102 books (6 pages) in this category
Predatory Priests, Silenced Victims
The Sexual Abuse Crisis and the Catholic Church
by Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea & Virginia Goldner
<p>The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church captured headlines and mobilized public outrage in January 2002. But much of the commentary that immediately followed was reductionistic, focusing on single "causes" of clerical abuse ...
ISBN: 9781136648403
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eBookPsychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice
The Second Century of the Talking Cure
by Ann G. Smolen, Gabriel Ruiz, M. Hossein Etezady & others
<p><em>Psychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice</em> serves as a guide for the novice, and a refresher for the expert, into the history and current status of major psychoanalytic concepts. Each chapter author, reviews the development of a ...
ISBN: 9781498577878
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eBookPsychosocial Development in Adolescence
Insights from the Dynamic Systems Approach
by E. Saskia Kunnen, Naomi M. P. de Ruiter, Bertus F. Jeronimus & others
<p>Over recent years, it has become clear that group-based approaches cannot directly be used to understand individual adolescent development. For that reason, interest in dynamic systems theory, or DST, has increased rapidly. <em>Psychosocial ...
ISBN: 9781351678322
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eBookby Leo B. Hendry & Marion Kloep
<p>How can we ensure that adolescent research is really assisting the optimal developmental transitions of young people, now and in the near future?</p> <p><em>Reframing Adolescent Research suggests that what is needed is a ‘paradigm-shift’, a ...
ISBN: 9781351367004
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eBookRereading Personal Narrative and Life Course
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 145
by Brian Schiff
<p>This volume reflects on the place of narrative interpretation in life course developmental theory. Featuring exciting chapters by the leading figures in narrative psychology, it provides insights on the narrative character in early childhood,
ISBN: 9781118984864
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eBookThe Ultimate Teen Guide
by Judy Dodge Cummings
<p>Life as a teenager can be tough. Pressures from school, expectations from parents, fitting in with peers, and facing self-doubt are just a few things that can weigh heavily on a teen’s shoulders. While some young adults seem to thrive on ...
ISBN: 9781442246683
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eBookThe digital generation
by Meredith Temple-Smith, Susan Moore & Doreen Rosenthal
<p><em>Sexuality in Adolescence: The Digital Generation</em> provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of research and theory about adolescent sexuality in today’s world. The book examines biological, social and health-related approaches ...
ISBN: 9781317909583
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eBookThe Ultimate Teen Guide
by Ph. J. D Carducci & Lisa Kaiser
<p>Although shyness is a very common trait and almost everyone experiences it at some level, it’s often misunderstood. That’s because few of us ask about the frustration, anxiety, pain, and triumphs in the life of a shy person. These experiences
ISBN: 9781442230477
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eBookSocial Cognition in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Integrating the Personal, Social, and Educational Lives of Young People
by Sandra Bosacki
<p>Bridging psychological theory and educational practice, this is an innovative textbook on the emotional and social aspects of young people’s development. Bosacki’s ***Social Cognition in Middle Childhood and Adolescence, First Edition***moves
ISBN: 9781118938027
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eBookSocial Values and Moral Intuitions
The World-Views of "Millennial" Young Adults
by Gary S. Gregg
<p>Millennials have been stereotyped as both "entitled slackers" and "the next greatest generation." This study uses depth interviews to offer a scholarly and balanced account of young adults’ values and world-views. It ...
ISBN: 9781351757584
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eBookSocial Work and Human Problems: Casework, Consultation and Other Topics: Social Work Series
by Irvine, Elizabeth E.
<i>Social Work and Human Problems: Casework, Consultation and Other Topics</i> is a five-part book that first discusses the aspects of casework in social work. Part II details the consultation and mental health education. Parts III and IV ...
ISBN: 9781483140865
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eBookTeenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood
Effective Policy and Practice
by Alison Hadley
<p><em>Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood</em> 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 ...
ISBN: 9781315516592
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eBookThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Workbook
by Sean Covey
<p>This completely updated and redesigned personal workbook companion to the bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens provides engaging activities, interactives and self-evaluations to help teens understand and apply the power of the 7
ISBN: 9781633533998
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eBookChanges in learning, decision-making and social relations
by Eveline A. Crone
<p>In recent years there have been tremendous advances in understanding how brain development underlies behavioural changes in adolescence. Based on the latest discoveries in the research field, Eveline A. Crone examines changes in learning, ...
ISBN: 9781317517689
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eBookby Patricia Noller & Victor Callan
<p>Adolescence can be a difficult time for all concerned. Issues such as high youth unemployment, sexual behaviour and drug abuse have made it a matter of great concern for the community at large, whether as parents, politicians or those working
ISBN: 9781317359296
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eBookThe Adulteration of Children’s Sports
Waning Health and Well-Being in the Age of Organized Play
by Kristi Erdal
<p><em>The Adulteration of Children’s Sports</em> explores current behavioral and physiological research about how children’s organized sport has changed; how adults’ goals and needs are at the heart of those changes; and the consequences of ...
ISBN: 9781498571524
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eBookThe Golden Key To Achieve Lasting Happiness and Success
by Sonia Shah
<p>Many of us feel lost, unsure and confused about our own needs and goals. We struggle to meet expectations and gain approval, and we battle with recurrent thoughts of past regrets. Even when we discover our goals, we deal with criticism, ...
ISBN: 9780648546115
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eBookMoral Development in a Chinese Preschool
by Jing Xu
<p>Chinese academic traditions take <em>zuo ren</em>—self-fulfillment in terms of moral cultivation—as the ultimate goal of education. To many in contemporary China, however, the nation seems gripped by moral decay, the result of rapid and ...
ISBN: 9781503602472
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eBookThe Great Autism Redemption Book I
by Travis Breeding
<p>Travis has a chance to redeem himself after struggling with years of mental illness that led to him having a negative attitude toward autism. Thinking he could never get a girlfriend having autism he wanted to cure his autism. After help from
ISBN: 9780463860175
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eBookThe Impact of Multiple Childhood Trauma on Homeless Runaway Adolescents
by Michael DiPaolo
<p>Originally published in 1999, the author addresses the American tragedy of some two million youth running away from home each year. This title proposes a model for examining the relationship between multiple types of childhood trauma – ...
ISBN: 9781317359562
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