Books in the Cambridge Studies on Child and Adolescent Health series

This book explores the ways in which children learn to be healthy. The author examines children's understanding of health and how it affects their health behavior and physical health. The ways in which parents, other children, schools, media, and environment influence health attitudes and actual physical health are also scrutinized.

Puberty is one of the most important life transitions. At no other time are there such significant transformations in biology, social and psychological development. It also marks a significant separation between the genders. This book focuses on the emergence of gender difference and provides an up-to-date summary of interdisciplinary research.

Diabetic Adolescents and their Families presents an innovative approach to the study of coping with chronic illness by focusing on the developmental context in its description of a longitudinal study of families with a diabetic or a healthy adolescent.

Puberty is one of the most important life transitions. At no other time are there such significant transformations in biology, social and psychological development. It also marks a significant separation between the genders. This book focuses on the emergence of gender difference and provides an up-to-date summary of interdisciplinary research.

This 2006 book reports results from two major research studies of behavior development from adolescence into adulthood. The studies seek to identify predictors of adult outcomes from individual differences in children's behavior, as rated by the children, themselves, their parents, teachers, and peers and from characteristic differences in families.

This 2006 book reports results from two major research studies of behavior development from adolescence into adulthood. The studies seek to identify predictors of adult outcomes from individual differences in children's behavior, as rated by the children, themselves, their parents, teachers, and peers and from characteristic differences in families.

Integrates several perspectives about the causes and cures of drug problems providing a better understanding of the parameters of drug abuse. They examine neuro-biological, socio-environmental and physical environmental influences making this an inter-disciplinary text ideal for both researchers and practitoners involved in the examination of drug abuse.