Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology
by Vicky Phares
4th Edition
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781119605287 |
| eText ISBN | 9781119605294 |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Publishing Year | 2021 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 688 |
Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology, 4th Edition, by Vicky Phares, teaches students about normative and abnormal development across childhood and adolescence. Grounded in a developmental psychopathology framework, the textbook positions youth behavior along a continuum from adaptive to maladaptive, treating only the severe ends of the spectrum as clinical disorders.
Coverage spans foundational theories, research methods, clinical assessment, and intervention strategies alongside risk and protective factors. The text examines internalizing and externalizing problems, neurodevelopmental conditions, substance use disorders, and topics in pediatric health psychology.
Updated for the 2021 edition to align with the DSM-5, the text incorporates international and cross-cultural perspectives on diversity and inclusion. Chapters provide study questions and concept summaries to aid learning.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Conceptualizations of Normality and Abnormality in Children and Adolescents
- • Normality and Abnormality in Children and Adolescents
- • History of Understanding Abnormal Child Behavior
- • More Recent Diagnostic Classifi cation Systems
- • Reliability and Validity of Diagnostic Categories
- • Children in the School System
- • Disorders in the Future of _DSM_
- • Advantages and Disadvantages of the _DSM-5_
- • Diff erences between Categorical and Dimensional Understanding of Behavior
- • Prevalence of Children’s and Adolescents’ Problem Behavior
- • Epidemiological Rates Based on the Categorical Approach
- • Epidemiological Rates Based on the Dimensional Approach
- • How Children’s Environments Infl uence Their Behavior
- • Diff erent Perspectives on Problems
- • Troubled Families Rather Than Troubled Children
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 2: Theories of Normality and Abnormality in Children and Adolescents
- • The Importance of Theory
- • Psychodynamic Theory
- • Genetic and Biological Theories of Developmental Psychopathology
- • Behavioral Genetics
- • Behavioral Theories and Developmental Psychopathology
- • Cognitive Behavioral Theories and Developmental Psychopathology
- • Theories of Family Functioning and Abnormal Behavior in Children and Adolescents
- • The Influence of Social Context on the Development and Maintenance of Problem Behavior
- • The Overarching Theory of Developmental Psychopathology
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 3: Research Methods in the Study of Developmental Psychopathology
- • Research Methodologies That Are Utilized in the Study of Developmental Psychopathology
- • Experimental Designs
- • Quasi-Experimental Designs
- • Correlational Designs
- • Case Studies and Single-Subject Designs
- • High-Risk Designs
- • Behavioral Genetics Designs
- • Time Frame of the Research Study
- • Cross-Sectional Research
- • Prospective Longitudinal Research
- • Accelerated Longitudinal Research
- • The Actual Process of Research
- • Choosing a Research Topic and Identifying Hypotheses
- • Choosing a Sample
- • Choosing Psychometrically Sound Measures
- • Collecting Data
- • Data Analyses
- • Writing Up, Presenting, and Publishing the Results
- • Continuing the Research Process
- • Choosing Appropriate Samples of Participants
- • Quantitative Research and Qualitative Research
- • Areas in Need of Further Study in Developmental Psychopathology
- • Ethics of Conducting Research
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 4: Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions with Children, Adolescents, and Families
- • Assessments
- • Multiaxial Assessment of Children and Adolescents
- • Interviews with Children and Their Parents
- • Unstructured Interviews
- • Semistructured Interviews
- • Structured Interviews
- • Behavioral Assessment
- • Behavioral Observation
- • Functional Assessment
- • Self-Monitoring
- • Checklists and Rating Scales
- • Broad Measures
- • Measures of Competence and Adaptive Functioning
- • Personality Assessment
- • Personality Inventories
- • Projective Measures
- • Family Assessment
- • Assessing Intellectual Functioning and Academic Achievement
- • Educational Assessment
- • Neuropsychological Assessment
- • Therapeutic Interventions
- • Settings Where Interventions Are Conducted
- • Psychodynamic Therapies
- • Behavioral Therapies
- • Child-Oriented Interventions
- • Parent-Oriented Interventions
- • Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
- • Family Systems Therapies
- • Psychopharmacological Interventions
- • Effectiveness of Therapeutic Interventions
- • Prevention Programs that Work
- • Professional Ethics in Assessment and Interventions
- • Competence
- • Multiple Relationships
- • Informed Consent
- • Confidentiality
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 5: Risk Factors and Issues of Prevention
- • Temperament
- • Attachment
- • Genetic Predisposition
- • Parental Psychopathology
- • Parental Loss due to Death
- • Interparental Conflict
- • Child Physical Abuse
- • Child Sexual Abuse
- • Child Psychological Maltreatment
- • Inadequate Educational Resources
- • Poverty and Low Socioeconomic Status
- • Violence within the Community
- • Cumulative Risk Exposure
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 6: Protective Factors and Issues of Prevention
- • Characteristics within the Child
- • Adaptable Temperament
- • Effective Emotional and Behavioral Regulation Strategies
- • Good Cognitive Abilities
- • Positive View of Self (Self-Confidence High Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy)
- • Other Protective Characteristics within the Child
- • Characteristics within the Family
- • Stable and Supportive Home Environment
- • Faith and Religious Affiliations
- • Other Protective Characteristics within the Family
