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Parenting Stress

by Deater-Deckard Kirby Deater-Deckard

18,55€ + 10% CARD

 All parents experience stress as they attempt to meet the challenges of caring for their children. This comprehensive book examines the causes and consequences of parenting distress, drawing on a wide array of findings in current empirical research. Kirby Deater-Deckard explores normal and pathological parenting stress, the influences of parents on their children as well as children on their parents, and the effects of biological and environmental factors.Beginning with an overview of theories of stress and coping, Deater-Deckard goes on to describe how parenting stress is linked with problems in adult and child health (emotional problems, developmental disorders, illness); parental behaviors (warmth, harsh discipline); and factors outside the family (marital quality, work roles, cultural influences). The book concludes with a useful review of coping strategies and interventions that have been demonstrated to alleviate parenting stress.
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First Three Years And Beyond - Brain Development And Social Policy

by Finn-Stevenson Matia Finn-Stevenson, Hall Nancy W. Hall e Zigler Edward F. Zigler

15,90€ + 10% CARD

 How much do children’s early experiences affect their cognitive and social development? How important is the parent’s role in child development? Is it possible to ameliorate or reverse the consequences of early developmental deficits? This vitally important book draws on the latest research from the social sciences and studies on the brain to answer these questions and to explore what they mean for social policy and child and family development.The authors affirm that sound social policy providing for safe and appropriate early care, education, health care, and parent support is critical not only for the optimal development of children, but also for strengthening families, communities, and the nation as a whole. Offering a wealth of advice and recommendations, they explain:• the benefits of family leave, child care, and home visitation programs;• the damage that child abuse inflicts;• the vital importance of nutrition (and breast feeding) for pregnant women and young children;• the adverse effects that occur in misguided efforts to disseminate research too early;• and more.Written by experts in the field of early child development, care, and education, the book is essential reading for parents and policymakers alike.
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Intelligence Of Apes And Other Rational Beings

by Rumbaugh Duane M. Rumbaugh e Washburn David A. Washburn

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 Identifies an advanced level of animal behaviour that reflects animals' natural and active inclination to make sense of the world. Rumbaugh and Washburn present a way to understand learning, intelligence and rational behaviour in both animals and humans.
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Improving Literacy In America - Guidelines From Research

by Bachman Heather J. Bachman, Connor Carol Mcdonald Connor e Morrison Frederick J. Morrison

36,44€ + 10% CARD

 An alarmingly high number of American students continue to lack proficiency in reading, math, and science. The various attempts to address this problem have all too often resulted in "silver bullet" solutions such as reducing class size or implementing voucher programs. But as the authors of this critically important book show, improving literacy also requires an understanding of complex and interrelated social issues that shape a child’s learning. More than twenty years of research demonstrate that literacy success is determined by a combination of sociocultural forces including parenting, preschool, classroom instruction, and other factors that have a direct impact on a child’s development.Here, Frederick J. Morrison, Heather J. Bachman, and Carol McDonald Connor present the most up-to-date research on the diverse factors that relate to a child’s literacy development from preschool through early elementary school. Urging greater emphasis on the immediate sources of influence on children, the authors warn against simple, single solutions that ignore other pivotal aspects of the problem. In a concluding chapter, the authors propose seven specific recommendations for improving literacy—recommendations that can make a real difference in American education.
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Stress And Hypertension - Examining The Relation Between Psychological Stress And High Blood Pressure

by Larkin Kevin T. Larkin

43,06€ + 10% CARD

 Does living a stress-filled life lead to elevated blood pressure? And if so, do strategies to better manage stress effectively lower blood pressure? In this authoritative and comprehensive book, Kevin T. Larkin examines more than a half-century of empirical evidence obtained to test the common assumption that stress is associated with the onset and maintenance of essential hypertension (high blood pressure).While the research confirms that stress does play a role in the exacerbation of essential hypertension, numerous other factors must also be considered, among them obesity, exercise, and smoking, as well as demographic, constitutional, and psychological concerns. The author discusses the effectiveness of strategies developed to manage stress and thereby lower blood pressure and concludes with suggestions and directions for further study.
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Social Support And Physical Health - Understanding The Health Consequences Of Relationships

by Uchino Bert N. Uchino

26,50€ + 10% CARD

 This state-of-the-art book examines the effect of social relationships on physical health. It surveys and assesses the research that shows not only that supportive relationships protect us from a multitude of mental health problems but also that the absence of supportive relationships increases the risk of dying from disease.
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Divorce - Causes And Consequences

by Brentano Cornelia Brentano e Clarke-Stewart Alison Clarke-Stewart

27,83€ + 10% CARD

 This comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with certainty about divorce and what remains to be learned about this socially and politically charged issue. Accessible to parents and teachers as well as clinicians and researchers, the volume examines the impact of marital breakup on children, adults, and society. Alison Clarke-Stewart and Cornelia Brentano synthesize the most up-to-date information on divorce from a variety of disciplinary perspectives with thoughtful analysis of psychological issues. They convey the real-life consequences of divorce with excerpts from autobiographies by young people, and they also include guidelines for social policies that would help to diminish the detrimental effects of divorce.
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Delinquency, Development, And Social Policy

