In utero and during the first 5 years of life, boys face unique risks as a result of
neurobiological and environmental factors. This introductory article to the Special Issue …

Why are boys at risk? To address this question, I use the perspective of regulation theory to
offer a model of the deeper psychoneurobiological mechanisms that underlie the …

“How can you stand to work with boys? They're angry. They don't talk. They're aggressive.
And they refuse to deal with their emotions.” Most counselors who work with boys and male …

T he birth of a child marks an important family transition. When the mother is a teenager,
there are concerns that the transition to parenthood is “off time” and will place her and her …

Objective This cohort study assessed perinatal factors known to be related to maternal and
neonatal inflammation and hypothesized that several would be associated with emotional …

In a previous study (Zaslow, Pedersen, Cain, Suwalsky, & Kramer, 1985), observations of 3-
month parent-infant interaction in the home were com pared for men who had experienced …

Psychology's recent immersion in risk research has introduced a new variant in which the
focus is not solely on disease, but also on the effects and consequences produced by the …

The transition to parenthood: Special tasks and risk factors for adolescent parents. The
transition to parenthood: Special tasks and risk factors for adolescent parents. Citation Osofsky …

In this chapter, we discuss boys' development in childhood and adolescence by focusing on
areas in which average trends for boys and girls tend to differ. We consider how variations in …

Data gathered over the course of a 25-year longitudinal study of 1,055 young people was
used to examine gender differences in the onset of early parenthood and the developmental …