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Handbook of Children and Screens = Digital Media, Development, and Well-Being…
This open access handbook synthesizes the current research about the impacts of digital media on children across development. Drawing on the expertise of scientists and researchers as well as clinicians and practitioners, the book summarizes research through interdisciplinary expert reviews. First, it addresses the cognitive, physical, mental, and psychosocial impacts on infants, children, and …
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- 9783031693625
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- XLI, 657 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Cultivating Teacher Resilience = International Approaches, Applications and I…
This open access book follows the development of the Building Resilience in Teacher Education (BRiTE) project across Australia and internationally. Drawing on the success of this project and the related research collaborations that have since emerged, it highlights the importance of cultivating resilience at various stages of teachers’ careers. Divided into three sections, the book inclu…
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- 9789811559631
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- XVI, 307 ill; lamp
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Charting Spiritual Care = The Emerging Role of Chaplaincy Records in Global H…
This open access volume is the first academic book on the controversial issue of including spiritual care in integrated electronic medical records (EMR). Based on an international study group comprising researchers from Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland), the United States, Canada, and Australia, this edited collection provides an overview of different charting practices and expe…
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- 9783030470708
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- XV, 232 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease = New Philosophical and Scien…
This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent…
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- 9783030118990
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- XIII, 149 ill; lamp
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Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope
This open access volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing research on hope theory by combining insights from both its long history and its increasing multi-disciplinarity. In the first part, it recognizes the importance of the centuries-old reflection on hope by offering historical perspectives and tracing it back to ancient Greek philosophy. At the same time, it provides novel per…
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- 9783030464899
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- XVI, 263 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Challenging Assumptions Around Dementia: User-led Research and Untold Stories
This open access book explores the expectations surrounding dementia, what it ‘looks like’ and how people have been treated by others. It aims to raise awareness of the different types of dementia, and how they impact the brain, body, and lived experience, including experience of Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783031272233, 9783031272226
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- 146
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- 611.8 CHA c
Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents = A Stress-System App…
This open access book sets out the stress-system model for functional somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. The book begins by exploring the initial encounter between the paediatrician, child, and family, moves through the assessment process, including the formulation and the treatment contract, and then describes the various forms of treatment that are designed to settle the child’s …
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- 9783030461843
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- XXXI, 383 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Sex Differences in Reading and Math Test Scores of Children = A Heterodoxical…
This open access book examines why reading and math test scores for boys and girls have differed since the origins of testing in the United States. It details the pattern of differences that have remained largely unchanged for more than 100 years in the United States and worldwide. The book explores why boys have modestly larger math test score means than girls, and why girls have far larger re…
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- 9783031412721
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- XII, 108 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Gute Kinderschutzverfahren: Tatsachenwissenschaftliche Grundlagen, rechtliche…
In Kinderschutzfällen ist es Aufgabe der Jugendämter und Familiengerichte, im Raum stehende Kindeswohlgefährdungen einzuschätzen und gegebenenfalls durch geeignete Hilfen und Maßnahmen abzuwenden. Diese Einschätzungen und Entscheidungen können den weiteren Lebensweg von Kindern und ihren Eltern stark beeinträchtigen. Umso wichtiger ist es, dass die an familiengerichtlichen Kinderschutzv…
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- 978-3-662-66900-6
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- XIV, 664
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An Interdependent Approach to Happiness and Well-Being
This open access book examines an interdependent approach to happiness and well-being, one that contrasts starkly with dominant approaches that have originated from Western culture(s). It highlights the diversity of potential pathways towards happiness and well-being globally, and answers calls - voiced in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals - for more socially and environmentally sustaina…
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- 1
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- 9783031262609
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- XV, 172
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