Adolescent Studies News & Updates

Recent Articles

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   Bestselling titles now available in paperback

   Paperbacks Direct are topical books that represent the best of our cutting-edge hardback publishing in a paperback format and price. Check out which of our Paperbacks Direct are publishing this month.

2. 

   How Open Access will change Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences

   In a major contribution to the era-defining debate, this full Special Issue of Psychological Inquiry offers a range of views on how the Open Access Science movement will impact the study and practice of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences.
   
   Click here to read the FREE Special Issue in full.

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   Psychology Press congratulates Catriona Macleod!

   Professor Catriona Macleod has been named the winner of the Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor's Book Award 2012.

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   Parenting: Science and Practice - Maternal love protects against ill effects of strict discipline

   A new study of Mexican-American adolescents from our journal Parenting; Science and Practice reports that a loving mother can ameliorate many of the psychological harms associated with an otherwise harsh disciplinary upbringing.

   Read the full report here.
   

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   You can still order from the BPS Annual Conference 2013 Catalog at a 20% discount

   Did you make it to Harrogate to the British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2013? You can still order from this catalog at a 20% discount! Find out how here.

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   Young People and the Care Experience: Research, Policy and Practice

   The care system looks after the most vulnerable young people in society – those who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents. Young People and the Care Experience examines what can be done to support young people to remain at home, and if this is not possible, how they can be supported whilst in care and on leaving care.

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   Trafficked Young People: Breaking the Wall of Silence

   Human trafficking constitutes one of the most serious human rights violations of our time. However, many social work practitioners still have a poor and incomplete understanding of the experiences of children and young people who have been trafficked.

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   Check Out Our Paperbacks Direct: Developmental Psychology and Family Studies Online Catalog

   We have put together this online catalog filled with Paperback Direct Developmental Psychology and Family Studies books published by Psychology Press and Routledge.

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   Teenagers and Technology

   Teenagers and Technology presents a balanced picture of the part played by technology in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive interviews conducted over several years, this book offers a timely and non-sensational exploration of teenagers’ experiences and opinions about the digital technologies they use, desire and dislike.

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    Cyberbullying: Development, Consequences, Risk and Protective Factors

    This special issue offers important new findings on the development and consequences of cyberbullying and cyber-victimization, and opens new and future directions of research.