Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books

In seinem Alterswerk Der Sinn des Lebens fasste Adler seinen der Individualpsychologie zugrunde liegenden philosophischen Tenor zusammen. Der Ausdruck "Sinn des Lebens" hat bei Adler zwei verschiedene Bedeutungen: einmal den Sinn, den ein bestimmter Mensch in seinem Leben sucht und findet...

Research has documented the reciprocal effects of exceptionality and secondary psychosocial and behavioral characteristics. This in-depth handbook examines the categories of exceptionality most often described in educational, behavioral, and health practices. Leading authorities from psychology, education,...

Understanding Emotional Development provides an insightful and comprehensive account of the development and impact of our emotions through infancy, childhood and adolescence. The book covers a number of key topics: The nature and diversity of emotion and its role in our lives Differences between...

I have never stopped thinking and caring about Jean. As a psychology professor at a college in the San Francisco Bay Area, I told her story many times to students who were always deeply moved, had questions, and wanted to know more. Recently retired after almost three decades of teaching and mentoring...

What does a child’s ability to look where another is looking tell us about his or her early cognitive development? What does this ability—or lack thereof—tell us about a child’s language development, understanding of other’s intentions, and the emergence of autism? This volume assembles...

This book explores family-school partnerships and how they can be most effectively leveraged to ensure academic success for students from socioculturally diverse backgrounds. It presents an innovative framework for building collaborative learning partnerships with culturally diverse families, for...

Pediatric Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior, second edition is a skills-based book for mental health professionals working with children experiencing disorders of self-regulation. These children are highly sensitive to stimulation from the environment, emotionally reactive, and have difficulty...

Antes de discutir el comportamiento criminal, debemos definir el concepto de crimen. En términos generales, el crimen está definido por los actos, o los fallos al actuar, que determinada sociedad ha decidido castigar. Es una forma de prohibir la conducta que se considera en oposición a los intereses...

How Families Flourish, A workbook for family optimization, is a compilation of over sixty years of research from brilliant social scientists who posited theories, conducted laboratory studies and pushed their findings into real world applications. I take no credit for developing any individual theories...

This book discusses the relationship between juvenile disability and delinquency, including characteristics of youth with disabilities, how disability relates to delinquency, and its impact during a youth’s involvement with the juvenile justice system. The book details the relationship between developmental,...

This book addresses core issues related to school learning and the use of developmental/cognitive science models to improve school-based instruction. The contributors comprise a veritable "who's who" of leading researchers and scientists who are broadly trained in developmental psychology,...

The statistics are disturbing: steadily rising numbers of sedentary overweight children and obese teens, and a generation looking at a shorter life expectancy than their parents’. But while it may be obvious that physical fitness benefits both the mind and body, a growing research base is supplying...

Emotions are the common ground of child psychotherapy and a therapist's essential means of communication with children. Improved emotional resilience must be the shared therapeutic goal of all those who work with children and families. In Emotions in Child Psychotherapy, Kenneth Barish presents an...

Developmental Neuropsychology draws upon the research of Alexander Luria and Lev Vygotsky to present a comprehensive study of developmental neuropsychology from a Russian, and Western perspective. Janna Glozman offers a fresh and accessible analysis of Luria and Vygotsky’s collaboration, which greatly...