Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior How Girls' Delinquency Develops in the Context of Maturity and Health, Co-occurring Problems, and Relationships

by Kerr, Margaret; Stattin, Hå; kan; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Overbeek, Geertjan; Andershed, Anna-Karin

• ISBN13: 9780470666326
• ISBN10: 0470666323
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents an overview of recent studies by leading researchers into key aspects of the development of problem behavior in girls. Integrates interdisciplinary research into girls' problem behaviors (e.g. aggression, antisocial behavior, rule breaking) Unique in seeking to understand girls' problem behaviors in their own right Follows the maturing girl from adolescence to adulthood, concluding at the point where she herself becomes a parent and forms new relationships Gives attention to the critical contexts of problem behavior developmentsociety and neighborhood, as well as family and peer contexts

Author Biography

Margaret Kerr is Professor of Psychology at rebro University, Sweden. Hkan Stattin is Professor of Psychology at Uppsala and rebro Universities, Sweden. Rutger C.M.E. Engels is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Geertjan Overbeek is Associate Professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Anna-Karin Andershed is Assistant Professor of Psychology at rebro University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction: Girls' Problem Behavior: From the What to the Why	p. 1
Maturity and Health	p. 9
A Contextual Amplification Hypothesis: Pubertal Timing and Girls' Emotional and Behavioral Problems	p. 11
Fits and Misfits: How Adolescents' Representations of Maturity Relate To Their Adjustment	p. 31
Physical Health in Adolescent Girls with Antisocial Behavior	p. 69
Co-Occurring Problems	p. 95
Using Girls' Voices and Words to Study Their Problems	p. 97
Developmental Comorbidity of Depression and Conduct Problems in Girls	p. 117
Girls' Problem Behavior and Relationships	p. 139
Deviancy Training in a Sample of High-Risk Adolescent Girls in The Netherlands	p. 141
Girls' Aggressive Behavior Problems: A Focus on Relationships	p. 165
Attachment and Aggression: From Paradox to Principles of Intervention to Reduce Risk of Violence in Teens	p. 185
The Transfer of Developmental and Health Risk from Women with Histories of Aggressive Behavior to Their Children: Recent Results from the Concordia Longitudinal Project	p. 207
Index	p. 231
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