Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Although hundreds of studies have documented the association between family poverty and
children's health, achievement, and behavior, few measure the effects of the timing, depth …

Socioeconomic status (SES)—indexed via parent educational attainment, parent
occupation, and family income—is a powerful predictor of children's developmental …

Although there is now a large body of empirical research on neighbourhood effects, we
know relatively little about the causal mechanisms responsible for relationships between …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

This study examined the process of how socioeconomic status, specifically parents'
education and income, indirectly relates to children's academic achievement through …

Provides a comprehensive review of research on the effects of neighborhood residence on
child and adolescent well-being. The 1st section reviews key methodological issues. The …

We examine the prediction of individuals' educational and occupational success at age 48
from contextual and personal variables assessed during their middle childhood and late …

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a pervasive predictor of child development; parenting is a
large part of the reason why. This chapter deals with a historical introduction to research on …

Current findings on parental influences provide more sophisticated and less deterministic
explanations than did earlier theory and research on parenting. This chapter outlines key …