| Description |
xii, 263 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Understanding children's worlds |
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Understanding children's worlds.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. On Using Research. Sources of Decision Making. The Nature of Research -- Pt. II. Children and Their Families: Issues for Research and Practice. When do Children First Form Attachments to Other People? How Long Can the Formation of the First Attachment Be Delayed? When Does Maternal Bonding Occur? Is There a 'Blood Bond'? Are Children Born by the New Reproductive Technologies at Risk? Do Women Make Better Parents than Men? Do Children Need a Parent of Each Sex? Does Separation from Parents Cause Psychological Trauma? Does Maternal Deprivation Bring About Long-term Damage? Should Mothers Go Out to Work? Is Group Daycare Bad for Young Children? Are Children Harmed by their Parents' Divorce? Does Marital Conflict Affect Children's Well-being? Can Children Form Love Relationships to New Parent-figures? Does Parental Pathology Lead to Child Pathology? Do Early Problems Continue into Later Life? Does Family Poverty Affect Psychological Development? Who Becomes Antisocial? Is Physical Punishment Psychologically Harmful? Who are the Vulnerable Children? -- Pt. III. A View of Childhood. Some General Themes. A Concluding Note of Optimism |
| Summary |
This book is addressed to all those professional people - psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers - who are responsible for arriving at decisions about children, and who require access to an information base provided by research from which they can derive guidelines for action |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Child psychology -- Research.
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Child development.
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Child development -- Research.
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Child psychology.
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Child Development.
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Psychology, Child.
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Research.
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| Genre/Form |
Abstracts.
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| LC no. |
97037882 |
| ISBN |
0631202595 paperback |
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