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

In recent years there has been a disturbing increase in both the prevalence and severity of girls’ problem behavior. Yet our knowledge regarding the development of antisocial behavior remains focused almost exclusively on boys and men. Fortunately, solid research into problem behavior in girls – a field that was virtually non–existent before the 1970s – is finally gaining ground.
Understanding Girls′ Problem Behavior presents a collection of recent studies that are shaping our understanding of the development of problem behavior in girls. Most chapters feature longitudinal data and a focus on theory development. They include studies that begin with the maturing girl, follow her through adolescence to adulthood, and conclude when she herself becomes a parent. The processes involved in initiating, establishing, and potentially overcoming problem behavior are vividly illustrated through new findings and theories from fields including clinical psychology, sociology, developmental psychology and criminology.
Offering rich insights from leading international scholars, Understanding Girls’ Problem Behavior is sure to inspire further advances in a critical new field of contemporary research.

Spis treści:
About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Girls′ Problem Behavior: From the What to the Why (Geertjan Overbeek and Anna–Karin Andershed).
PART 1: MATURITY AND HEALTH.
1 A Contextual Amplification Hypothesis: Pubertal Timing and Girls′ Emotional and Behavioral Problems (Xiaojia Ge, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Run Jin, and Michael C. Biehl).
2 Fits and Misfits: How Adolescents′ Representations of Maturity Relate To Their Adjustment (Lauree C. Tilton–Weaver, Fumiko Kakihara, Sheila K. Marshall, and Nancy L. Galambos).
3 Physical Health in Adolescent Girls with Antisocial Behavior (Kathleen Pajer, Andrea Lourie, and Lisa Leininger).
PART 2: CO–OCCURRING PROBLEMS.
4 Using Girls′ Voices and Words to Study Their Problems (Joanne Belknap, Emily Gaarder, Kristi Holsinger, Cathy McDaniels Wilson, and Bonnie Cady).
5 Developmental Comorbidity of Depression and Conduct Problems in Girls (Kate Keenan, Xin Feng, Dara Babinski, Alison Hipwell, Amanda Hinze, Rolf Loeber, and Magda Stouthamer–Loeber).
PART 3: GIRLS′ PROBLEM BEHAVIOR AND RELATIONSHIPS.
6 Deviancy Training in a Sample of High–Risk Adolescent Girls in The Netherlands (Annika K. E. de Haan, Geertjan Overbeek, Karin S. Nijhof, and Rutger C. M. E. Engels).
7 Girls’ Aggressive Behavior Problems: A Focus on Relationships (Debra Pepler, Jennifer Connolly, Wendy Craig, and Depeng Jiang).
8 Attachment and Aggression: From Paradox to Principles of Intervention to Reduce Risk of Violence in Teens (Marlene M. Moretti and Ingrid Obsuth).
9 The Transfer of Developmental and Health Risk from Women with Histories of Aggressive Behavior to Their Children: Recent Results from the Concordia Longitudinal Project (Lisa A. Serbin, Dale M. Stack, Michele Hubert, Alex E. Schwartzman, and Jane Ledingham).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Margaret Kerr is Professor of Psychology at Örebro University, Sweden.
Håkan Stattin is Professor of Psychology at Uppsala and Örebro 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 Örebro University, Sweden.

Okładka tylna:
In recent years there has been a disturbing increase in both the prevalence and s everity of girls’ problem behavior. Yet our knowledge regarding the development of antisocial behavior remains focused almost exclusively on boys and men. Fortunately, solid research into problem behavior in girls – a field that was virtually non–existent before the 1970s – is finally gaining ground.
Understanding Girls′ Problem Behavior presents a collection of recent studies that are shaping our understanding of the development of problem behavior in girls. Most chapters feature longitudinal data and a focus on theory development. They include studies that begin with the maturing girl, follow her through adolescence to adulthood, and conclude when she herself becomes a parent. The processes involved in initiating, establishing, and potentially overcoming problem behavior are vividly illustrated through new findings and theories from fields including clinical psychology, sociology, developmental psychology and criminology.
Offering rich insights from leading international scholars, Understanding Girls’ Problem Behavior is sure to inspire further advances in a critical new field of contemporary research.