Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior: How Girls' Delinquency Develops in the Context of Maturity and Health, Co-Occurring Problems, and Relationships (Hot Topics in Developmental Research) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470666323 ISBN 13: 9780470666326

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Synopsis

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents an overview of recent studies by leading researchers into key aspects of the development of problem behavior in girls.

• Integrates interdisciplinary research into girls’ problem behaviors (e.g. aggression, antisocial behavior, rule breaking)
• Unique in seeking to understand girls' problem behaviors in their own right
• Follows the maturing girl from adolescence to adulthood, concluding at the point where she herself becomes a parent and forms new relationships
• Gives attention to the critical contexts of problem behavior development―society and neighborhood, as well as family and peer contexts

About this title

About the Author

Margaret Kerr is Professor of Psychology at Örebro University, Sweden.

Håkan Stattin is Professor of Psychology at Uppsala and Örebro Universities, Sweden.

Rutger C.M.E. Engels is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Geertjan Overbeek is Associate Professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Anna-Karin Andershed is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Örebro University, Sweden.

From the Back Cover

In recent years there has been a disturbing increase in both the prevalence and severity of girls’ problem behavior. Yet our knowledge regarding the development of antisocial behavior remains focused almost exclusively on boys and men. Fortunately, solid research into problem behavior in girls – a field that was virtually non-existent before the 1970s – is finally gaining ground.

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents a collection of recent studies that are shaping our understanding of the development of problem behavior in girls. Most chapters feature longitudinal data and a focus on theory development. They include studies that begin with the maturing girl, follow her through adolescence to adulthood, and conclude when she herself becomes a parent. The processes involved in initiating, establishing, and potentially overcoming problem behavior are vividly illustrated through new findings and theories from fields including clinical psychology, sociology, developmental psychology and criminology.

Offering rich insights from leading international scholars, Understanding Girls’ Problem Behavior is sure to inspire further advances in a critical new field of contemporary research.

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents a collection of recent studies that are shaping our understanding of the development of problem behavior in girls. Most chapters feature longitudinal data and a focus on theory development. They include studies that begin with the maturing girl, follow her through adolescence to adulthood, and conclude when she herself becomes a parent. The processes involved in initiating, establishing, and potentially overcoming problem behavior are vividly illustrated through new findings and theories from fields including clinical psychology, sociology, developmental psychology and criminology.

Offering rich insights from leading international scholars, Understanding Girls’ Problem Behavior is sure to inspire further advances in a critical new field of contemporary research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470666323
• ISBN 13: 9780470666326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Kerr Margaret, Stattin Håkan, Engels Rutger C. M. E., Overbeek Geertjan, Andershed Anna-Karin