- • Characteristics within the Community
- • Connections to Caring Adult Mentors and Prosocial Peers
- • High Neighborhood Quality
- • Effective Schools
- • Other Protective Factors within the Community
- • Characteristics within the Culture or Society
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 7: Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, and Related Problems
- • Anaclitic Depression and Failure to Thrive in Infancy
- • Masked Depression
- • Major Depressive Disorder
- • Prevalence Rates
- • Comorbidity
- • Course of the Disorder
- • Etiology
- • Treatment
- • Prevention
- • Child and Adolescent Suicide
- • Bipolar Disorder
- • Depression Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Risk Factors
- • Protective Factors
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 8: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive–Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders and Problems
- • Separation Anxiety Disorder
- • Prevalence Rates
- • Selective Mutism
- • Specific Phobia
- • Social Anxiety Disorder
- • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- • Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
- • Hoarding Disorder
- • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- • Adjustment Disorder
- • All Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive–Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
- • Comorbidity
- • Course of the Disorder
- • Etiology
- • Treatment
- • Prevention
- • Anxiety Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Risk Factors
- • Protective Factors
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 9: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Related Problems
- • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- • Prevalence Rates
- • Comorbidity
- • Course of the Disorder
- • Etiology
- • Treatment
- • Prevention
- • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Risk Factors
- • Protective Factors
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 10: Disruptive and Conduct Disorders and Related Problems
- • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- • Prevalence Rates
- • Conduct Disorder
- • Antisocial Personality Disorder
- • Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
- • Comorbidity
- • Courses of the Disorders
- • Etiology
- • Treatment
- • Prevention
- • Oppositional Problems and Conduct Problems Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Risk Factors
- • Protective Factors
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 11: Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders and Problems
- • Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
- • Prevalence Rates
- • Comorbidity
- • Course of the Disorder
- • Etiology
- • Treatment
- • Prevention
- • Alcohol and Substance Use Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Risk Factors
- • Protective Factors
- • Nicotine
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 12: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia
- • Autism Spectrum Disorder
- • Prevalence Rates
- • Comorbidity
- • Course of the Disorder
- • Etiology
- • Treatment
- • Prevention
- • Autism Spectrum Disorder Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Risk Factors
- • Protective Factors
- • Schizophrenia
- • Schizophrenia Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 13: Specific Learning Disorders and Intellectual Disability
- • Specific Learning Disorders
- • Prevalence Rates
- • Comorbidity
- • Course of the Disorder
- • Etiology
- • Treatment
- • Prevention
- • Specific Learning Disorders and Learning Problems Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Risk Factors
- • Protective Factors
- • Intellectual Disability
- • Intellectual Disability Conceptualized in a Dimensional Manner
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 14: Pediatric Psychology and Health Psychology for Children and Adolescents
- • Pediatric Psychology
- • Eating Disorders and Obesity
- • Anorexia Nervosa
- • Bulimia Nervosa
- • Comorbidity of Eating Disorders
- • Course of the Disorders
- • Etiology of Eating Disorders
- • Treatment of Eating Disorders
- • Prevention of Eating Disorders
- • Dimensional Conceptualizations of Body Image Problems
- • Obesity
- • Elimination Disorders
- • Enuresis
- • Encopresis
- • Dimensional Conceptualizations of Elimination Disorders
- • Chronic Illness in Children and Children’s Well-Being
- • Juvenile-Onset Diabetes
- • Sickle Cell Disease
- • Childhood Cancer
- • HIV/AIDS in Children and Adolescents
- • Chronic Illness in Parents and Children’s Well-Being
- • Parental Cancer
- • Parental HIV/AIDS
- • Treatment Issues in Pediatric Psychology
- • Prevention Issues in Pediatric Psychology
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
Chapter 15: Ways to Help Children
- • How Nonprofessionals and Paraprofessionals Can Help Children
- • Transitioning from a Paraprofessional to a Professional
- • How Having a Career in Psychology Can Help Children
- • Ph.D. or Master’s in Clinical Psychology
- • Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology
- • Ph.D. in Experimental Psychopathology
- • Ph.D. Ed.D. or Master’s in Counseling Psychology
- • Ph.D. or Master’s in Developmental Psychology
- • How Having a Career in Social Work Can Help Children
- • Bachelor’s of Social Work
- • Master’s of Social Work
- • Doctorate of Social Work
- • How Having a Career in Education Can Help Children
- • Teachers
- • Special Education Teachers
- • Guidance Counselors
- • School Psychologists and Educational Specialists
- • Other Professionals
- • How Having a Career in Medicine Can Help Children
- • Psychiatric Nurses
- • Psychiatrists
- • Developmental Pediatricians
- • How Having a Career in the Judicial Justice System Can Help Children
- • School Resource Officers
- • Criminologists
- • Forensic Psychologists
- • Attorneys and Judges
- • How Having a Career in Prevention Can Help Children
- • Summary and Key Concepts
- • Key Terms
- • Study Questions
- • Suggested Readings
- • Suggested Viewings
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