Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

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1. Cyberbullying

   Development, Consequences, Risk and Protective Factors

   Edited by Ersilia Menesini, Christiane Spiel

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   From the beginning of 2000, with the increase and diffusion of modern technologies, a new form of bullying using electronic means has emerged. Literature has reached some consistent findings on the description of the problem. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about developmental processes...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. Evidence-based Parent Education Programmes to Promote Positive Parenting

   A Special Issue of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by María José Rodrigo, Ana Almeida, Christiane Spiel, Willem Koops

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   The objective of this special issue is to illustrate some of the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects involved in the evidence-based evaluation of family educational programs aimed at supporting positive parenting. The main novelty that this special issue brings is the compilation of...

   Published February 5th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. National Identity and Ingroup-Outgroup Attitudes in Children: The Role of Socio-Historical Settings

   A Special Issue of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by Louis Oppenheimer, Martyn Barrett

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   This special issue reports the findings from eight studies which examined children’s national identifications and national attitudes. Data were collected from 725 7- and 11-year-old children living in countries that have or have not experienced violence or war in the recent past. Twelve national...

   Published January 31st 2011 by Psychology Press
4. Theory of Mind: Specialized Capacity or Emergent Property? Perspectives from Non-human and Human Development

   A Special Issue of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by Elisabeth Sterck, Sander Begeer, Juliane Cuperus, Richard van Wezel

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Theory of Mind, the cognitive capacity to attribute emotions, intentions and knowledge to oneself and others, has been claimed a hallmark of human cognition. Nonetheless, Theory of Mind is considered limited in young children and people with autism. Moreover, its presence in animals is much...

   Published November 7th 2010 by Psychology Press
5. Developmental Co-construction of Cognition

   A Special Issue of European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by Christine Sorsana

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Since the 1970s, a great number of experimental and ethnomethodological studies have brought out the fact that social interaction influences cognitive development. However, two major questions remain: what is the true nature of this influence and what are the most relevant methods to catch it? The...

   Published October 30th 2008 by Psychology Press
6. Immigrant Youth in European Countries

   A Special Issue of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by Dagmar Strohmeier, Eva Schmitt-Rodermund

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Today, many children and adolescents living in Europe have an immigrant background. For the first time, studies investigating youth belonging to several immigrant groups were collected to form a special issue on their situation. The papers presented here offer a comprehensive introduction ...

   Published July 15th 2008 by Psychology Press
7. Social Cognition During Infancy

   A Special Issue of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by Vincent Reid, Tricia Striano, Willem Koops

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   From the fundamental processing of human movement, through to the ability to interpret actions, infancy research is only now taking up the challenge of social cognition over a variety of cognitive areas. This special issue covers broad areas of social-cognitive development and builds a cohesive...

   Published March 28th 2007 by Psychology Press
8. Social Cognition in Adolescence: Its Developmental Significance

   A Special Issue of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by Willem Koops, Harke A. Bosma

   Series: Special Issues of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology

   The special issue aims to develop a greater understanding of the relationship between social cognitive development in adolescence and social behaviour, to discuss the mediating effects of other aspects of development in adolescence such as the parallel emergence of ideas concerning personal...

   Published January 26th 2005 by Psychology Press