Emotional Security and Conflict in Context: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Youth Adjustment

Emotional Security and Conflict in Context: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Youth Adjustment covers the effects of conflict on children. Moving beyond conflict in the family, over 1 billion children are affected by community and political conflict and war, which also has profound and long-lasting implications for development. This book integrates several theoretical models that are central to work in this field, providing a clear review of the literature in a way that systematically and logically flows. In addition, it discusses child development from a developmental psychopathology perspective.Finally, the book integrates perspectives on violence and conflict across the social ecology, as well as several theoretical frameworks that are core to the field. Introduces Emotional Security Theory as a way to understand links between conflict and adjustment Presents the basic principles of DP: pathways of development, understanding normal development from a DP perspective, risk and protective factors and resilience Describes ways in which translational work can be extended to support families in contexts of political violence and armed conflict Emphasizes the differences between constructive and destructive research INDICE: 1. Family conflict, violence, international conflict and child adjustment2. EST as an explanatory model for the effects of conflict and violence on children3. The Value of DP for understanding family processes in multiple contexts4. Methods for Evaluating Families from a DP perspective5. Applications of DP for understanding family conflict6. Political Violence from a DP perspective7. Translational Research and the DP Perspective8. Prevention/intervention for conflict across contexts (returning to the socioecological model)9. Next Steps in Research on Emotional Security and Conflict

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821778-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés