Child Development

Anthony Lee Tavistock Clinic and University College Hypothesis Clarese Lemberger University of Kentucky Television Kathryn S. Le ...

Victoria J. Molfese University of Louisville Symbolic Thought Amanda Sheffield Morris Arizona State University Friendship Edward ...

xxiv LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Beverly J. Roder Infants to Adolescents: Research Update, Acton, MA Sleeping Catherine Rohweder Univer ...

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xxv Faye B. Steuer College of Charleston Midwives Tanya F. Stockhammer New York State Psychiatric Institute ...

A ABORTION The technical definition of induced abortion is the re- moval of products of conception from the uterus of a pregnant ...

When Abortion Was Illegal Major complications from induced abortion are very rare in the United States, occurring in fewer than ...

ers have resulted in a limited number of active abortion providers, especially in rural areas of the United States. In 1996 out ...

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was first discovered in the early 1980s and has now b ...

quently becomes a guarded secret that is considered shameful, embarrassing, and potentially explosive if revealed. Maintaining t ...

Beverly Alindi, a seven year old, HIV-infected patient from Kenya, appears much smaller and younger than her actual age due to c ...

for the mental health professionals involved in their care, the future is looking brighter every day. See also: BIRTH DEFECTS; P ...

ers shared this view until quite recently. This period of life (generally considered to run from age ten to age twenty-five) was ...

impact of these differences depends on the cultural beliefs and norms that relate to the meaning of early maturation for both gi ...

During adolescence, many young people attach greater importance to the activities and opinions of their peers than those of fami ...

if they are in social environments that do not fit their psychological needs. If the social environments in the typical junior a ...

with a middle class to upper middle class, infertile, white couple, the nature of adoption has changed dramatically. Beginning i ...

Today, a growing number of children are enter- ing adoptive homes after experiencing life within the foster care system. Typical ...

lives. It is still too soon to know how these changes will influence the lives of individuals who are touched by adoption. There ...

Family Structure In 1998, 51 percent of African-American children lived in mother-only families, compared to 18 per- cent of Eur ...

African-American children, compared to European- American children, report more positive attitudes about school and homework, pe ...