The unique longitudinal study "Tracking Opportunities and Problems (TOPP)" began following nearly 1,000 children and their families in Norway in 1993. Few studies have ever accumulated such extensive information from such a large number of families. The TOPP Study has provided new knowledge about and insight into the precursors, developmental paths and predictors of both good adaptation and mental health problems of children, as well as into parenting and family relationships.
The editors have collated the key findings in three parts. Part 1 addresses the mental health and development of children and adolescents. Part 2 focuses on parents, looking at individual parental and family-related factors, including parental couple relationships. Part 3 looks at the methodological issues, including the sample, response rate and measurement and analytical approaches.
This unique book provides thought-provoking insights into the TOPP findings to help guide therapeutic practice, to suggest new avenues of research, to inform teaching, and to shape policy planning and preventive actions. It is thus an invaluable resource for all professionals, researchers, educators, policy makers, and students working with children and adolescents and their families.
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The definitive work on the best ways to support the healthy development of children and adolescents and their families, based on 20 years of the groundbreaking TOPP Study
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 1: Children and Adolescents - Mental Health and Development
Chapter 2 Mental Health Problems Among Children and Adolescents
Chapter 3 Problem Behaviours In the Early Preschool Years and Their
Predictors
Chapter 4 Temperament and Personality Development in Children
and Adolescents
Chapter 5 Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adolescence
Chapter 6 Predictors of Internalising Behaviour Problems in
Adolescents
Chapter 7 Externalising Behaviour Problems in Childhood and
Adolescence
Chapter 8 Predictors of Externalising Behaviour Problems in
Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 9 Eating Problems From Childhood to Young Adulthood
Chapter 10 Alcohol Use in Adolescence
Chapter 11 Social Resources Across Development: Social
Competence and Social Support
Chapter 12 Resilient Pathways in Childhood
Part 2: Parents - Mental Health and Partnerships
Chapter 13 Anxiety and Depression Among Mothers
Chapter 14 Predictors of Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety
Among Mothers
Chapter 15 Associations Between Paternal and Adolescent
Depressive Symptoms
Chapter 16 Family-Related Stressors and Sick Leave in Mothers and
Fathers
Chapter 17 Parental Couple Relationships: Pathways, Predictors, and
Associations With Parental Mental Health
Part 3: The TOPP Study - Tracking Opportunities and Problems
From Infancy to Adulthood
Chapter 18 Sample, Response Rate and Attrition
Chapter 19 Methodology: Measures, and Analytical Approaches
Chapter 20 The TOPP Researchers, Projects and Overall Findings
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There is an increasing appreciation worldwide of the heavy burden that mental health issues place on people's lives. This book makes an important contribution to how and why these problems arise, and what we might do to prevent them. It will be of great interest to governments and policymakers, as well as clinicians and researchers."; Prof. Frank Oberklaid, OAM, MD FRACP, DCH, Director, Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780889375437
Publisert
2017-11-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Hogrefe Publishing
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
177 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272