Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

by Thomas H. Ollendick (Editor), Ronald J. Prinz (Editor)

Overview

This volume of Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, which is the second under our editorship and the sixteenth of the series, continues the tradi­ tion of including a broad range of timely topics on the study and treat­ ment of children and adolescents. Volume 16 includes contributions per­ taining to prevention, adolescents, families, cognitive processes, and methodology. The issue of prevention in child clinical psychology is no longer restricted to a few speculative sentences in the future directions part of a discussion section. Prevention research is actually being undertaken, as reflected in two contributions to the volume. Winett and Anderson pro­ vide a promising framework for the development, evaluation, and dis­ semination of programs aimed at the prevention of HIV among youth. Lorion, Myers, Bartels, and Dennis address some of the conceptual and methodological issues in preventive intervention research with children. Adolescent development and adjustment is an important area of study in clinical child psychology. Two contributors address key and somewhat related topics, social competence and depression in adoles­ cence. Inderbitzen critically reviews the assessment methods and meth­ odologies for social competence and peer relations in adolescence. Reynolds analyzes contemporary issues and perspectives pertaining to adolescent depression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475790436
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	05/02/2013
Series:	Advances in Clinical Child Psychology , #16
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

HIV Prevention in Youth; R.A. Winett, E.S. Anderson. Good Girls? Bad Boys? K. Kavanagh, H. Hops. Attrition in Child Psychotherapy; P. Armbruster, A.E. Kazdin. Preventative Intervention Research; R.P. Lorion et al.. Cognition and Negative Affectivity; V.L. Marlcarne, R.E. Ingram. Television Viewing Methodology to Understand Cognitive Processing of ADHD Children; R. Milich, E.P. Lorch. Family Dysfunction and the Disruptive Behavior Disorders; P.J. Frick. Adolescent Peer Social Competence; H.M. Inderbitzen. Depression in Adolescents; W.M. Reynolds. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Geri R. Donenberg, PhD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: This is the most recent volume in an ongoing series that examines a range of contemporary topics in child clinical psychology. This volume includes nine chapters covering diverse issues (e.g., family therapy for adolescent substance abuse, primary prevention in the schools, behavior problems in preschool children, neuropsychological bases of childhood disorders, children of gay and lesbian parents). Each chapter focuses on new advances in child clinical psychology, reviews current literature, and offers suggestions for future research.
Purpose: This volume is designed to "identify important and exciting new developments in the field and provide scholarly and in-depth reviews of current thought and practices" by leaders in the field. The authors accomplish these important and noteworthy objectives.
Audience: This book will be of particular interest to child psychologists, graduate students, and those interested in keeping up-to-date with new developments in the field. Clinicians may be interested in the detailed descriptions of particular interventions and the presentation of outcome data. Contributors represent different disciplines and are of very high caliber.
Features: The detailed and well-organized chapters contain multiple headings for easy reading. Some chapters include tables and figures to supplement the text. The reference lists are comprehensive, and most citations are from the 1980s and 1990s. Subject and author indexes are provided.
Assessment: This is the newest volume in an excellent series of informative and thought-provoking works. Well-written chapters describe seminal studies in detail, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each. Theoretical models are reviewed along with important research correlates. Some chapters examine the role of development in the onset and expression of different types of problems, whereas other chapters present up-to-date outcome data. This important addition to the literature will he useful to academic researchers and clinical psychologists.

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