Development and Prevention of Behaviour Problems

by Richard E. Tremblay

• ISBN13: 9780203868706
• ISBN10: 0203868706
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-02-25
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book brings together world leading researchers from diverse fields to explore the potential causes of the development of behaviour problems. The book presents theories that hope to influence public health, education and social policy in the prevention of the costly social troubles that behaviour problems can cause. Featuring contributions from researchers whose backgrounds range from the social and behavioural sciences to economics, the varied chapters assesses the potential role of geneenvironment interactions, biological factors and gender differences in the development of behaviour problems. The book includes a review of studies that attempt to understand why antisocial behaviour is concentrated within families, and concludes with three chapters that link developmental research directly with policy issues. It provides a framework for students, scientists, educators and care givers to understand where frontier research on behaviour problems is going and how it can be applied in the social, educational and health services. This collection will interest all students of psychology and the behavioural sciences as well as those with an interest in public policy, sociology, abnormal psychology, psychopathology and personality disorders.

Table of Contents

Research on the development and prevention of behaviour problems: A fundamental change still hard to grasp for most investigators

How gene-environment interactions shape biobehavioural development: Lessons from studies with rhesus monkeys

Epigenetics and behaviour

Maternal smoking, genes and adolescent brain and body: The Saguenay Youth Study

The development of chronic physical aggression: Genes and environments matter from the beginning

Personality in children and adolescents: Development and consequences

A developmental perspective on sex differences in aggressive behaviours

Intergenerational transmission of risk for antisocial behaviour

Policy implications of present knowledge on the development and prevention of physical aggression and violence

From child development to human development

Inconvenient truths: Behavioural research and social policy

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