Development and prevention of behaviour problems from genes to social policy
This book brings together world leading researchers from diverse fields to explore the potential causes of the development of behaviour problems. The book presents theories that hope to influence public health, education and social policy in the prevention of the costly social troubles that behaviou...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY :
Psychology Press
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798211006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Preface; 1 Research on the development and prevention of behaviour problems: A fundamental change still hard to grasp for most investigators; 2 How gene-environment interactions shape biobehavioural development: Lessons from studies with rhesus monkeys; 3 Epigenetics and behaviour; 4 Maternal smoking, genes and adolescent brain and body: The Saguenay Youth Study; 5 The development of chronic physical aggression: Genes and environments matter from the beginning
- 6 Personality in children and adolescents: Development and consequences7 A developmental perspective on sex di.erences in aggressive behaviours; 8 Intergenerational transmission of risk for antisocial behaviour; 9 Policy implications of present knowledge on the development and prevention of physical aggression and violence; 10 From child development to human development; 11 Inconvenient truths: Behavioural research and social policy; Author index; Subject index