by Brandt David E. Brandt

39,75€ + 10% CARD

 In this book, David E. Brandt examines the legal, psychological, and cultural issues relevant to understanding antisocial behavior in adolescence. Based on his own research and a broad analysis of recent work in the field, Brandt identifies the factors that are common in cases of delinquency.The discussion considers the long-term effects of social issues such as poverty as well as psychological issues such as the high levels of stress and anxiety suffered during childhood by many delinquents. He shows how a failure to meet the developmental needs of children—at both the family level and at a broader social and political level—is at the core of the problem of juvenile delinquency. Brandt concludes with an inquiry into how best to prevent delinquency. Programs that address the developmental needs of children, Brandt argues, are more effective than policing, juvenile courts, or incarceration.
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Suicidal Behavior In Children And Adolescents

by Wagner Barry M. Wagner

53,00€ + 10% CARD

 Presents an examination of the problem of suicidal behaviour within the context of child and adolescent behaviour. This title covers such developmental issues as: the evolving capacity for emotional self-regulation, change and stresses in family, peer, and romantic relationships, and developing conceptions of time and death.
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Adolescent Risk Behaviors - Why Teens Experiment And Strategies To Keep Them Safe

by Crooks Claire V. Crooks, Jaffe Peter G. Jaffe e Wolfe David A. Wolfe

46,38€ + 10% CARD

 Focuses on the role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers. This book examines the ways that healthy relationships can help teenagers avoid such common risk behaviours as substance abuse, dating violence, sexual assault and unsafe sexual practices. It also addresses the lack of effective prevention programmes for teenagers.
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Adolescent Risk Behaviors - Why Teens Experiment And Strategies To Keep Them Safe

by Claire V. Crooks, David A. Wolfe e Peter G. Jaffe

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 Focuses on the role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers. This book examines the ways that healthy relationships can help teenagers avoid such common risk behaviours as substance abuse, dating violence, sexual assault and unsafe sexual practices. It also addresses the lack of effective prevention programmes for teenagers.
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Stress And Hypertension - Examining The Relation Between Psychological Stress And High Blood Pressure

by Kevin T. Larkin

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Patient Adherence To Medical Treatment Regimens - Bridging The Gap Between Behavioral Science And Biomedicine

by Alan J. Christensen

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 A significant public health problem facing physicians today is the failure of patients to follow their prescribed treatment regimens, a phenomenon that results in treatment failures, increased morbidity and mortality, and enormous burdens to society and the economy.
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The Sage Of Sugar Hill - George S. Schuyler And The Harlem Renaissance

by Jeffrey Ferguson

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Delinquency, Development, And Social Policy

by David E. Brandt

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Investigative Pathways - Patterns And Stages In The Careers Of Experimental Scientists

by Frederic Lawrence Holmes

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 Holmes investigates scientific creativity, following the research pathways of outstanding scientists over the past three centuries, to find common features in their careers and their landmark discoveries, and shed light on the nature of long-term experimental research.
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Intelligence Of Apes And Other Rational Beings

by David A. Washburn e Duane M. Rumbaugh

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 Identifies an advanced level of animal behaviour that reflects animals' natural and active inclination to make sense of the world. Rumbaugh and Washburn present a way to understand learning, intelligence and rational behaviour in both animals and humans.
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Parenting Stress

by Kirby Deater-Deckard

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Childrenâ€™S Peer Relations And Social Competence - A Century Of Progress

by Gary W. Ladd

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 Examines the role of peer relationships in child and adolescent development by tracking research findings from the early 1900s to the present.
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Improving Literacy In America - Guidelines From Research

by Carol Mcdonald Connor, Frederick J. Morrison e Heather J. Bachman

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 A comprehensive look at our nation's literacy problem and a thoughtful guide for improvement.
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Affirmative Action Is Dead; Long Live Affirmative Action

by Faye J. Crosby

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 Americans still argue over the merits of affirmative action. This important book explains why.
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Social Support And Physical Health - Understanding The Health Consequences Of Relationships

by Bert N. Uchino

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The First Three Years And Beyond - Brain Development And Social Policy

by Edward F. Zigler, Matia Finn-Stevenson e Nancy W. Hall

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 Written for parents and social policymakers, this book draws on the latest brain research and social science findings to offer important advice on infant and toddler care.
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Suicidal Behavior In Children And Adolescents

by Barry M. Wagner

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 Presents an examination of the problem of suicidal behaviour within the context of child and adolescent behaviour. This title covers such developmental issues as: the evolving capacity for emotional self-regulation, change and stresses in family, peer, and romantic relationships, and developing conceptions of time and death.
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