Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life CourseSAGE, 2008 - 602 Seiten Organized around time, the Third Edition of Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course helps students understand the relationship between time and human behavior. Using a life course perspective, author Elizabeth D. Hutchison shows how the multiple dimensions of person and environment work together with dimensions of time to produce patterns in unique life course journeys. The Third Edition is updated and revised to respond to the rapidity of changes in complex societies. New to the Third Edition Examines our increasing global interdependence: The human life course is placed in global context. Recognizes scientific advancements: Advances in neuroscience have been incorporated throughout the chapters. Emphasizes group-based diversity: More content has been added on the effects of gender, race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and disability on life course trajectories. Reorganizes family dynamics: Greater attention has been given to the role of fathers. Reflects contemporary issues: New case studies, exhibits, and Web resources have been added to provide the most up-to-date information. |
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Key Ideas | 3 |
A Life Course Perspective | 7 |
A Definition of the Life Course Perspective | 9 |
Major Themes of the Life Course Perspective | 19 |
Strengths and Limitations of the Life Course Perspective | 33 |
Conception Pregnancy and Childbirth | 39 |
The Gerekes LateLife Pregnancy | 45 |
Reproductive Genetics | 54 |
Other Threats to Physical and Mental Health | 273 |
Implications for Social Work Practice | 279 |
Young Adulthood | 283 |
Key Ideas | 285 |
Physical Functioning in Young Adulthood | 296 |
Social Development and Social Functioning | 302 |
Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Young Adulthood | 316 |
Middle Adulthood | 321 |
Normal Fetal Development | 67 |
Risk and Protective Factors in Conception Pregnancy and Childbirth | 76 |
Implications for Social Work Practice | 91 |
Infancy and Toddlerhood | 95 |
Key Ideas | 97 |
Infants and Toddlers in the Multigenerational Family | 126 |
Protective Factors in Infancy and Toddlerhood | 132 |
Key Terms | 134 |
Early Childhood | 137 |
Terris Terrible Temper | 140 |
The Role of Play | 154 |
Early Childhood in the Multigenerational Family | 160 |
Implications for Social Work Practice | 171 |
Middle Childhood | 175 |
Key Ideas | 177 |
Development in Middle Childhood | 183 |
Middle Childhood and Formal Schooling | 201 |
Special Challenges in Middle Childhood | 209 |
Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Middle Childhood | 221 |
Adolescence | 227 |
Biological Aspects of Adolescence | 233 |
Social Aspects of Adolescence | 247 |
Spiritual Aspects of Adolescence | 256 |
Key Ideas | 323 |
Robert Johnson Enjoying Fatherhood at 48 | 327 |
Biological Changes and Physical and Mental Health in Middle Adulthood | 336 |
Intellectual Changes in Middle Adulthood | 345 |
Relationships in Middle Adulthood | 353 |
Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Middle Adulthood | 365 |
Late Adulthood | 369 |
Key Ideas | 371 |
Cultural Construction of Late Adulthood | 379 |
Biological Changes in Late Adulthood | 386 |
Psychological Changes in Late Adulthood | 391 |
The Search for Personal Meaning | 407 |
Implications for Social Work Practice | 413 |
Very Late Adulthood | 417 |
Key Ideas | 419 |
What We Can Learn From Centenarians | 427 |
Spirituality in Very Late Adulthood | 435 |
Loss Grief and Bereavement | 443 |
The Life Course Completed | 449 |
References | 453 |
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About the Author | 597 |
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