Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Age of Opportunity
Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
**“Simply the best book I have ever read about adolescence. . . With gentle wisdom, Steinberg guides us through truly novel findings on what happens during adolescence and tells us how, as parents and teachers, we should change our ways.” — Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph. D., author of The Optimistic...
Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence
A Neuropsychological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This text presents a comprehensive overview of the psychopathological disorders of childhood and adolescence from a brain-based perspective. Based upon the highly respected Handbook of Pediatric Neuropsychology, this text covers all of the major pediatric disorders described in the DSM-IV-TR, while...
Culture and Cognition
A collection of critical essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
The past few decades have seen a huge increase in global interest in psychology, with more psychologists, psychology programmes and students than ever before. Culture and Cognition: A collection of critical essays is made up of chapters written by experts in each topic, and is aimed at those wishing...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The period of adolescence involves growth, adaptation, and dramatic reorganization in almost every aspect of social and psychological development. The Encyclopedia of Adolescence offers an exhaustive and comprehensive review of current theory and research findings pertaining to this critical decade...
Inventing Ourselves
The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
A tour through the groundbreaking science behind the enigmatic, but crucial, brain developments of adolescence and how those translate into teenage behavior
The brain creates every feeling, emotion, and desire we experience, and stores every one of our memories. And yet, until very recently,...
Childhood and Adolescence: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Applications, 2nd Edition
Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
This comprehensive reference analyzes psychological and anthropological studies concerning child and adolescent development across cultures, digging into often-forgotten topics like street children, child soldiers, and parenting in war-torn countries.
• Considers parenting and childhood development...
Latina Girls
Voices of Adolescent Strength in the U.S.
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Latinas are now the largest minority group of girls in the country. Yet the research about this group is sparse, and there is a lack of information to guide studies, services or education for the rapidly growing Latino population across the U.S. The existing research has focused on stereotypical perceptions...
My Teenage Zombie
Resurrecting the Undead Adolescent in Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
A must-read guide for parents and grandparents who want to practically and successfully help their teenager navigate the ever-lengthening stage of adolescence launching them into society with confidence, vision, and success.
Zombies are not just found in horror movies, sometimes they’re lying...
De Blanche-Neige à Harry Potter, des histoires pour rebondir
La résilience en questions
Language: French
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Les contes de fées au service de la (re)construction de soi
Ce livre, on pourrait – ou plutôt, on devrait – le mettre entre toutes les mains. À travers l’analyse des contes de fées, sous la forme de dialogues vrais avec de jeunes ados de 13 ans, il nous fait entrer, par une porte...
Illegal Leisure Revisited
Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive ‘recreational’...
Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools
Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2004
Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools: Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents takes readers into the lives of urban and suburban adolescents for a close-up look at how they navigate the conflicting discourses and disciplinary practices of American cultural crosscurrents that flow through...
Fathers and Adolescents
Developmental and Clinical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
The understanding and study of fathers has traditionally assumed that fathers, compared to mothers, are less involved with their children. Originally published in 1997 Fathers and Adolescents presents a different approach that focuses on the distinctive role of fathers in the lives of their adolescents,...
Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood
Effective Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood provides a comprehensive, unparalleled insight into the UK Government’s highly successful Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (TPS) for England which reduced the under-18 pregnancy rate by well over 50%, and considers how the lessons from this policy can be applied...
by John C. Coleman
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
The fourth edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date introduction to all of the key features of adolescent development. While drawing on the North American literature on adolescence, it highlights European perspectives and also provides unique coverage of the topic by summarising...