| Description |
1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Series |
Psychology Revivals Series |
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Psychology Revivals Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Shortening the Odds in a Tall World -- Chapter 1 Longitudinal Evaluation of Behavior Patterns in Children with Short Stature -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Chapter 2 Academic and Emotional Difficulties Associated with Constitutional Short Stature -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Chapter 3 Effects of Short Stature on Social Competence -- Methods -- Instruments -- Subjects -- Results -- Discussion |
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Chapter 4 Psychosocial Aspects of Short Stature: The Day to Day Context -- Society's View -- Self-View -- A Different Approach -- Implications -- Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 5 The Relationship of Academic Achievement and the Intellectual Functioning and Affective Conditions of Hypopituitary Children -- Sample Selection and Description -- Methods and Procedures -- Results -- Discussion -- Chapter 6 Long-Term Social Follow-up of Growth Hormone Deficient Adults Treated with Growth Hormone During Childhood -- Study Design -- Results -- Discussion |
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Chapter 7 Post-Treatment Follow-up of Growth Hormone Deficient Patients: Psychosocial Status -- Description of Sample -- Methods and Procedures -- Results -- Discussion -- Chapter 8 Psychosocial Impact of Long-Term Growth Hormone Therapy -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Cognitive Development in Turner Syndrome -- General Intellectual Functioning -- Cognitive and Neuropsychological Functions -- The Relationship Between Somatic Features of TS and Intelligence -- Implications and Conclusions |
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Chapter 10 Turner Syndrome Versus Constitutional Short Stature: Psychopathology and Reactions to Height -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Chapter 11 The Effects of Growth on Intellectual Function in Children and Adolescents -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Chapter 12 Environmentally Based Failure to Thrive: Diagnostic Subtypes and Early Prognosis -- Method -- Assessment Procedures -- Results -- Analysis of Individual Differences: Duration and Severity -- Implications |
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Chapter 13 Environment and Intelligence: Reversible Impairment of Intellectual Growth in the Syndrome of Abuse Dwarfism -- Nature of the Syndrome of Abuse Dwarfism -- IQ Change and Environment -- IQ Data in the Syndrome of Abuse Dwarfism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14 Size Versus Age: Ambiguities in Parenting Short-Statured Children -- Contributions of the Preexisting Parent-Infant Relationship -- Interaction Between Self and the Environment -- Short Stature as a Chronic Condition -- Impact of Short Stature on the Child and Family -- Intervention -- Summary -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Originally published in 1986, this title brought together researchers and practitioners in the field. It was hoped that it would advance understanding of the social and psychological experience of growth delay and increase the odds that medical and psychological intervention would produce the most desirable outcome |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Underwood, Louis E
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| ISBN |
9781040025550 |
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1040025552 |
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