Handbook of Girls' and Women's Psychological Health
by Judith Worell (Editor), Carol D. Goodheart (Editor)
ISBN-10: 019516203X
ISBN-13: 9780195162035
$105.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Sep 1, 2005
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
10.32x1.64x7.28 Inches
Weight
2.87 Pounds
About the Book
This book integrates the role of gender in girls' and women's development across the life span, looking specifically at internal and external vulnerabilities and risks, and the protective or supportive factors that facilitate effective coping, positive growth, strength, and resilience. The interaction between physical, psychological, and cultural factors is integrated within each period of development. The book emphasizes how gender socialization of female development and behavior impacts both self-evaluation and identity processes within various cultural groups. The book also discusses the social roles that girls and women reflectively adopt. Lastly, it recognizes that externally induced risks such as poverty, interpersonal abuse, and violence present challenges to healthy development.