Michael C. Roberts – Handbook of Pediatric Psychology (4th edition)

Автор: Michael C. Roberts
Название книги: Handbook of Pediatric Psychology (4th edition)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Психология
Страницы: 833
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Sponsored by the Society of Pediatric Psychology, this authoritative work is recognized as the definitive reference in the field. In concise, peer-reviewed chapters, leading authorities comprehensively examine links between psychological and medical issues from infancy through adolescence. Psychosocial aspects of specific medical problems and developmental, emotional, and behavioral disorders are explored in depth. The volume discusses issues in training and service delivery and reviews evidence-based approaches to intervention and prevention.
Pediatric psychology as a single phrase is—at best—an incomplete label for a diversity
of activities and interests at the intersection of pediatric medicine and applied child
psychology, with unique contributions to understanding and clinical service of children,
adolescents, and their families. In its American incarnation, pediatric psychology points
to the developmental years of the 1960s and 1970s as critical to the formalization of concepts,
research, and clinical applications of psychology to pediatric problems. With the
more formal milestones of the formation of the Society of Pediatric Psychology in 1969
by the first committee of Dorothea Ross, Lee Salk, and Logan Wright, and a pivotal
article in American Psychologist by Logan Wright in 1967, the foundations of today’s
field were laid. We offer this Handbook as evidence that the development of pediatric
psychology as a field of research and practice has been dramatic and sustained.
The field did not just appear when we as individual pediatric psychologists became
cognizant of it; past work by a number of brilliant predecessors laid the groundwork for
clinical science and scientific applications at the interface of psychology and pediatrics.
Although this volume is an indication of the advances in the field, the topics, to a large
degree, are very similar to the primary issues in pediatric psychology at its founding and
throughout its existence. Of course, pediatric psychology is not just an American invention,
but an international idea of investigation and application of concepts.
As can be seen in these pages, the conceptualizations, research, and practice activities
that were present at the founding of the field are here, as are the expansions built
on the scientist-practitioner
model that epitomized the years of progression to convey
a vital and developing clinical profession built on clinical science. Notably, as a reflection
of the field, this fourth edition builds on the foundations of the first three editions
(Roberts, 1995, 2003; Routh, 1988), while adding some new concepts and topics (and
a coeditor). The additions indicate the field is evolving while retaining many of its traditional
elements (if a field that is 40 years old can be considered old enough to have
traditions).
At the outset of this edition, we requested the assistance of an Advisory Panel of
experts for their input on retention or deletion of topics, as well as questions about
organization. Although the field continues to evolve with new topics of interest and
activities, we find it intriguing that most of the issues remain ubiquitous as they were
early in the field’s development and in previous editions, even as the technologies and
methodologies used to address the topics have changed over time. Once again, these
panelists viewed the field from the perspectives of their particular interests, and often
recommended changes to the Handbook that might have diminished other panelists’
primary interests. These sometimes conflicting views of the field were not competitive
recommendations, but more a reflection of each panel member’s own activities and what
he or she values about the field. As we developed the Handbook’s outline of topics,
we attempted to be open-minded
and inclusive of our pediatric psychology colleagues’
range of activities and interests. Our task was to combine these various inputs to cover
the full range of pediatric psychology, ever mindful of the page restrictions within a
single volume for chapters on whose topics entire books have been published. Although
we have tried to make it comprehensive, this Handbook cannot be exhaustive. Because
of the space requirements, our authors could not include everything they would have
liked to include (although several very clever authors did attempt to disguise overlength
manuscripts by changing font size, spacing, and margins!). We asked the authors not to
comment on the lack of space to cover their topic fully, because all authors had these
restrictions, and the comment itself took up space. We greatly appreciate the diligence,
insight, and scholarship of these chapter authors, as they represent those who have contributed
to the development of the field and present significant information for science
and practice.
This Handbook is a peer-reviewed
publication of the Society of Pediatric Psychology.
The reviewers are acknowledged in the list of the Board of Editors. All chapters
were reviewed by professional-level psychologists who are experts on the topics, and
by graduate students from the Clinical Child Psychology Program at the University of
Kansas, in addition to our (the editors’) own reviewing and editing. We acknowledge the
contributions of these editorial consultants in improving the quality of the Handbook
and making it worthy of the imprimatur of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. We also
appreciate the contributions of Brandon S. Aylward and Yelena P. Wu as editorial assistants
in the preparation of the volume, from conceptualization to final packaging.
The first edition of the Handbook was dedicated to Logan Wright, who passed
away in 1999 and will be remembered for his contributions in founding the field of
pediatric psychology and for early research and professional writings (Willis, 2000).
The second edition was dedicated as a living memorial to Donald K. Routh, who edited
the first edition and was an early editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, in addition
to his important work in developing the Society and the field. The third edition
was dedicated to honor both Don Routh and Lizette Peterson-Homer, who died in
2002. Lizette made significant contributions to the scientific base of pediatric psychology
through her theoretical conceptualizations and empirical research in a variety of
topics (Roberts, 2002).
We dedicate this edition to the pioneers of pediatric psychology in research, scholarship,
and clinical mentorship, and to the founders of the Society of Pediatric Psychology
in its first 10–15 years. In doing so, we recognize that without their creative and
organizational efforts and insights, the field of pediatric psychology and the Society
would be very different or nonexistent. We hesitate to list specific pioneers at this point,
lest we neglect one or more important professional. In presenting this volume, we recognize
those who found ways to fund the development and maintenance of the Society
in its early years despite financial troubles, and who often encountered resistance to
the new contributions of pediatric psychologists in research and practice. We gratefully
acknowledge those whose ideas and seminal work as psychological researchers and
practitioners of pediatric psychology shaped the development of the vibrant field we can
appreciate today