Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology (3rd ed.)

Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology, 3rd edition, emphasizes developmental psychopathology as a means for understanding and treating abnormal behavior in children. The text emphasizes strengths and healthy outcomes as a means for designing effective therapies to help children and families, as well as focusing on prevention as a cornerstone of managing child behavior. Throughout this book, special attention is given to issues of diversity, inclusion, and understanding. The text also examines the relationships between children and parents as well as with other primary figures within families (i.e., siblings, step-parents, care-taking grandparents, foster parents, etc.). The 3rd edition has been updated to include DSM-5

Where\u27s Poppa?: The Relative Lack of Attention to the Role of Fathers in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Compared with mothers, fathers are dramatically underrepresented in clinical child and adolescent research. The author reviewed empirical and theoretical clinical child and adolescent literature to ascertain the reasons for this underrepresentation. Four somewhat interrelated factors are discussed: practical issues in participant recruitment, differential base rates of paternal vs maternal psychopathology, theory-driven research based on sexist theories, and research assumptions based on outdated societal norms. Suggestions for future research are discussed, including parallel investigations of paternal characteristics whenever maternal characteristics are investigated, assessment of both similarities and differences in the role of fathers and mothers in child and adolescent psychopathology, and investigation of parenting factors for both fathers and mothers (e.g., time spent in actual caretaking, career vs family orientation) in relation to child and adolescent psychopathology

Psychological Adjustment, Maladjustment, and Father-Child Relationships

Psychological maladjustment among fathers and their offspring / attempts to provide a comprehensive review of the research literature documenting the extent to which paternal maladjustment has adverse consequences for children\u27s development as well as the extent to which filial maladjustment is associated with various aspects of the father–child relationship / includes summaries of recent research on the etiology of conduct disorders, antisocial personality disorder, alcohol abuse, depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity, and eating disorders, with a special focus on associations with paternal characteristics

Fathers and Developmental Psychopathology

This book was written in an effort to help broaden the parental focus of the contemporary discourse on developmental psychopathology. To that end, it provides a comprehensive review of the current theory, research, and clinical issues related to the role of fathers in developmental psychopathology [in children], and takes a multidisciplinary approach, answering crucial questions. This book is a resource for clinical psychologists—especially clinical child psychologists and specialists in developmental, abnormal, and family psychology . . . and ultimately all mental health practitioners who may be called upon to treat psychologically disturbed children

Conducting Nonsexist Research, Prevention, and Treatment With Fathers and Mothers: A Call for a Change

In published research and in unpublished doctoral dissertation research, fathers are underrepresented in the investigation of child and family functioning. A number of possible explanations for this underrepresentation are discussed, including researchers’ use of sexist theories that either directly or indirectly result in mother blaming, family demographics that suggest fathers are less present in the lives of their children when compared with mothers, and researchers’ perceptions of fathers’ unwillingness to participate in research. In order to encourage nonsexist family research that includes both mothers and fathers, recommendations are provided to increase the inclusion of fathers in child and family research. Specifically, researchers are encouraged to always provide parallel investigations of paternal factors when maternal factors are investigated. Researchers are also encouraged to investigate similarities as well as differences between mothers and fathers in relation to their children’s functioning. Implications for the involvement of fathers in prevention and clinical interventions are discussed. In order to move beyond nonsexist research, feminist research issues are also raised