Communication Perspectives on HIV/AIDS for the 21st Century

Edited by Timothy Edgar, Seth M. Noar, Vicki S. Freimuth

Reflecting the current state of research into the communication aspects of HIV/AIDS, this volume explores AIDS-related communication scholarship, moving forward from the 1992 publication AIDS:...

Published August 20th 2007 by Routledge.

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Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being

Completing the Picture

Edited by Brett V. Brown

Indicators of child and youth well-being are indispensable tools for improving the lives of children. In this book, the nation’s leading development researchers review the recent...

Published August 16th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Blindness and Brain Plasticity in Navigation and Object Perception

Edited by John J. Rieser, Daniel H. Ashmead, Ford Ebner, Anne L. Corn

Research into the development of sensory structures in the brains of blind or visually-impaired individuals has opened a window into important ways in which the...

Published August 10th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Learning From Data

An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning

By ARTHUR GLENBERG, Matthew Andrzejewski

Published August 9th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Disparities in School Readiness

How Families Contribute to Transitions into School

Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter

Significant disparities exist in children's behavioral and learning capacities that support successful transitions into school. In this new volume, leading researchers from a variety of...

Published August 3rd 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being

The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'

By Helga Dittmar

Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and...

Published August 2nd 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and People with Dementia

By Linda Clare

Rehabilitation provides a core concept around which to organise support, intervention and care for people with impairments in memory and other cognitive functions. This book...

Published August 2nd 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

Edited by Adrian Tomer, Grafton T. Eliason, Paul T.P. Wong

Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes provides: an in-depth examination of death attitudes, existentialism, and spirituality and their relationships; a review of the major...

Published July 31st 2007 by Psychology Press.

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International Family Change

Ideational Perspectives

Edited by Rukmalie Jayakody, Arland Thornton, William Axinn

Many dimensions of family life have changed. Age at marriage has risen, arranged marriages and extended families have declined, intergenerational relationships have been altered, and...

Published July 27th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Nature and Sociology

By Tim Newton

This book engages with, and contests, the ‘new sociology of nature’. It moves beyond existing debates by presenting new social theory and working across current...

Published July 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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