Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Developmental - Adolescent

A flurry of best-selling works has recently urged us to rescue and protect boys. They have described how boys are failing at school, acting out, or shutting down emotionally. Lost in much of the ensuing public conversation are the boys themselves--the texture of their lives and the ways in which they resist stereotypical representations of them.

Most of this work on boys is based primarily on middle class, white boys. Yet boys from poor and working class families as well as those from African American, Latino, and Asian American backgrounds need to be understood in their own terms...

There is a growing concern in most countries today about the increasing malaise and stress in young people. Suicides, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders have all been linked to stress.Young people are experiencing more social and psychological problems than ever before. The trends indicate an increase in pressures faced by young people, together with a general decline in coping skills and an absense of social support. Such patterns have emerged worldwide and represent a challenge to policy-makers, service providers, and families alike.

An analytical study, with the MMPI, of the interrelationships of behavior and personality.

• Leading experts provide cutting-edge reviews of theory and research.
  
• Covers issues currently of most importance in terms of basic and/or applied research and policy formulation.
  
• Discusses a wide range of topics from basic processes to problem behavior.
  
• The ideal basis for a course on adolescent development or for applied professions seeking the best of contemporary knowledge about...

The second book in a new seies, "Self Perception" brings together contemporary perspectives on individual differences in psychology. Drawing upon an international field of established and new researchers, the series presents both theoretical and applied work looking at individual difference in human performance. The re-appraisal of self perception is considered as part of the development of new thinking in the theory of self-reference. This includes models of self from the United States and the United Kingdom.

The book goes on to explore recent research from around the globe. Not only...