Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course presents a current and comprehensive examination of human behavior across time using a multidimensional framework. Authors Elizabeth D. Hutchison and Leanne Wood Charlesworth explore both the predictable and unpredictable changes that can affect human behavior through all the major developmental stages of the life course, from conception to very late adulthood. Aligned with the 2022 curriculum guidelines set forth by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the updated
Seventh Edition offers fresh insights into concepts like gender and anti-racism, how intergenerational experiences influence development, and recent research and conceptual frameworks.
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Cuprins
Case Studies
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Case Study Contributors
Chapter 1 • A Life Course Perspective – Elizabeth D. Hutchison
Chapter 2 • Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth – Marcia Harrigan and Nicole Lynn Lee
Chapter 3 • Infancy and Toddlerhood – Mickey Sperlich and Debra J. Woody
Chapter 4 • Early Childhood – Erin Cole, Debra J. Woody, and David Woody
Chapter 5 • Middle Childhood – Leanne Wood Charlesworth and Rebecca Ramnath
Chapter 6 • Adolescence – Susan Mc Carter, Vanessa Drew, Abbe Mc Carter, and Roger Suclupe
Chapter 7 • Young Adulthood – Eric N. Waithaka and Holly C. Matto
Chapter 8 • Middle Adulthood – Elizabeth D. Hutchison
Chapter 9 • Late Adulthood – Sarah Rakes, Matthias J. Naleppa, and Kristina M. Hash
Chapter 10 • Very Late Adulthood – Annemarie Conlon and Dorothea Ivey
Glossary
References
Index
Despre autor
Leanne Wood, LMSW, Ph.D., received her M.S.W from the University at Albany and Ph D from Virginia Commonwealth University. Leanne is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Nazareth College of Rochester, where she teaches a variety of courses including Human Behavior and the Social Environment. She has served in child protection and other capacities within child welfare systems and has been an evaluation consultant to diverse public and private human service agencies. Her research and practice interests focus on poverty, child and family well-being, and child welfare system issues.