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Handbook of girls' and women's psychological health /

Other Authors: Worell, Judith,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford series in clinical psychology
Subjects:
Women > Psychology.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Women > Mental health.
Girls > Psychology.
Girls > Health and hygiene.
Girls > Mental health.
Women > psychology.
Women's Health.
Mental Health.
Gender Identity.
Femmes > Psychologie.
Femmes > Santé et hygiène.
Femmes > Santé mentale.
Filles > Psychologie.
Filles > Santé et hygiène.
Filles > Santé mentale.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
Geestelijke gezondheid.
Medische psychologie.
Meisjes.
Vrouwen.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=143307
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. GENDER AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
  • An integrated view of girls' and women's health: psychology, physiology, and society / Carol D. Goodheart
  • Risks to healthy development: the somber planes of life / Cheryl Brown Travis
  • Pathways to healthy development: sources of strength and empowerment / Judith Worell
  • pt. II. RISKS AND STRENGTHS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN : Problems and risks
  • Assessment and gender / Marcia C. Linn, Cathy Kessel
  • Mood disturbance across the lifespan / Valerie E. Whiffen, Natasha Demidenko
  • Anxiety disturbance in girls and women / Wendy K. Silverman, Rona Carter
  • Body image / Linda Smolak
  • Serious emotional disturbance and serious mental illness / Diane T. Marsh
  • Violence against girls and women: an integrative developmental perspective / Jacquelyn W. White, James M. Frabutt
  • Physical or systemic disabilities / Rhoda Olkin
  • Trauma in the lives of girls and women / Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Kimberly Gamble
  • Substance use and abuse by girls and women / Lula A. Beatty, Cora Lee Wetherington, Dionne J. Jones, Adele B. Roman
  • Poor women and girls in a wealthy nation / Deborah Belle, Lisa Dodson
  • Women and suicide / Lillian M. Range
  • Strengths and resources. Coping in adolescent girls and women / Patricia A. Bennett, Susan H. McDaniel
  • Self-esteem / Oksana Malanchuk, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • Resilience and empowerment / Virginia E. O'Leary, Jeshmin Bhaju
  • Subjective well-being / Sonja Lyubomirsky, Rene Dickerhoof
  • The sense of entitlement: implication for gender equality and psychological well-being / Vanessa L. McGann, Janice M. Steil
  • Balanced living through self-care / Carol Williams-Nickelson
  • To your sexual health! : incorporating sexuality into the health perspective / Lucia F. O'Sullivan, M.C. McCrudden, Deborah L. Tolman
  • Women and giving / Michele Harway, Roberta L. Nutt
  • Women and relationships / Mary M. Brabeck, Kalina M. Brabeck
  • Healthy environments for youth and families / Karen Fraser Wyche
  • The psychotherapeutic relationship as a positive and powerful resource for girls and women / Lucia Albino Gilbert, Lisa K. Kearney
  • pt. III. PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE LIFE SPAN. Children and adolescents: awakenings
  • Gender role and gender identity development / Susan A. Basow
  • The interplay of physical and psychosocial development / Annette M. La Greca, Eleanor Race Mackey, Karen Bearman Miller
  • The family environment: where gender role socialization begins / Phyllis Bronstein
  • Girls and academic success: changing patterns of academic achievement / Diane F. Halpern
  • Gender and schooling: progress and persistent barriers / Judith L. Meece, Kathryn Scantlebury
  • Adolescent girls' health in the context of peer and community relationships / Bridget M. Reynolds, Rena L. Repetti
  • From girlhood to womanhood: multiple transitions in context / Niva Piran, Erin Ross
  • Adults: balancing. Women's career development / Nancy E. Betz
  • Love, intimacy, and partners / Susan S. Hendrick
  • Women's reproductive health: issues, findings, and controversies / Linda J. Beckman
  • The mixed messages of motherhood / Joy K. Rice, Nicole Else-Quest
  • Family and work balance / Faye J. Crosby, Laura Sabattini
  • Midlife transitions / Claire A. Etaugh, Judith S. Bridges
  • Older adults: winding down and summing up. Aging and identity: how women face later life transitions / Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Karyn M. Skultety
  • Physical health and illness in older women / S. Deborah Majerovitz
  • Older women and security / Bonnie Markham
  • Bereavement / Deborah Carr, Jung-Hwa Ha
  • Women's issues at the end of life / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Jennifer Dillinger, Heather L. Gray, Veronica Cardenas, Lani Singer, Shannon Hsu
  • Positive aging: reconstructing the life course / Mary M. Gergen, Kenneth J. Gergen
  • pt. IV. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND RESOURCES. Legal issues influencing girls' and women's psychological health / Lenore E.A. Walker
  • Adaptation of immigrant girls and women / Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ay Ling Han, Cynthia de las Fuentes
  • Psychopharmacotherapy and women: issues for consideration / Debra Lina Dunivin
  • Survivors of male violence: research and training initiatives to facilitate recovery from depression and posttraumatic stress disorder / Veronica M. Herrera, Mary P. Koss, Jennifer Bailey, Nicole P. Yuan, Erika L. Lichter
  • An overview of policies that impact the psychological well-being of girls and women / Sherry Glied, Sharon Kofman
  • pt. V: CONCLUSION. Afterword / Carol D. Goodheart, Judith Worell.

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