Adaptations and Adaptations
in Evolution, Early Experience and Human Development
November 2012; published online January 2013.
Chapter. Subjects: developmental psychology. 3456 words.
Why is it important to understand early experience in the context of the environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA)? The answer hinges on the meaning of the term adaptation, and different meanings...
Adapting Innovations Across Borders to Close Equity Gaps in Education
in Lessons in Educational Equality
February 2012; published online May 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: developmental psychology. 11251 words.
This chapter examines what knowledge is necessary to promote equity in education. It argues that effective innovation to educate all children requires innovation supported by contextualized transfer...
Addressing Primary and Secondary Education for Socially Excluded Girls1
in Lessons in Educational Equality
February 2012; published online May 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: developmental psychology. 12018 words.
The largest challenge remaining to achieve universal primary and secondary education is that of socially excluded girls. Raising the availability and quality of schools for all socially disadvantaged...
Addressing the Consequences of Concentrated Adversity on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
in The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development
May 2012; published online September 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; developmental psychology. 11851 words.
We concentrate on the psychosocial and developmental consequences of major life adversity on child and family mental health, with particular attention to regions affected by communal violence and...
Adolescence
August 2006; published online March 2012.
Book. Subjects: developmental psychology. 264 pages.
Of the 33 million adolescents in the United States, almost 10 million are at risk of failing to become responsible adults. They attend schools that do not serve their needs, lack the support of...
Adolescence and Beyond
January 2012; published online May 2012.
Book. Subjects: developmental psychology. 352 pages.
While the period of transition from adolescence to adulthood has become a recent focus for developmental psychologists and child mental health practitioners, the full role of the family during this...
Adolescent Parenting: Risk and Protective Factors in the Context of Poverty
in The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development
May 2012; published online September 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; developmental psychology. 18799 words.
Adolescent birthrates in the United States are much higher than those in other developed countries, and the majority of adolescents who become mothers come from impoverished backgrounds. Not...
Adolescents and War
October 2009; published online April 2010.
Book. Subjects: developmental psychology. 344 pages.
Hundreds of thousands of children are forced or legally recruited combatants in no fewer than 70 warring parties across the world. In addition to these child soldiers, thousands of youth voluntarily...
Adopted and Nonadopted Adolescents’ Adjustment
in Nature, Nurture, and the Transition to Early Adolescence
May 2003; published online March 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: developmental psychology. 8124 words.
Persons under the age of eighteen adopted by non-relatives constitute approximately 2–3% of the population of the United States. Although the majority...
Advances in the Sign-Language Development of Deaf Children
October 2005; published online April 2010.
Book. Subjects: developmental psychology. 411 pages.
Humans' first languages may have been expressed through sign. Today, sign languages have been found around the world, including communities that do not have access to education or literacy. In...