The Encyclopedia of Human Ecology

by Miller, Julia R.; Lerner, Richard M.; Schiamberg, Lawrence B.; Anderson, Pamela M.

• ISBN13: 9781576078525
• ISBN10: 1576078523
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

The first-and only-source to integrate the multiple disciplines and professions exploring the many ways people interact with the natural and designed environments in which we live.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Human Ecology: A View of the Issues	xi
Encyclopedia of Human Ecology
Volume 1: A-H
A
Accidents: Environmental Causes and Preventions	1	(2)
Acculturation	3	(5)
Achievement Motivation	8	(4)
Adolescence in a Cultural Context	12	(4)
Adolescent Identity Formation	16	(4)
Adolescent Mothers	20	(2)
Adolescent Personal Fable	22	(3)
Adolescent Pregnancy and Prevention	25	(3)
Adolescents, Alcohol Use Among	28	(3)
Adolescents: Real-World Research Techniques	31	(2)
Adoption	33	(3)
Adulthood, History of	36	(1)
African American Families	37	(4)
Aging and Technology	41	(5)
Air Quality	46	(5)
Art Therapy	51	(1)
Asthma	52	(3)
Attachment	55	(4)
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	59	(6)
B
Bandura, Albert	65	(3)
Behavior Settings	68	(2)
Bereavement	70	(4)
Biodiversity and the Use of Natural Resources	74	(2)
Birth	76	(2)
Breast Cancer among Latinas	78	(4)
Breast-Feeding and Lactation	82	(2)
Bronfenbrenner, Urie	84	(5)
Bubolz, Margaret M.	89	(4)
C
Cancer: Prevention and Screening	93	(3)
Cardiovascular Disease	96	(1)
Catholic Schooling: The Achievement of Poor and Minority Students	97	(2)
Ceci, Stephen J.	99	(2)
Child Abuse	101	(2)
Child and Family Poverty	103	(4)
Child Care: Issues for Infants and Children	107	(6)
Child Custody	113	(3)
Child Development, Cultural and Community Influences on	116	(2)
Children from Immigrant Families	118	(3)
Children of Alcoholics	121	(2)
Children of Incarcerated Parents	123	(2)
Children's Health in Family Policy	125	(1)
Cocaine and Crack	126	(2)
Cognitive and Language Skills: Early Environmental Influences on Apes	128	(3)
Cognitive Assessment	131	(2)
Colonias, Las	133	(2)
Community Schools	135	(3)
Community Youth Development	138	(3)
Community-Based Organizations	141	(3)
Comprehensive Community Initiatives	144	(3)
Consumer Economics Consumer Education	147	(1)
Consumption, Ethical	148	(3)
Contemporary Men's Movement	151	(2)
Cooperative Extension System (CES)	153	(2)
Creativity and the Arts in Child and Adolescent Development	155	(3)
Culture and Human Development	158	(1)
Curiosity	159	(2)
D
Dating	161	(2)
Deacon, Ruth E.	163	(2)
Deaf Families, Hearing Children in	165	(2)
Death: A Family Perspective	167	(3)
Designed Near Environment	170	(3)
Developmental Transitions across the Life Span	173	(3)
Divorce, Children's Adjustment to	176	(3)
Divorce Mediation	179	(2)
Domestic Violence	181	(2)
Dress and Human Behavior	183	(2)
Dyslexia	185	(4)
E
Early Childhood Assessment	189	(3)
Early Childhood Education	192	(4)
Early Intervention and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)	196	(2)
Ecodevelopmental Theory	198	(3)
Education, Professional	201	(1)
Ego Development	202	(2)
Elder Abuse in the Family	204	(5)
Empathy	209	(6)
End-of-Life Decision Making	215	(3)
Energy: Standards, Codes, and Labels	218	(3)
Energy and Home Usage	221	(4)
Energy Efficiency in the Home	225	(3)
Environmental Justice	228	(2)
Environmental Movement in the United States and People of Color	230	(5)
Environments of Children	235	(3)
Epigenetic Principle	238	(2)
Erikson, Erik Homburger	240	(2)
Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development	242	(1)
Ethics: A Feminist Perspective	243	(2)
Ethnic and Racial Identity in Adolescence	245	(2)
European Americans	247	(4)
Evaluation Research	251	(2)
Evolution	253	(3)
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)	256	(7)
Externalizing Disorders	263	(2)
Extracurricular Activity Participation	265	(2)
F
Faith-Based Organizations	267	(2)
Families, Southeast Asian	269	(4)
Family, Theories of	273	(2)
Family Crises	275	(3)
Family Diversity	278	(3)
Family Life Cycle	281	(2)
Family Paradigms	283	(4)
Family Resource Management	287	(2)
Family Systems Theory	289	(2)
Father-Child Relationships following Divorce	291	(2)
Financing Homeownership	293	(2)
Firebaugh, Francille M.	295	(2)
Food Product Development	297	(2)
Foodservice Industry: Evolving Personnel Practices	299	(2)
Foster Care	301	(1)
4-H Youth Development	302	(4)
Freud, Anna	306	(1)
Freud, Sigmund	307	(2)
Friendship across the Life Span	309	(4)
Full-Service Schools	313	(2)
Functional Clothing Design	315	(4)
G
Gambling and Gaming	319	(4)
Gay and Lesbian Studies	323	(5)
Gender and Environment	328	(4)
Gender and Families	332	(3)
Gender Roles and Society	335	(3)
Gesell, Arnold Lucius	338	(1)
Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren	339	(8)
H
Hall, G. Stanley	347	(1)
Head Start	348	(2)
