Child & Developmental Psychology

This book, published originally in 1980, addressed the needs for a profile of televised violence which considered the advantages and disadvantages ...

In a unique study of parent-infant interactions at home, Rhian Jones analyses early reading with picture books and stories. Drawing upon psychology...

Millennials have been stereotyped as both "entitled slackers" and "the next greatest generation." This study uses depth interviews to offer a schol...

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to prod...

Childhood Sexual Abuse critically reviews research into and provides a concise and clear guide to our current knowledge on the topic. The issues co...

While there are certainly numerous influences on individuals’ learning and performance, cognitive strategies are the processes most directly relate...

The most challenging aspect of narrative research is to find and select stories that go beyond "a good story" to some kind of wider, theoretical me...

The research presented in this book, originally published in 1986, looks to pinpoint the psychological processes involved in the media violence-agg...

Grandparents in Cultural Context gives a long overdue global view of the changing roles of grandparents. The eleven main chapters are by experts in...

How do you intervene in abusive and neglectful families or prevent maltreatment in families at risk? How can you find the answers you need in the o...

This new book, Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Commentary, edited by Bill VanPatten--a pioneer in processing instruction (PI)--is a r...

Although experts agree that various types of learning disabilities do exist, few attempts have been made to classify learning disabled children int...

First Published in 1999. This is Volume XXIV of twenty-eight in the Psychoanalysis series. Written in 1939 this study looks at the understanding t...

As the inner resource that drives us to pursue activities, to put forth effort, and to avoid failure, motivation is key to overall well-being. Self...

I commend this book to you and urge you not only to read about the excellent programs contained herein but also to work to bring these and other hi...

There has been an increasing interest in the application of dynamical systems to the study of development over the last decade. The explosion of th...

It is widely recognized that a person's values will profoundly affect what that person attends to, thinks about, and remembers. Yet, despite this, ...

It is perhaps no exaggeration to suggest that all of what is intrinsically human experience is grounded in its shared nature. Joint attention to ob...

Understanding and applying psychology within youth sport settings is key to maximising young athletes’ enjoyment, wellbeing, and sporting performan...

The uniqueness of Child and Adolescent Life Stories lies in the multiple perspectives drawn from youth, their parents, and their teachers. These pe...

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to prod...

This book brings together in one volume information about the neurobiological, genetic, and behavioral bases of reading and reading disabilities. I...