Understanding girls' problem behavior : how girls' delinquency develops in the context of maturity and health, co-occurring problems, and relationships /

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Imprint:Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Description:xiii, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Hot topics in developmental research
Hot topics in developmental research.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8294929
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Other authors / contributors:Kerr, Margaret, 1953-
ISBN:9780470666326 (cloth)
0470666323 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • About the Editors
  • List of Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Girls' Problem Behavior: From the What to the Why
  • Part 1. Maturity and Health
  • 1. A Contextual Amplification Hypothesis: Pubertal Timing and Girls' Emotional and Behavioral Problems
  • 2. Fits and Misfits: How Adolescents' Representations of Maturity Relate To Their Adjustment
  • 3. Physical Health in Adolescent Girls with Antisocial Behavior
  • Part 2. Co-Occurring Problems
  • 4. Using Girls' Voices and Words to Study Their Problems
  • 5. Developmental Comorbidity of Depression and Conduct Problems in Girls
  • Part 3. Girls' Problem Behavior and Relationships
  • 6. Deviancy Training in a Sample of High-Risk Adolescent Girls in The Netherlands
  • 7. Girls' Aggressive Behavior Problems: A Focus on Relationships
  • 8. Attachment and Aggression: From Paradox to Principles of Intervention to Reduce Risk of Violence in Teens
  • 9. The Transfer of Developmental and Health Risk from Women with Histories of Aggressive Behavior to Their Children: Recent Results from the Concordia Longitudinal Project
  • Index