Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents

Amy B. Jordan , Daniel Romer

Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents brings together many of the field's most important scholars and media professionals to present cutting-edge theory and empirical research on both the benefits and risks to youth development. It examines the role that...

Auditory (Re)Habilitation for Adolescents with Hearing Loss

Jill Duncan , Elizabeth M. Fitzpatrick , Ellen A. Rhoades

There is a growing realization that many adolescents with hearing loss require special attention. Despite the benefits of early diagnosis, early amplification, and early intervention, some adolescents with hearing loss do not achieve age-equivalent developmental...

Emerging Adults' Religiousness and Spirituality

Mona M. Abo-Zena , Carolyn Mcnamara Barry

Although most American children are raised in a faith tradition, by the time they reach their early twenties their outward religious expression declines significantly, with many leaving the faith in which they were raised in favor of another faith or none at all, though...

Beyond Reason and Tolerance

Robert J. Thompson

The major challenges facing higher education are often framed in terms of preparing students for life-long learning. Society's 21st century needs require civic-minded individuals who have the intellectual and personal capabilities to constructively engage political,...

Developing Cognitive Control Processes

Maria D. Sera , Philip David Zelazo

The collected papers from the most prestigious symposia in the field of child development provide scholars, students, and practitioners with access to the work of key researchers in human development. This volume focuses on changes in our understanding of cogisnitive...

Sex, Metaphysics, and Madness

Jane Cook

With philosophy traditionally seen as the way to truth, wisdom and goodness, it is to metaphysics, logic and ethics that we have historically turned to solve personal, social, and existential dilemmas, and find peace and contentment. Rarely is it noted, however, that...

Special and Inclusive Education

Thérèse Day , Joseph Travers

This book fills a gap in the dissemination of practitioner research on special and inclusive education in Ireland. The successful implementation of an inclusive education policy is a process which depends largely on the attitudes, knowledge and competencies of teachers....

Positive Youth Development

Janette B. Benson , Jacqueline Lerner , Richard Lerner

Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students. - Includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area of Positive Youth...

Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth

Richard M. Lerner , Erin Phelps , Amy Eva Alberts Warren

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...

Encyclopedia of Adolescence

B. Bradford Brown , Mitchell J. Prinstein

The period of adolescence involves growth, adaptation, and dramatic reorganization in almost every aspect of social and psychological development.The Encyclopedia of Adolescence, Three Volume Set offers an exhaustive and comprehensive review of current theory and...

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior

Collectif

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents an overview of recent studies by leading researchers into key aspects of the development of problem behavior in girls. Integrates interdisciplinary research into girls’ problem behaviors (e.g. aggression, antisocial...

Adolescence

Dena Phillips Swanson , Malik C. Edwards , Margaret Beale Spencer

This edited textbook will be appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses and will serve as a comprehensive and timely introduction to the field of adolescent development, providing students with a strong foundation for understanding the...

Adolescent Addiction

Paul Delfabbro , Cecilia A. Essau

Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment presents a comprehensive review of information on adolescent addiction, including prevalence and co-morbidity rates, risk factors to addiction, and prevention and treatment strategies. Unlike other books that...

Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents

Craig A. Anderson , Katherine E. Buckley , Douglas A. Gentile

The Adolescent Experience

Gerald R. Adams , Carol A. Markstrom , Thomas P. Gullotta

The Adolescent Experience places the college student at the very heart of the book.The authors engage in a dialogue with the reader that is warm, caring, and often humorous as they write and share material about this time of life.The authors emphasize the role that...

Adolescence and Puberty

John Bancroft , June Machover Reinisch

This wide-ranging volume presents an in-depth picture of adolescent sexuality and behavior. As perhaps the most vital period in human development, adolescence is a time of complex, often difficult interactions between diverse influences. Here, nineteen scientists...