Child & Developmental Psychology

Indicators of child and youth well-being are indispensable tools for improving the lives of children. In this book, the nation’s leading developmen...

With its roots in clinical and educational psychology, school psychology is an ever-changing field that encompasses a diversity of topics. The Oxfo...

This book presents an in-depth, wide-ranging and rigorous investigation of Winnicott's central theory of maturational processes and its interrelati...

This book offers a rich and detailed empirical account of children's play and interaction in the school playground. Drawing on the approaches of et...

Parents can easily be confused when they suspect that their child may have a developmental delay. The family members can have many questions about...

The role of play in human development has long been the subject of controversy. Despite being championed by many of the foremost scholars of the tw...

Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care offers a rich exploration of the theory, research and practice relating to youth mentoring as a...

The book offers a unique in-depth understanding of the twin relationship, and the way in which twin development is affected by our attitudes to twi...

A testament to the influential nature of educational and community gardening programs for teens Part engaging conversation, part comprehensive fie...

Where do children go and what do they do outdoors? How do they evaluate their own environment? What are their likes and dislikes? What would they l...

Children enter the school doors today with many diverse needs: mental health problems, ADHD, anxiety, victims of physical or sexual abuse, homeles...

The papers in this special issue apply two recent data analytic techniques to the study of family and close peer relationships. The Actor-Partner I...

This ground-breaking volume shows that young people largely shape their own political development, and that to understand young people's political ...

Typical and Atypical Language Development in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity brings together state-of-the-art studies in both typical and atypica...

The purpose of this book is to promote the value of translanguaging in EFL teaching contexts. To date, translanguaging has been discussed mostly in...

Growing Children’s Social and Emotional Skills examines how parent–educator partnerships can be achieved to enhance the development of children’s s...

Bringing together authors from a range of academic disciplines and research backgrounds – united as standard-bearers for the child’s right to play ...

This ground-breaking volume shows that young people largely shape their own political development, and that to understand young people's political ...

This special issue presents theoretical and empirical studies that provide an understanding of the dynamic, complex, and often conflicting school, ...

In Virtue Ethics for the Real World: Improving Character without Idealization, Howard J. Curzer argues that character ideals seduce virtue ethicist...

Children enter the school doors today with many diverse needs: mental health problems, ADHD, anxiety, victims of physical or sexual abuse, homeles...

This state-of-the-art volume offers a comprehensive, accessible, and uniquely interdisciplinary examination of social factors’ role in second langu...

This fully updated new edition offers a research-based analysis of the online social world of adolescence, incorporating additional research findin...

Bringing together authors from a range of academic disciplines and research backgrounds – united as standard-bearers for the child’s right to play ...