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1 online resource (399 pages) |
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Advances in Child Development and Behavior Ser. 42 |
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Advances in Child Development and Behavior Ser. ; 42
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Advances in Child Development and Behavior; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Loneliness in Childhood: Toward the Next Generation of Assessment and Research; I. Introduction and Overview; A. Differentiating Loneliness from Related Psychological Experiences; II. Theoretical Perspectives on Loneliness; A. Evolutionary Perspectives; B. Psychodynamic Perspectives; C. Social Needs Perspectives; D. Cognitive Perspectives; III. The Assessment of Loneliness; A. Assessments Examining Loneliness as a Unitary Construct; 1. The UCLA Loneliness Scale |
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2. The Illinois Loneliness and Social Dissatisfaction QuestionnaireB. Assessments Examining Different Types or Forms of Loneliness; 1. The Louvain Loneliness Scale for Children and Adolescents; 2. Measures Assessing the Loneliness of Social Isolation and the Loneliness of Emotional Isolation; C. Promising Methods for Assessing Loneliness Without Including Hypothesized Causes; IV. A Brief Review of Loneliness Research with Children; A. Schools as an Ideal Context for Studying Loneliness; B. Peer Acceptance/Rejection; C. Friendship; D. Friendship Quality; E. Peer Victimization |
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V. Empirical Questions Still to be AddressedA. Are there Gender Differences in Loneliness?; B. What is the Developmental Course of Loneliness?; References; Chapter 2: Cognitive and Linguistic Correlates of Early Exposure to More than One Language; I. Introduction; II. Cognitive Correlates; A. Executive Functioning; B. Theory of Mind; III. Linguistic Correlates; A. Vocabulary Size; B. Word Learning; C. Lexical Access; D. Pragmatics; E. Metalinguistic Awareness; IV. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: The Legacy of Early Interpersonal Experience |
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I. Impediments to Consensus Regarding the Significance of Early Interpersonal Experiences in the Normative RangeII. Distinguishing Enduring from Revisionist Effects: Simulation Evidence; A. Early Experiences Matter in Enduring Ways; B. Early Experiences Do Not Matter in Enduring Ways; C. State of the Evidence; D. Modeling Alternative Developmental Processes; E. Summary; III. Meta-Analytic and Modeling Evidence for Enduring (and Revisionist) Effects of Early Experiences with Primary Caregivers; A. Meta-Analytic Research on the Predictive Significance of Early Attachment |
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B. Modeling Enduring Effects Versus Revisionist Processes in the NICHD SECCYDIV. Improving Causal Inference via the Unconfounding of Shared Genes and Environments; V. Conclusions and Future Directions; A. Uncovering the Mechanisms That Enable the Residue of Early Experiences to Persist Across Development; B. Potential Moderators; C. Extensions; References; Chapter 4: Some (But Not Much) Progress Toward Understanding Teenage Childbearing: A Review of Research from the Past Decade; I. Introduction; A. Teenage Childbearing as a Public Health Issue |
| Summary |
Volume 42 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series includes€9 chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area. A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including Loneliness in Childhood, The Legacy of Early Interpersonal Experience, The Relation Between Space and Math, and Producing and Understanding Prosocial Acts in Early Childhood. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students. 10 chapters that highlight some of the |
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II. International Differences in Teen Pregnancy and Childbirth |
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Print version record |
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Behavior disorders in children.
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Child development.
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Child psychology.
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Conduct disorders in children.
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Conduct disorders in children
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Behavior disorders in children
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Child development
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Child psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780123982858 |
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0123982855 |
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9780123943880 |
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0123943884 |
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