"Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth, but until recently, questions of how and why adolescents emulate their peers were largely overlooked. This book presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior, and explores implications for intervention and prevention. Leading authorities share ..."
"From leading authorities, this volume presents a unique evidence-based group intervention for the 10–15% of children who are challenged by peer difficulties in elementary school. The book features 145 engaging full-color reproducible handouts, posters, and other tools. In addition to teaching core social skills (participation, communication, cooperation, good sportsmanship, conflict resolution), Friendship Group promotes emotional under ..."
"Most interventions for at-risk youth are group based. Yet, research indicates that young people often learn to become deviant by interacting with deviant peers. In this important volume, leading intervention and prevention experts from psychology, education, criminology, and related fields analyze how, and to what extent, programs that aggregate deviant youth actually promote problem behavior. A wealth of evidence is reviewed on deviant ..."
African American Family Life(1st Edition) Ecological and Cultural Diversity (Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy (Paperback)) by Vonnie C. Mcloyd, Nancy E. Hill, KennethA. Dodge Paperback, 348 Pages, Published 2007 by The Guilford Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59385-467-6, ISBN: 1-59385-467-6
"This volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key cultural and social processes. Comprehensive and authoritative, the book critically evaluate ..."
"Provides a developmental perspective of the regulation and dysregulation of emotion, in particular, how children learn about feelings and how they learn to deal with both positive and negative feelings. Emotion regulation involves the interaction of physical, behavioral, and cognitive processes in response to changes in one's emotional state. The changes can be brought on by factors internal to the individual (e.g. biological) or exter ..."
"This unique volume reports on the largest long-term preventive intervention study ever conducted with children at risk for serious violence and poor life outcomes. From kindergarten through 10th grade, Fast Track provided multicomponent interventions to support children, families, and schools in achieving positive social, emotional, and academic outcomes. The book explores the developmental processes associated with early aggression, de ..."
" Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth, but until recently, questions of how and why adolescents emulate their peers were largely overlooked. This book presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior, and explores implications for intervention and prevention. Leading authorities sha ..."
" Bringing together foremost experts, this book reviews groundbreaking gene–environment research and explores implications for clinical practice, prevention, and public policy. Presented is cutting-edge work on the interplay of genetic factors and childhood experiences in the development of mental disorders such as depression, conduct disorder, and schizophrenia. Essential topics include what scientists currently know about "susceptibili ..."
"Many child abuse prevention programs have targeted factors within the family, such as parenting skills. This book describes the next wave of prevention: the promotion of safer, healthier childrearing environments in entire communities. The contributors are leading authorities who illuminate how contextual factors—including poverty, chaotic neighborhoods, and lack of social supports—combine with family factors to place children at risk f ..."
"... 2006) Foundations for Self-Awareness: An Exploration Through AutismF R.
Peter Hobson, Gayathri Chidambi, Anthony Lee, and Jessica Meyer (SERIAL NO.
284, 2006) Our Children Too: A History of the First 25 Years of the Black Caucus
of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1973–1997F Diana T.
Slaughter-Defoe, Aline M. Garrett, Algea O. Harrison-Hale (SERIAL NO. 283,
2006) Parental Support, Psychological Control, and Behavi ..."
"Most interventions for at-risk youth are group based. Yet, research indicates that young people often learn to become deviant by interacting with deviant peers. In this important volume, leading intervention and prevention experts from psychology, education, criminology, and related fields analyze how, and to what extent, programs that aggregate deviant youth actually promote problem behavior. A wealth of evidence is reviewed on deviant ..."
Children's Peer Relations(1st Edition) From Development to Intervention (Decade of Behavior) by Janis B. Kupersmidt, KennethA. Dodge Hardcover, 289 Pages, Published 2004 by American Psychological Association (Apa) ISBN-13: 978-1-59147-105-9, ISBN: 1-59147-105-2
"Children's Peer Relations is a compilation of virtually everything that is known about the association between children's peer relations and the development of peer rejection, aggression, and antisocial behavior. Looking beyond the peer rejection process, this volume also covers dyadic relationships, cliques, and associations with difference types of peers as well as the effects of family influences. It is comprehensive in covering the ..."
"Provides a developmental perspective of the regulation and dysregulation of emotion, in particular, how children learn about feelings and how they learn to deal with both positive and negative feelings. Emotion regulation involves the interaction of physical, behavioral, and cognitive processes in response to changes in one's emotional state. The changes can be brought on by factors internal to the individual (e.g. biological) or extern ..."
African American Family Life(1st Edition) Ecological and Cultural Diversity (Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy (Hardcover)) by Vonnie C. Mcloyd, Nancy E. Hill, KennethA. Dodge Hardcover, 348 Pages, Published 2005 by The Guilford Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57230-995-1, ISBN: 1-57230-995-4
"This volume offers new perspectives on the cultural, economic, and community contexts of African American family life. Recognizing the diversity of contemporary African American families, leading experts from different disciplines present the latest knowledge on such topics as family formation, gender roles, child rearing, care of the elderly, and religious practices. Particular attention is given to how families draw on cultural resour ..."
RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: Using Administrative Data for Science and Policy by Andrew M. Penner, KennethA. Dodge Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2019 by Russell Sage Foundation ISBN-13: 978-0-87154-759-0, ISBN: 0-87154-759-7
"They show that network recruitment increases women's representation strongly at lower job levels, and to a lesser extent at higher levels. Researchers now have unprecedented access to administrative data."
"Journal of Primary Prevention, 27, 433–444. Black, E., Panzer, R. J., Mayewski,
R. J., & Griner, P. F. (1991). Characteristics of diagnostic tests and principles for
their use in quantitative decision making. In R. Panzer, E. R. Black, & P. F. Griner
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"From leading authorities, this volume presents a unique evidence-based group intervention for the 10–15% of children who are challenged by peer difficulties in elementary school."
" These timely, cutting-edge articles allow instructors to bring their students real-world perspective–from a reliable source–about today's most current and pressing issues in child psychopathology. "
"Haridhan Goswami is Senior Lecturer in sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has expertise in research with children's and young people's subjective well-being, survey design, testing reliability and validity of data ..."