Handbook Of Girls' And Women's Psychological Health

by Worell, Judith; Goodheart, Carol D.

• ISBN13: 9780195162035
• ISBN10: 019516203X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"The Handbook of Girls' and Women's Psychological Health presents a contemporary view of psychological health for girls and women that integrates psychology, physiology, society, and culture. A range of 50 chapters integrates current research, scholarship, and practice on the risks and protective factors that influence women's health and well-being across the life span. Within and biopsychosocial framework, the Handbook explores mind and body, risks and resilience, research and interventions, cultural diversity, and public policy." "This Handbook underscores the importance of gender in the lives of girls and women developmentally across significant phases of the life span. Considering the importance of cultural context, this book illustrates how gender socialization in female development and behavior affects self-evaluation, identity processes, and the social roles that girls and women adopt. Its chapters illustrate how externally induced risks such as poverty, discrimination, and violence present challenges to healthy development. Significantly, the chapters also draw attention to long overlooked and compelling strengths and capacities that provide a firm basis for growth and health."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Norine G. Johnson
Contributors	xvii
Part I Gender and Psychological Health
An Integrated View of Girls' and Women's Health: Psychology, Physiology, and Society	3	(12)
Carol D. Goodheart
Risks to Healthy Development: The Somber Planes of Life	15	(10)
Cheryl Brown Travis
Pathways to Healthy Development: Sources of Strength and Empowerment	25	(15)
Judith Worell
Part II Risks and Strengths Across the Life Span
Problems and Risks
Assessment and Gender	40	(11)
Marcia C. Linn
Cathy Kessel
Mood Disturbance Across the Life Span	51	(9)
Valerie E. Whiffen
Natasha Demidenko
Anxiety Disturbance in Girls and Women	60	(9)
Wendy K. Silverman
Rona Carter
Body Image	69	(8)
Linda Smolak
Serious Emotional Disturbance and Serious Mental Illness	77	(8)
Diane T. Marsh
Violence Against Girls and Women: An Integrative Developmental Perspective	85	(9)
Jacquelyn W. White
James M. Frabutt
Physical or Systemic Disabilities	94	(9)
Rhoda Olkin
Trauma in the Lives of Girls and Women	103	(10)
Janis Sanchez-Hucles
Kimberly Gamble
Substance Use and Abuse by Girls and Women	113	(9)
Lula A. Beatty
Cora Lee Wetherington
Dionne J. Jones
Adele B. Roman
Poor Women and Girls in a Wealthy Nation	122	(7)
Deborah Belle
Lisa Dodson
Women and Suicide	129	(9)
Lillian M. Range
Strengths and Resources
Coping in Adolescent Girls and Women	138	(11)
Patricia A. Bennett
Susan H. McDaniel
Self-Esteem	149	(8)
Oksana Malanchuk
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Resilience and Empowerment	157	(9)
Virginia E. O'Leary
Jeshmin Bhaju
Subjective Well-Being	166	(9)
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Rene Dickerhoof
The Sense of Entitlement: Implications for Gender Equality and Psychological Well-Being	175	(8)
Vanessa L. McGann
Janice M. Steil
Balanced Living Through Self-Care	183	(9)
Carol Williams-Nickelson
To Your Sexual Health! Incorporating Sexuality Into the Health Perspective	192	(8)
Lucia F. O'Sullivan
M. C. McCrudden
Deborah L. Tolman
Women and Giving	200	(8)
Michele Harway
Roberta L. Nutt
Women and Relationships	208	(10)
Mary M. Brabeck
Kalina M. Brabeck
Healthy Environments for Youth and Families	218	(11)
Karen Fraser Wyche
The Psychotherapeutic Relationship as a Positive and Powerful Resource for Girls and Women	229	(13)
Lucia Albino Gilbert
Lisa K. Kearney
Part III Phases of Development Within the Life Span
Children and Adolescents: Awakenings
Gender Role and Gender Identity Development	242	(10)
Susan A. Basow
The Interplay of Physical and Psychosocial Development	252	(210)
Annette M. La Greca
Eleanor Race Mackey
Karen Bearman Miller
The Family Environment: Where Gender Role Socialization Begins	262	(10)
Phyllis Bronstein
Girls and Academic Success: Changing Patterns of Academic Achievement	272	(11)
Diane F. Halpern
Gender and Schooling: Progress and Persistent Barriers	283	(9)
Judith L. Meece
Kathryn Scantlebury
Adolescent Girls' Health in the Context of Peer and Community Relationships	292	(9)
Bridget M. Reynolds
Rena L. Repetti
From Girlhood to Womanhood: Multiple Transitions in Context	301	(11)
Niva Piran
Erin Ross
Adults: Balancing
Women's Career Development	312	(9)
Nancy E. Betz
Love, Intimacy, and Partners	321	(9)
Susan S. Hendrick
Women's Reproductive Health: Issues, Findings, and Controversies	330	(9)
Linda J. Beckman
The Mixed Messages of Motherhood	339	(11)
Joy K. Rice
Nicole Else-Quest
Family and Work Balance	350	(9)
Faye J. Crosby
Laura Sabattini
Midlife Transitions	359	(11)
Claire A. Etaugh
Judith S. Bridges
Older Adults: Winding Down and Summing Up
Aging and Identity: How Women Face Later Life Transitions	370	(9)
Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Karyn M. Skultety
Physical Health and Illness in Older Women	379	(9)
S. Deborah Majerovitz
Older Women and Security	388	(9)
Bonnie Markham
Bereavement	397	(9)
Deborah Carr
Jung-Hwa Ha
Women's Issues at the End of Life	406	(10)
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
Jennifer Dillinger
Heather L. Gray
Veronica Cardenas
Lani Singer
Shannon Hsu
Positive Aging: Reconstructing the Life Course	416	(11)
Mary M. Gergen
Kenneth J. Gergen
Part IV Special Problems and Resources
Legal Issues Influencing Girls' and Women's Psychological Health	427	(12)
Lenore E. A. Walker
Adaptation of Immigrant Girls and Women	439	(8)
Melba J. T. Vasquez
Ay Ling Han
Cynthia De Las Fuentes
Psychopharmacotherapy and Women: Issues for Consideration	447	(8)
Debra Lina Dunivin
Survivors of Male Violence: Research and Training Initiatives to Facilitate Recovery From Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	455	(12)
Veronica M. Herrera
Mary P. Koss
Jennifer Bailey
Nicole P. Yuan
Erika L. Lichter
An Overview of Policies That Impact the Psychological Well-Being of Girls and Women	467	(14)
Sherry Glied
Sharon Kofman
Part V Conclusion
Afterword	481	(2)
Carol D. Goodheart
Judith Worell
Index	483