Social Development and Personality Development Books

New and Published Books

1. The Development of the Social Self

   Edited by Mark Bennett, Fabio Sani

   Drawing upon the perspective of social identity theory, The Development of the Social Self is concerned with the acquisition and development of children's social identities. In contrast to previous work on self-development, which has focused primarily on the development of the personal self, this...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Social Interaction and the Development of Knowledge

   Edited by Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Ulrich Mller

   Written by highly respected theorists in psychology and philosophy, the chapters in this book explicate and address fundamental epistemological issues involved in the problem of the relationship between the individual and the collective. Different theoretical viewpoints are presented on this...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
3. Children and Separation

   Socio-Genealogical Connectedness Perspective

   By Kwame Owusu-Bempah

   Childhood separation and loss have become virtually a way of life for a large number of children throughout the world. Children separated from their genetic parent(s) and consequently their genealogical, social and cultural roots due to processes such as adoption, parental divorce/separation, donor...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
4. Vygotsky's Developmental and Educational Psychology

   By Peter E. Langford

   Vygotsky is widely considered one of the most significant and influential psychologists of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, true appreciation of his theories has been hindered by a lack of understanding of the background to his thought. Vygotsky's Developmental and Educational Psychology aims...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Self-Esteem Issues and Answers

   A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives

   Edited by Michael H. Kernis

   Research and theory on self-esteem have flourished in recent years. This resurgence has produced multiple perpectives on fundamental issues surrounding the nature of self-esteem and its role in psychological functioning and interpersonal processes. Self-Esteem Issues and Answers brings...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Psychology Press
6. Personality Assessment in the DSM-5

   Edited by Steven Huprich, Christopher Hopwood

   The DSM-5 promises to be a major reformulation of psychopathology, and no section is likely to change diagnostic practice more than that of personality pathology. Unlike the DSM-IV, the DSM-5 personality disorders will be conceptualized as involving core deficits in interpersonal and...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
7. Moral Development, Self, and Identity

   Edited by Daniel K. Lapsley, Darcia Narv ez

   This volume examines the psychological, social-relational, and cultural foundations of the most basic moral commitments. It begins by looking at the seminal writings of Augusto Blasi, whose writings on moral cognition, the development of self-identity, and moral personality have transformed the...

   Published February 12th 2013 by Psychology Press
8. Children's Knowledge, Beliefs and Feelings about Nations and National Groups

   By Martyn Barrett

   Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

   This book provides a state-of-the-art account of how people's subjective sense of national identity, and attitudes towards countries and national groups, develop through the course of childhood and adolescence. It offers a comprehensive review of the research which has been conducted into: ....

   Published January 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
9. Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition

   Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation Across National Contexts

   Edited by J.W. Berry, Jean S. Phinney, David L. Sam, Paul Vedder

   In this book, an international team of psychologists with interests in acculturation, identity, and development describe the experience and adaptation of immigrant youth, using data from over 7,000 immigrant youth from diverse cultural backgrounds living in 13 countries of settlement. Immigrant...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Psychology Press
10. Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness

    Edited by Willis Overton, Ulrich Mueller, Judith Newman

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation between body and mind have been developed. Common among these conceptions is the idea that the body...

    Published November 27th 2012 by Psychology Press