Fathers and Adolescents: Developmental and Clinical Perspectives (Adolescence and Society)

During adolescence children's relationships with their parents undergo profound changes. It seems strange then, that so little has been written so far about half the parental partnership, the father. In this comprehensive account of fathers and their relationships with growing children, Shmuel Shulman and Inge Seiffge-Krenke examine normal development and areas where things can go wrong; they consider traditional families and those reconstituted by separation and divorce.Fathers and Adolescents will be an invaluable insight for all professionals whose work involves them with young people: social workers, probation officers, teachers, youth leaders, counsellors and educational psychologists.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Seiffge-Krenke, Inge

Shulman, Schmuel

Psychology & Counseling

Routledge

During adolescence children's relationships with their parents undergo profound changes. It seems strange then, that so little has been written so far about half the parental partnership, the father. In this comprehensive account of fathers and their relationships with growing children, Shmuel Shulman and Inge Seiffge-Krenke examine normal development and areas where things can go wrong; they consider traditional families and those reconstituted by separation and divorce. Fathers and Adolescents will be an invaluable insight for all professionals whose work involves them with young people: social workers, probation officers, teachers, youth leaders, counsellors and educational psychologists.

Mental Health

Diabetic Adolescents and their Families: Stress, Coping, and Adaptation (Cambridge Studies on Child and Adolescent Health)

Medical Books

Psychology

Cambridge University Press

This empirically based book focuses on typical stressors, individual and family coping strategies, and psychosocial consequences associated with diabetes. Numerous case studies illustrate the difficulty of balancing normative development and adherence to the therapeutic regimen. The combination of theory, research, and practice guarantee the appeal of this book to an international audience of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals in developmental and clinical psychology, pediatric medicine and other healthcare professionals concerned with the care of chronically ill adolescents.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Medicine

Stress, Coping, and Relationships in Adolescence (Research Monographs in Adolescence Series)

Unique and comprehensive, this volume integrates the most updated theory and research relating to adolescent coping and its determinants. This book is the result of the author's long interest in, and study of, stress, coping, and relationships in adolescence. It begins with an overview of research conducted during the past three decades and contrasts research trends in adolescent coping in the United States and Europe over time. Grounded on a developmental model for adolescent coping, the conceptual issues and major questions are outlined. Supporting research ties together the types of stressors, the ways of coping with normative and non-normative stressors, and the function that close relationships fulfill in this context.  More than 3,000 adolescents from different countries participated in seven studies that are built programmatically on one another and focus on properties that make events stressful, on coping processes and coping styles, on internal and social resources, and on stress-buffering and adaptation. A variety of assessment procedures for measuring stress and coping are presented, including semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and content analysis. This multimethod-multivariate approach is characterized by assessing the same construct via different methods, replicating the measures in different studies including cross-cultural samples, using several informants, and combining standardized instruments with very open data gathering.  The results offer a rich picture of the nature of stressors requiring adolescent coping and highlight the importance of relationship stressors. Age and gender differences in stress appraisal and coping style are also presented. Mid-adolescence emerges as a turning point in the use of certain coping strategies and social resources. Strong gender differences in stress appraisal and coping style suggest that females are more at risk for developing psychopathology. The book demonstrates how adolescents make use of assistance provided by social support systems and points to the changing influence of parents and peers. It addresses controversial issues such as benefits and costs of close relationships or the beneficial or maladaptive effects of avoidant coping. Its clear style, innovative ideas, and instruments make it an excellent textbook for both introductory and advanced courses. Without question, it may serve as a guide for future research in this field.  This book will be of value to researchers, practitioners, and students in various fields such as child clinical and developmental psychology and psychopathology.

Psychology Press

Adolescents' Health

This book is devoted to identifying the precursors of adolescents' health problems and risk taking behaviors and the developmental processes that accompany them. It presents data on lay conceptions of health and illness, physical maturity, causes of mortality and morbidity, and patterns of utilization of medical and psychosocial health care services. Developmental changes in risk perception, self-disclosure behavior, and in dealing with nudity are linked with doctor-patient communication to illustrate the typical obstacles health experts are faced with when trying to assess diagnostic information in this age group. Developmental barriers that hinder adolescents' compliance are highlighted and factors accounting for their aversion to counseling are reviewed. This book also presents findings on typical stressors occurring during adolescence and their effect on health status as well as factors mediating the effect of stress on health. Throughout, readers gain valuable insight into gender differences, physical and psychological symptoms, and help-seeking behaviors. Special attention is directed to deficits in coping behavior, social support, and network structure of distressed adolescents and the current state of research relative to coping with chronic illness in adolescence is reviewed. Implications of these findings for the development of intervention strategies or for improving the health care of chronically ill adolescents and particularly troubled adolescents are detailed. This volume will appeal to clinical and school psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, counselors or other healthcare professionals working with adolescents as well as researchers in the field of adolescent health. It also serves as a text in graduate level courses on adolescent health, psychopathology, and developmental pediatrics.

Adolescents' Health: A Developmental Perspective

Exercise & Fitness

Stress, Coping, and Relationships in Adolescence

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