Understanding girls' problem behavior : how girls' delinquency develops in the context of maturity and health, co-occurring problems, and relationships /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kerr, Margaret, 1953-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Hot topics in developmental research.
• Subjects: Behavior disorders in children.; Behavior disorders in adolescence.; Problem children > Mental health.; Problem youth > Mental health.; Girls > Mental health.; Teenage girls > Mental health.; Juvenile delinquency > Etiology.; Juvenile Delinquency.; Adolescent Behavior.; Adolescent Development.; Aggression.; Conduct Disorder.; Psychology.; MEDICAL > Psychiatry > Child & Adolescent.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : illustrations.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780470977453; 0470977450; 9780470977446; 0470977442; 128317538X; 9781283175388
• DOI: 10.1002/9780470977453

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents an overview of recent studies by leading researchers into key aspects of the development of problem behavior in girls.: Integrates interdisciplinary research into girls' problem behaviors (e.g. aggression, antisocial behavior, rule breaking); Unique in seeking to understand girls' problem behaviors in their own right; Follows the maturing girl from adolescence to adulthood, concluding at the point where she herself becomes a parent and forms new relationships; Gives attention to the critical contexts of problem behavior development--society and nei.