Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Jeffrey Longhofer, Ph.D., LCSW
Jeffrey Longhofer, Ph.D., LCSW
Societies
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood
American Society on Aging
American Psychological Association: Developmental Psychology
American Psychological Association: Adult Development and Aging
American Anthropological Association: Association for Anthropology and Gerontology
American Sociological Association: Aging and the Life Course
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood
American Society on Aging
American Psychological Association: Developmental Psychology
American Psychological Association: Adult Development and Aging
American Anthropological Association: Association for Anthropology and Gerontology
American Sociological Association: Aging and the Life Course
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Movie Review: PsycCRITQUES, Vol 55(35), 2010
Morning: A preface to mourning.
Reviews the film, Morning directed by Leland Orser (2009). This is an excelent film that contrasts the commonplace of morning in the city with the desperate crisis caused by sudden death in the home is a useful dramatic device. It leads viewers to ask the question that many grieving people ask, “How can the rest of the world go on so normally when my world has been destroyed?” (Attig, 1996). The film may be too long for use as a teaching tool, although an exception may be a three-hour evening class dealing with dying and grief, where it might engender a real discussion of the ways in which people may react to sudden death. It clearly shows the coping mechanisms of denial, anger, escapism, regression, and identification. It portrays in detail the initial phase of shock following the accidental death of a child and shows the futility of trying to handle such a loss in isolation. If it is used in the classroom, students might be asked to suggest other, more positive, ways of coping as well as identify steps that the couple might take as their grieving continues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Morning: A preface to mourning.
Reviews the film, Morning directed by Leland Orser (2009). This is an excelent film that contrasts the commonplace of morning in the city with the desperate crisis caused by sudden death in the home is a useful dramatic device. It leads viewers to ask the question that many grieving people ask, “How can the rest of the world go on so normally when my world has been destroyed?” (Attig, 1996). The film may be too long for use as a teaching tool, although an exception may be a three-hour evening class dealing with dying and grief, where it might engender a real discussion of the ways in which people may react to sudden death. It clearly shows the coping mechanisms of denial, anger, escapism, regression, and identification. It portrays in detail the initial phase of shock following the accidental death of a child and shows the futility of trying to handle such a loss in isolation. If it is used in the classroom, students might be asked to suggest other, more positive, ways of coping as well as identify steps that the couple might take as their grieving continues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
- Digital Object Identifier: 10.1037/a0019074
Governmental Agencies
- NIMH, Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- CDC, Child Development and Positive Parenting
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
- Administration for Children and Families / Children's Bureau
- Administration for Children and Families / Welfare Information Page
- Administration for Children and Families / Family and Youth Services Bureau
- Department of Justice
- Health Care Financing Administration
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
- National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
- Office of Health Policy: Children's Health Insurance Issues
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- National Institute of Aging
- Rutgers University, School of Social Work, Institute for Families
- University of Minnesota, Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
- Rutgers University, Camden, Center for Children and Childhood Studies
- University of Chicago, Chapin Hall
- Georgetown University, Center for Child and Human Development
- Yale University, Child Study Center
- Sloan Work and Family Research Network
- The Florida State University, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy
- NYU Child Study Center
- University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development Institute
Child Development Organizations
- Zero to Three
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University
This third and final three-year report describes the 2001–2003 grantmaking program of OSI's Project on Death in America (PDIA). These grants trace the evolution of PDIA funding strategies to sustain the field of palliative care and to support the infrastructure of professional organizations focused on improving the care of the dying.
The report also briefly describes PDIA palliative care initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and South Africa.
The Study of Adult Development is the longest longitudinal study of adult life ever conducted. For 68 years, two groups of men have been studied from adolescence into late life to identify the predictors of healthy aging. This study has allowed us to examine the psychological traits, social factors, and biological processes that characterize adolescents and forty-year-olds who evolve into vigorous and engaged octogenarians. The study has created an unprecedented database of life histories with which to view the dynamic character of the aging process. (from their website)
Atlantic Monthly on the Study of Adult Development at Harvard
Adult Development and Aging News, American Psychological Assoication
Resources
- Assessing Children's Well-Being: A Handbook of Measures
- Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development
- Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development
- Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science
- Encyclopedia of Human Development
- Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Evidence-Based Practice in the Early Childhood Field
- Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence
- Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
- Growing Up: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
- Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children
CHILDREN COME INTO THE WORLD eager to learn. The first five years of life are a time of enormous growth of linguistic, conceptual, social, emotional, and motor competence. Right from birth a healthy child is an active participant in that growth, exploring the environment, learning to communicate, and, in relatively short order, beginning to construct ideas and theories about how things work in the surrounding world. The pace of learning, however, will depend on whether and to what extent the child’s inclinations to learn encounter and engage supporting environments. There can be no question that the environment in which a child grows up has a powerful impact on how the child develops and what the child learns.
Links to Selected Journals
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood
Child Development
Journal of Youth Studies
Young
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Journal of Adolescent Research
Journal of Adolescence
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psycopharmacology
Adolescent and Family Health
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood
Child Development
Journal of Youth Studies
Young
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Journal of Adolescent Research
Journal of Adolescence
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psycopharmacology
Adolescent and Family Health
When a new baby comes into the family, Jake's world changes! Being a big brother is hard and confusing at first and brings lots of changes to Jake's routine. On top of everything else, Jake has to be patient and share his parents and Pop-Pop. But with some time, Jake starts to like having a bigger family and all the good and fun things that come with being a big brother.
A note by psychologist Jane Annunziata, PsyD, offers new parents a wealth of guidance on preparing their family for a new baby, both before and after the arrival.