This brand new text is the first and only comprehensive introduction to attachment research and theory. The book is written for the undergraduate or graduate course in attachment, or could be used as a supplementary text for a variety of developmental courses. The book explains theory, research methodology, research results, and discusses both healthy and pathological development in infancy, childhood, adolescence and the adult years. The text is organized into four units. Unit I tells the story...
Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care (Adolescence and Society)
by Bernadine Brady, Pat Dolan, and Caroline McGregor
Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care offers a rich exploration of the theory, research and practice relating to youth mentoring as a means of essential social support. Brady, Dolan and McGregor ground their work on the premise that the informal social support provided through a high-quality mentoring relationship can help young people in care to sustain positive mental health, cope with stress and fulfil their potential through adolescence and into adulthood. It provides an up-t...
I practise my shock-horror face in the mirror for the seventh time. 'My husband, he's . . . dead.' Bethan Phillips has only one thing on her mind: killing her rich and elderly husband for his fortune. But after several thwarted attempts, it is a horrific accident while holidaying together in Snowdonia that takes Humphrey down. Now she must pretend he's alive, continuing social gatherings alone under the guise he is undertaking business abroad. Because someone witnessed her leaving Humphrey to...
Parents and Children Communicating with Society Managing Relationships Outside of Home (Communication)
Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence
by Gerald R. Adams and Michael D. Berzonsky
This advanced text for psychology, human development, and education provides students with state-of-the-art overviews of the discipline in an accessible, affordable format. Unique both in the depth of its coverage and in the timeliness of the research that it presents, this comprehensive text conveys the field of child and adolescent development through the voices of scientists who themselves are now shaping the field.
This unprecedented look into the lives of young boys is a parent's key to understanding the hidden hopes, fears, pains, and passions of their sons. Male teenage cliques have always existed, but they have come a long way since the days when most adolescents could be lumped together as 'Druggies', 'Nerds' etc. For this timely book, investigative journalist Malina Sava travelled across America, meeting boys from varying socio-economic backgrounds and geographic regions, introducing readers to the n...
Youth Without Family to Lean On
Youth Without Family to Lean On draws together interdisciplinary, global perspectives to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics, dynamics, and development of youth (aged 15–25) who have no family to lean on, either practically or psychologically.In this timely volume, Mozes and Israelashvili bring together leading international experts to present updated knowledge, information on existing interventions, and unanswered questions in relation to youth without family to lean on, in pu...
En este magnífico libro, el doctor David Bueno, biólogo y neuroeducador de prestigio mundial, nos invita, de forma magistral y amena, a descubrir qué sucede en el cerebro de los adolescentes con la intención de conocerlos y entenderlos. A lo largo de estas páginas encontraremos información valiosa que nos ayudará a estimularlos y empoderarlos, a darles ejemplo, a ser respetuosos con sus ritmos de maduración, a apoyarlos emocionalmente cuando lo precisan y, en suma, a entender la adolescencia co...
Constructing Meaning through Religious Coping
by Laura Becker, Samuel Marwit, and John Chibnall
Readings in Adolescent Development and Behaviour
by John Paul Hill and Jev Shelton
Using photocopiable and electronic resources, Erica Frydenberg provides teachers with strategies that will enable students to combat stress and depression in the classroom. Depression is being experienced in epidemic proportions in many Western societies, and there is great concern over the number of young people who are suffering, sometimes to the extent of committing suicide. This book aims to help prevent stress and depression by taking a positive approach to the promotion of health and well...
Learning and the Brain
Nearly 100 entries describe current brain research as it relates to education, as well as the relationship between the brain and learning and instructional strategies. Over 100 expert authors contributed to this work, covering the cognitive, social/emotional, and physical aspects of learning as the brain develops. Topics include: brain development, learning, curriculum, at-risk, classroom management, culture, emotion, foods, intelligence, learning environments, learning challenges, learning theo...
Biology of Adolescent Behavior & Development