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Adolescent Psychiatry, V. 24

Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

• Edited by Aaron H. Esman.

Published November 1999

Launched in 1971, Adolescent Psychiatry promised "to explore adolescence as a process . . . to enter challenging and exciting areas that may have profound effects on our basic concepts." Further, they promised "a series that will provide a forum for the expression of ideas and problems that plague…
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The Nature of Adolescence. 3e

• By John C. Coleman, and Leo B. Hendry.

Published September 1999

Completely revised and thoroughly updated, this third edition of The Nature of Adolescence provides: An eclectic, balanced overview of research on normal adolescent development Discussion of the impact of social issues on adolescents New chapters on anti-social behaviour, health, coping and…
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Adolescence, Affect and Health

• By Donna Spruijt-Metz.

Published August 1999

Adolescence, Affect and Health covers the entire empirical cycle in adolescent health research and education. It describes in depth the development and evaluation of a health education programme designed to enhance everyday health-related behaviors in an adolescent population, and offers…
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The Health Care Setting As A Context for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse

A Special Issue of children's Health Care

• Edited by Keith L. Kaufman.

Published April 1999

This special issue was designed to explore the role of health care professionals in the assessment, treatment, and prevention of child maltreatment. The initial five articles were solicited to enhance our understanding of various forms of child maltreatment as well as approaches designed to…
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The Adolescent Experience

European and American Adolescents in the 1990s

• By August Flammer, and Francoise D. Alsaker.

Published December 1998

The opening of the borders to Eastern Europe has expanded our view on European diversities and offered new opportunities to examine the effects of the heterogeneity in European cultural backgrounds and political systems on personality and social development. This book is a first step in utilizing…
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Conflict and Cohesion in Families

Causes and Consequences

• Edited by Martha J. Cox, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn.

Published November 1998

Based on a summer institute of the Family Research Consortium, this book presents theory and research from leading scholars working on issues of risk and resilience in families. Focusing on the splits and bonds that shape children's development, this volume's primary goal is to stimulate…
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Adolescent Psychiatry, V. 23

Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

• Edited by Aaron H. Esman.

Published October 1998

Launched in 1971, Adolescent Psychiatry, in the words of founding coeditors Sherman C. Feinstein, Peter L. Giovacchinni, and Arthur A. Miller, promised "to explore adolescence as a process . . . to enter challenging and exciting areas that may have profound effects on our basic concepts." Further,…
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Studying Minority Adolescents

Conceptual, Methodological, and Theoretical Issues

• Edited by Vonnie C. McLoyd, and Laurence Steinberg.

Published June 1998

In the burgeoning research literature on adolescents, the relative paucity of work examining ethnic variations in developmental processes is a glaring gap, particularly because approximately one third of American young people now come from an ethnic minority background. A primary factor in this…
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Antisocial Behavior and Mental Health Problems

Explanatory Factors in Childhood and Adolescence

• By Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber and Welmoet B. Van Kammen.

Published June 1998

Epidemiological surveys have provided key information about the prevalence and degree of seriousness at different ages of a wide array of problem behaviors such as delinquency, substance use, early sexual involvement, and mental health disorders. Knowledge of the extent of these problems and…
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Empirically Supported Psychosocial Interventions for Children

A Special Issue of the journal of Clinical Child Psychology

• Edited by Christopher J. Lonigan, and Jean C. Elbert.

Published May 1998

Attempts to identify empirically supported psychosocial interventions for children with specific disorders and commentary on the state of the research literature in those areas.…
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