This lively and practical text presents a fresh and comprehensive approach to conducting consensual qualitative research (CQR). CQR is an inductive method that is characterized by open-ended interview
Internships in Psychology: The APAGS Workbook for Writing Successful Applications and Finding the Right Fit, Second Edition provides you with all the resources you will need to successfully naviga
Landrum (psychology, Boise State U.) and McCarthy (psychology, Kennesaw State U.), along with other psychology professors from universities in the US, identify four areas of concern in the ethical tea
Mike, who has had epilepsy since the age of two, copes with the challenges posed by his condition with the help of his understanding parents, caring doctors, and his love of basketball. Includes autho
A helpful guide that is packed with useful advice gives kids the ins and outs of navigating new surroundings, making new friends (as well as staying in touch with old ones) and finding a place where t
"Ezra looks like any other sixth grader with faded jeans, turned around cap and a mess of chestnut curls. You see, my brother is like any other eleven-year-old . . . except when he isn't." Autism, The
First published in 2008, Landrum's (psychology, Boise State U., Idaho) text provides undergraduate psychology students with a step-by-step guide to the scientific writing required in their field. Cove
Introduces post-traumatic stress disorder and explains why it can occur in family members, its symptoms, and how to live with an individual affected by PTSD.
With her parents by her side and new friends to tell her bad jokes, eleven-year-old "soccer princess" Izzie Salida learns to cope with her leukemia diagnosis and treatment.
With her parents by her side and new friends to tell her bad jokes, eleven-year-old "soccer princess" Izzie Salida learns to cope with her leukemia diagnosis and treatment.
Fifth-graders Lindsay, Bella, and Kate, who have been best friends forever, deal with new feelings as they expand their social circle and find interests that threaten their comfortable relationship.
This publication is intended as a resource for mental health professionals and attorneys dealing in mental health law in the state of Kansas and is part of a series with a volume devoted to each state
Ryan loves to go fishing with his grandfather every Saturday, but after his grandfather has a stroke and cannot walk or feed himself, Ryan is scared and confused and wishes things could go back to nor
The best source of information related to graduate programs in psychology. Presents information about more than 600 graduate psychology programs in the U.S. and Canada. Provides current facts about ea
This two-volume handbook provides a comprehensive review of addiction. Volume 1 has an introduction and three sections focusing on the background and history of addiction, the distal and proximal infl
"Information and tools to tackle recurring stomach aches in children caused commonly by lactose intolerance, constipation, or stress. Resource material at the end includes cognitive behavioral techniq
In October 2009, a symposium was held in Pittsburgh to honor David Klahr's 70th birthday and 40th year in cognitive development and education sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. The 13 studies her
A reprint from 2003, this guide helps psychologists, trainees, and other mental health therapists take care of themselves. Writing from the perspective of a biopsychosocial model of human behavior, an
Petry (psychiatry, U. of Connecticut Health Center) reviews research on the etiology, comorbidity, and treatments of problem and pathological gambling from a psychological perspective, for clinicians,
Chances are that the boys and girls who read this inspiring book won't have epilepsy and probably don't know anyone who does, but that doesn't make it any less relevant or meaningful. Like the three m
The negative effects of exposure to such toxins as cocaine, marijuana, tobacco, alcohol, and lead on prenatal development are well known. Here scientists--most from psychiatry and pediatrics--concentr
Graduate Study in Psychology offers complete practical information about over 500 psychology programs in the United States and Canada. This edition provides current facts about programs and degrees of
Visiting his family's summer home on the New Jersey shore, Jack begins to work through his feelings about his father's death in Afghanistan and to find his place among the cousins and other relatives
Visiting his family's summer home on the New Jersey shore, Jack begins to work through his feelings about his father's death in Afghanistan and to find his place among the cousins and other relatives
This volume presents a model of professional psychology doctoral education and training that has been developed, augmented, and refined for over 30 years by the National Council of Schools and Program
For over 50 years, Harry Levinson, a pioneer in the field of organizational consulting psychology, has applied his extensive clinical expertise to the understanding of organizational assessment and in
The 67 classroom activities in this collection have been selected from the 350 activities published in four volumes under the same title since 1981. Each activity has been updated and placed into one
Twenty academics and researchers from the U.S., Canada, and Australia contribute 12 chapters offering a variety of viewpoints and analytical strategies examining the concept of the muscular ideal. Cov
Close relationships are the subject of research in the variety of fields that is social sciences, but researchers have not moved to integrate their results into an all-encompassing model of how close
Westaby (social-organizational psychology, Columbia U.) notes in his preface that social sciences are recognizing that social networks are phenomena able to motivate people and change lives. But he al
From the Darwinian perspective that human beings' primate legacy is psychological as well as biological, Buss (emeritus, psychology, U. of Texas at Austin) draws on research showing how humans are lik
This book introduces psychologists and students to different perspectives on ethical issues related to professional, scientific, and academic conduct. Material is drawn from articles, book excerpts, l
Drawing on their extensive experience in psychology and multicultural counseling, Pedersen (Syracuse U. and U. of Hawaii), Crethar (U. of Arizona), and Carlson (Governors State U., University Park, Il
Keeping the fact in mind that their work affects the lives of human beings, the contributors of these nine papers explain their research in applications of quantitative cognitive science on charting a
