Understanding girls' problem behavior [[electronic resource] ] : how girls' delinquency develops in the context of maturity and health, co-occurring problems, and relationships / / edited by Margaret Kerr ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140874203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-17538-X; 9786613175380; 0-470-97745-0; 0-470-97744-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Collana: Hot Topics in Developmental Research - A Series of Three Edited Volumes ; ; v.6
• Altri autori (Persone): KerrMargaret <1953->
• Disciplina: 155.433; 618.92/89075
• Soggetti: Behavior disorders in children; Behavior disorders in adolescence; Problem children - Mental health; Problem youth - Mental health; Girls - Mental health; Teenage girls - Mental health; Juvenile delinquency - Etiology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Girls' problem behavior : from the what to the why / Geertjan Overbeek & Anna-Karin Andershed -- A contextual amplification hypothesis : pubertal timing and girls' emotional and behavioral problems / Xiaojia Ge ... [et al.] -- Fits and misfits : how adolescents' representations of maturity relate to their adjustment / Lauree C. Tilton-Weaver ... [et al.] -- Physical health in girls with antisocial behavior / Kathleen Pajer, Andrea Lourie & Lisa Leininger -- Using girls' voices and words to study their problems / Joanne Belknap ... [et al.] -- Developmental ; comorbidity of depression and conduct problems in girls / Kate Keenan ... [et al.] -- Deviancy training in a sample of high-risk adolescent girls in the Netherlands / Annika K.E. de Haan ... [et al.] -- Girls' aggressive behavior problems : a focus on relationships / Debra Pepler ... [et al.] -- Attachment and aggression : from paradox to principles of intervention to reduce risk of violence in teens / Marlene M. Moretti & Ingrid Obsuth -- The transfer of developmental and health risk from women with histories of aggressive behavior to their children : recent results from the Concordia Longitudinal Project / Lisa A. Serbin ... [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 rightFollows the maturing girl from adolescence to adulthood, concluding at the point where she herself becomes a parent and forms new relationshipsGives attention to the critical contexts of problem beh