and influential in the child’s...
by Kathleen Hague Armstrong, Julia A. Ogg, Ashley N. Sundman-Wheat
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
When a child has difficulties eating or sleeping, or throws frequent tantrums, many parents cross their fingers and hope it's a phase to be outgrown soon. But when they persist, challenging behaviors can follow children to school, contributing to academic problems, social difficulties, and further...
Finding Your Way with Your Baby
The emotional life of parents and babies
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Finding Your Way with Your Baby explores the emotional experience of the baby in the first year, and that of the mother, father and other significant adults. It does so in a way that is deeply informed by psychoanalytic understandings, infant observation, developmental science and decades of clinical...