The Child’s Environment
The Child’s Environment by Robert H. Bradley, published by Cambridge University Press on November 19, 2020, is a concise exploration of the various environmental factors influencing children’s development. This 75-page work examines a wide range of social and physical features related to children’s home life and neighborhoods, addressing aspects such as parenting, housing characteristics, and the role of media in daily life.
Readers will find a detailed analysis of how different elements of the home context, including crowding and parental characteristics like mental illness and substance abuse, impact both parental behavior and child development. The book also considers broader social, economic, and geographic contexts, particularly in less developed countries, highlighting how chaos and instability can present challenges for families. This edition provides valuable insights into the interplay between environment and child psychology, making it a relevant resource for those interested in developmental psychology and social psychology.
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The focus of this Element is on the environment and how it is implicated in children’s development.A very broad array of social and physical features connected to children’s home life and to the neighborhoods where children live, including multiple aspects of parenting, housing characteristics and the increased prevalence of media in daily life are addressed.Attention is also given to the broader social, economic, and geographic contexts in which children live, such as neighborhood surroundings and conditions in less developed countries.There is a focus on how various aspects of the home context (e.g., crowding) and key parental characteristics, such as mental illness and substance abuse problems, affect the behavior of parents. Consideration also given to how various forms of chaos and instability present challenges for parents and children and how those circumstances are implicated in both children’s development and caregiver behavior.
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