Healthy Indoor Air	350	(3)
Hermeneutics and Human Ecology	353	(2)
High School	355	(2)
High School, Advising Students in	357	(3)
Hispanic Immigrant Experience	360	(3)
Holistic, Developmental, Systems-Oriented Perspective	363	(2)
Homelessness	365	(4)
Homeownership as a Tool for Building Family Capital Assets	369	(2)
Household Appliances: History and Development	371	(3)
Household Appliances, Shopping for	374	(4)
Housing	378	(2)
Housing: Cultural Influences on Historical Styles	380	(4)
Housing and Older Adults	384	(1)
Housing Policy	385	(3)
Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control	388	(5)
Volume 2: I-Y
I
Identity Statuses	393	(2)
Identity Styles	395	(3)
Individual Development as a System of Coaction	398	(2)
Indoor Air Pollution	400	(2)
Information Technology Impacts on Children, Youth, and Families	402	(2)
Intelligence	404	(6)
Intelligence and Parenting	410	(4)
Intergenerational Programs in Communities	414	(4)
Intergenerational Relations	418	(4)
Internalizing Disorders	422	(2)
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development	424	(2)
International Youth Foundation (IYF)	426	(2)
Internet Romance	428	(1)
Internet Use	429	(3)
Investigative Interviews with Children	432	(5)
J
Juvenile Diabetes	437	(2)
Juvenile Justice System	439	(4)
K
Kittrell, Flemmie P.	443	(1)
Kohlberg, Lawrence	444	(5)
L
Latino Leadership	449	(5)
Lead Poisoning	454	(2)
Lead-Safe Environment	456	(2)
Leisure Activities among Young People	458	(3)
Lifelong Learning	461	(2)
Living Arrangements for Elders	463	(7)
Low Birth Weight Infants	470	(3)
M
Macy, Icie G.	473	(1)
Management	474	(1)
Maternal Deprivation	475	(1)
Maternal Education	476	(2)
Mead, Margaret	478	(1)
Memory	479	(3)
Menarche	482	(3)
Mental Illness	485	(4)
Mental Illness in Old Age	489	(2)
Mental Retardation	491	(3)
Merchandise Management	494	(1)
Methods and Criteria in the Study of Human Ecology	495	(3)
Moen, Phyllis	498	(2)
Mold and Health	500	(2)
Moral Development	502	(5)
Morris, Earl	507	(2)
Music	509	(6)
N
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)	515	(1)
Neuropsychology	516	(2)
Nursing	518	(5)
Nutrition Assessment	523	(2)
Nutrition in the Elderly	525	(4)
O
Old Age, Social Relationships in	529	(4)
Older Adults: Preparation for Future Care	533	(2)
Osteoporosis	535	(1)
Outcome-Based Program Evaluation	536	(1)
Outdoor Mobility in Old Age	537	(6)
P
Paolucci, Beatrice	543	(2)
Parent Education Programs for Immigrant Families	545	(2)
Parental Development	547	(5)
Parent-Child Synchrony	552	(3)
Parenting Styles	555	(3)
Participatory Action Research	558	(2)
Peer Group Relations in Childhood and Adolescence	560	(3)
Philosophy of Human Ecology	563	(3)
Phobias in Childhood	566	(2)
Place Attachment across the Life Span	568	(4)
Play and Play Partners	572	(1)
Policy Education for Families and Children	573	(2)
Political Participation by Young People	575	(4)
Positive Development	579	(1)
Prenatal Decision Making by Adolescents	580	(3)
Prenatal Development and Care	583	(3)
Psychological Consequences of Childhood Obesity	586	(2)
Pubertal Development	588	(2)
Public Policy and Early Childhood	590	(5)
Q
Qualitative Research	595	(1)
Quantitative Research	596	(3)
R
Racial Identity Development among African American Adolescents	599	(5)
Racism and Its Impact on Health	604	(1)
Radon	605	(2)
Real World Memory	607	(1)
Religion and Sexual Orientation in America	608	(5)
Remarriage	613	(1)
Resiliency	614	(4)
Rural Environments, Adolescent Well-Being in	618	(3)
S
Schneirla, T. C.	621	(4)
Search Institute	625	(3)
Self, Self Concept, and Self Esteem	628	(4)
Self Efficacy	632	(3)
Sensitive Periods	635	(1)
Sex Role Stereotypes	636	(2)
Sexual Abstinence	638	(4)
Sexual Abuse	642	(1)
Sexual Identity Development	643	(2)
Smoking and Tobacco Use	645	(3)
Social Capital	648	(2)
Social Cognitive Theory	650	(3)
Social Justice and Human Science Programs	653	(2)
Social Support	655	(4)
Spanier, Graham B.	659	(4)
Stress and Health in Adolescence	663	(4)
Suicide	667	(5)
Suicide in Older Adults	672	(1)
Sustainable Development	673	(4)
T
Teaching Older Adults to Use New Technologies	677	(1)
Temperament	678	(4)
Tobacco Prevention and Youth	682	(2)
Transition from School to Work and Adult Life	684	(2)
Treatment Adherence	686	(4)
Twins	690	(3)
U
UNICEF	693	(4)
V
Violence in Teen Dating	697	(2)
Virtual Organizations	699	(1)
Volunteers and Voluntary Organizations in the United States	700	(3)
Vygotsky, Lev	703	(2)
W
Watkins, Susan M.	705	(3)
William T. Grant Foundation	708	(3)
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program	711	(1)
Work and Families	712	(2)
Work-Family Conflict	714	(3)
Workplace: Psychological Contracts	717	(4)
Y
Young Adulthood	721	(1)
Youth Development	722	(3)
Youth Mentoring	725	(2)
Youth Sports: An Ecological Perspective	727	(4)
Contributor List	731	(14)
Index	745	(14)
About the Editors	759