Handbook of Applied Developmental Science
Subtitle: Promoting Positive Child, Adolescent, and Family Development Through Research, Policies, and Programs (The SAGE Program on Applied Developmental Science)
Contributors: Richard M. Lerner (Editor); Francine Jacobs (Editor); Donald Wertlieb (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: October 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 2296
ISBN-13: 9780761922780
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Sociology, Social Studies; Developmental - General; Child Psychology; Sociology Of Children; Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology; Adolescence; Developmental - Child; Child development
First sentence: The latter part of the 20th century was marked by public anxiety about myriad social problems, some old, some new, but all affecting the lives of vulnerable children, adolescents, adults, families, and communities (Fisher &amp; Murray, 1996; Lerner, Sparks, &amp; McCubbin, 1999).