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

Biographical note

Dr. Kristin S. Mathiesen, Retired Director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, planned and started the TOPP study in 1993 and headed the study until 2007. She is particularly concerned with how results from epidemiological studies of children's mental health can inform preventive work and early interventions. Prof. Ann V. Sanson, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Australia, has extensive experience in longitudinal research on the social and emotional development of children, adolescents, and young adults. Besides leading long-standing studies in Australia, she advises national studies in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. She is a fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. Dr. Evalill B. Karevold, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway, researches and teaches developmental psychology. Her main field of research is temperament and emotional development in children and adolescents, and how thei family and social context influence such development. She has extensive experience in longitudinal research, including running the TOPP Study for several years.