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Life Expectancy and the Life Span
Two thousand years ago, in ancient Rome, the life expectancy of a newborn child was just 22 years. The life expectancy of a child born in the 1800s in Europe equaled 35 years. In the United States in 1900, life expectancy ...
- Adolescent Development
- Abstinence in Adolescence
- Adolescence and Thriving
- Adolescence, Current Trends and Research About
- Adolescent Females, Physical Activity
- Adolescent Parents, Programs and Policies for
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Births
- Adolescent Sexuality
- Adolescents, at Risk
- Adolescents, Consent and Refusal of Treatment
- Alcohol Use and Disorders Among Youth
- Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use, Media Education for Adolescents
- Asthma in Adolescence
- Athletic Participation and Girls' Development
- Cancer Patients, Adolescent Consent to Research
- Cigarette Smoking in Adolescents
- Dating in Adolescence
- Decision Making Among Adolescents
- Delinquency
- Depression in Adolescence
- Ethnic Identity Development in Minority Adolescents
- Gender Intensification
- HIV Prevention in Young Adults
- Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth
- Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth, Sexual Development
- Menarche
- Parenting in Adolescence
- Positive Youth Development, Service-Learning Versus Community Collaborative Models
- Puberty
- Religiosity and Resilience in Adolescence
- Resiliency in Adolescence
- Sexuality, Adolescents' Development of
- Silbereisen, Rainer K.
- Social Support, Urban Adolescents
- Stimulants, Adolescent Use of
- Youth Civic/Political Development
- Youth Development Professionals
- Youth Development Programs, Essential Elements of
- Youth Mentoring
- Youth-Adult Partnerships
- ADS Training and Education
- Education and Applied Developmental Science
- Planning and Evaluation Resource Center (PERC)
- Positive Development
- Training in Applied Developmental Science
- Yale University, Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
- Youth Development as a Public Idea
- Youth Development Professionals
- Youth Development Programs, Essential Elements of
- Adult Development
- Adult Development, Definition, Culture, and Applications
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults
- Chronic Disability in Old Age
- Depression in Later Life
- Depression, Maternal
- Family Caregiving for Elders
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Mental Health in Later Life, Ecology of
- Mental Retardation, Sociocontextual Influences in Adulthood
- Old Age
- Psychoanalysis in Adults, Theory and Technique
- Sensory Impairment, Aging
- Social Support in Old Age
- Special Education, Transition From School to Young Adulthood
- Spiritual and Religious Coping in Later Life
- Transition in Adulthood
- Transition to College
- Vision Impairment, Late Life Adjustment and Rehabilitation
- Biographies of Applied Developmental Scientists
- Ames, Louise Bates
- Anastasi, Anne
- Benson, Peter L.
- Blum, Robert W.
- Bornstein, Marc H.
- Bronfenbrenner, Urie
- Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
- Côté, James E.
- Cauce, Ana Mari
- Ceci, Stephen J.
- Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
- Damon, William
- Eccles, Jacquelynne, and the Expectancy-Value Model of Achievement Choice
- Eisenberg, Nancy
- Elkind, David
- Farrington, David P.
- Fisher, Celia B.
- Flanagan, Constance A.
- Floyd, Donald T., Jr.
- Freud, Anna
- Freud, Sigmund
- Gardner, Howard
- Gesell, Arnold Lucius
- Hagen, John William
- Hall, G. Stanley
- Helms, Janet E.
- Horowitz, Frances Degen
- Jacobs, Francine
- Khoo, Kim Choo
- Lamb, Michael
- Lerner, Jacqueline V.
- Lerner, Richard M.
- Lipsitt, Lewis P.
- Little, Rick R.
- Meisels, Samuel J.
- Montessori, Maria
- Moore, Kristin
- Mussen, Paul H.
- Osofsky, Joy Doniger
- Overton, Willis F.
- Petersen, Anne C.
- Phinney, Jean S.
- Piaget, Jean
- Pittman, Karen J.
- Rhodes, Jean
- Savin-Williams, Ritch C.
- Seligman, Martin E. P.
- Sherrod, Lonnie R.
- Silbereisen, Rainer K.
- Smyer, Michael A.
- Spanier, Graham B.
- Terman, Lewis M.
- Watson, John B.
- Weinberg, Richard A.
- Wertlieb, Donald
- Wheeler, Wendy
- Windle, Michael
- Youniss, James
- Child Development
- Advertising, Effects on Children
- Alcoholism Prevention Programs for Children
- Anxiety Disorders in Children
- Bipolar Disorder in Children
- Cancer, Psychosocial Dimensions of
- Child Abuse, Religion-Related
- Child Care Centers, an International Perspective
- Child Care, Infant and Toddler
- Child Development Across Cultures
- Child Labor
- Children's Reading Comprehension
- Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Early Childhood
- Day Care, Effects on Child Development
- Day Care, Measuring Quality of Care
- Domestic Violence, Child Exposure to
- Early Childhood Care, Development, and Education in Asia
- Early Childhood Education in Turkey
- Feeding Disorders, Childhood
- Giftedness in African American Children
- Incarcerated Mothers, Children of
- Mastery Motivation, Preschool and Early Childhood
- Media and Children's Fears
- Obesity, Pediatric
- Obesity, Prevention in Childhood
- Pediatric Psychology
- Peer Play in Early Childhood
- Perceptual Development, Childhood
- Play, Nonsocial, and Social-Emotional Development in Childhood
- Prejudice in Childhood
- Psychotropic Medications
- Siblinghood, Transitions to
- Sports and Positive Youth Development
- Sports/Athletics, Children and
- Street Children
- Television, Children's Processing of
- Toddlerhood
- Visual Impairment Across the Life Span
- Women, Infants, and Children, Special Supplemental Food Program for
- Civic Engagement
- Advocacy, Child
- Civic Engagement
- Community Involvement
- Just-World Beliefs, Development of
- Mentoring
- Political Engagement
- Positive Youth Development, Service-Learning Versus Community-Collaborative Models
- Public Policy and Human Development
- Service Learning
- Youth Civic/Political Development
- Youth-Adult Partnerships
- Culture and Diversity
- Asian Americans, a Term in Transition
- Acculturation
- Acculturation Stress
- Achievement in Mathematics, Gender and Ethnic Differences
- African American Youth Development, Cultural Influences
- African Culture, Human Ontogenesis Within
- African Family Traditions, Education and
- Asian American Families and Youth
- Assessment, Cultural Validity of
- Bilingualism, International
- Child Care Centers, an International Perspective
- Child Development Across Cultures
- Community-Based Research Ethics
- Culture and Health
- Culture and Human Development
- Developmental Contextualism and Cultural Adjustment of Immigrant Children
- Early Childhood Care, Development, and Education in Asia
- Early Childhood Education in Turkey
- Ethical Issues in Cross-Cultural Research
- Ethnic Gloss
- Ethnic Identity
- Ethnic Identity Development in Minority Adolescents
- Ethnicity and Race, Understanding of
- Ethnography
- Immigrant Families, European
- Immigrants, Acculturation of
- Juvenile Justice, Racial Differences
- Native Alaskan Tribes
- Parenting, Chinese Families and
- Refugees
- Religion and Applied Developmental Science
- Street Children
- Youth Culture, Hip-hop
- Development-Promoting Interventions
- Adolescent Parents, Programs and Policies for
- Alcoholism Prevention Programs for Children
- Infants, Intervention for Premature
- Intervention Programs, Web-Based
- Mediated Learning Experience
- Social Skills Training and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
- Supervision
- Thinking, Education for
- Transfer of Knowledge, Child Education About the Real World
- Women, Infants, and Children, Special Supplemental Food Program for
- Youth Mentoring
- Developmental Assessment
- Developmental Disorders
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety Disorders in Children
- Autism, Educational Treatments for
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder in Children
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Celiac Disease
- Clinical Significance
- Conduct Disorders
- Depression in Adolescence
- Developmental Disabilities
- Externalizing Behavior Problems
- Feeding Disorders, Childhood
- Gastrointestinal Disorders, Developmental Aspects of
- Mental Illness, Serotonin, and Genetics
- Mental Retardation
- Phobias, Childhood
- Postpartum Depression
- Developmental Processes
- Adaptation
- Adaptive Behavior
- Adolescence and Thriving
- Body Size and Image, Female Attitudes and Perceptions About
- Body Size, Societal Views of
- Career Development
- Children's Reading Comprehension
- Cognitive Development
- Cognitive Skills and Aging
- Cortisol and Stress
- Critical-Period Hypothesis
- Decision Making Among Adolescents
- Developmental Assets
- Egocentrism, Elkind's Contribution to Piagetian Theory
- Ethnicity and Race, Understanding of
- Gender Intensification
- Genetics and Human Development
- Giftedness in African American Children
- Human Brain, Evolution of
- Identity
- Identity Development in Biracial Children
- Identity Statuses
- Identity, Capital Model of
- Infant Reflexes
- Language Production in Infants and Toddlers
- Learning in the Life Cycle
- Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth, Sexual Development
- Limbic System, Hedonic Escalation
- Mastery Motivation, Preschool and Early Childhood
- Mediated Learning Experience
- Meiosis and Its Consequences
- Memory, Flashbulb
- Menarche
- Metacognition
- Morality, Theories of Development
- Play, Childhood
- Positive Development
- Problem Solving
- Prosocial Behavior
- Puberty
- Resiliency in Adolescence
- Self-Concept
- Self-Concepts and Self-Esteem, Children and Adolescents
- Self-Regulation
- Separation-Individuation, Margaret Mahler's Model
- Social Motivation
- Special Education, Transition From School to Young Adulthood
- Testimony, Children's Competence for
- Transition to College
- Developmental Risks
- Alcohol Use and Disorders Among Youth
- Child Abuse, Religion-Related
- Child labor
- Cigarette Smoking in Adolescents
- Cocaine
- Delinquency
- Diabetes
- Divorce, Its Impact on Children
- Domestic Violence, Child Exposure to
- Domestic Violence, Impact on Women and Children
- Homelessness and Runaway Youth
- Incarcerated Mothers, Children of
- Learned Helplessness and Learned Optimism
- Malnutrition, Effects of
- Obesity
- Risk Behaviors
- Sensory Impairment, Vision and Hearing
- Siblinghood, Transitions to
- Stimulants, Adolescent Use of
- Substance Use and Abuse Across the Life Span
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Traumatic Brain Injury, School Adjustment
- Violence, Effects on Development
- Youth Prostitution
- Ecology of Human Development
- Advertising, Effects on Children
- Body Types, Appraisals of
- Bullying, School
- Career Choice
- Community
- Community Linkages, Levels of
- Community Schools and Applied Developmental Research
- Community Youth Development
- Developmental Contextualism
- Developmental Contextualism and Cultural Adjustment of Immigrant Children
- Developmentally Attentive Communities
- Education, Urban
- Families, Dual-Career
- Interactive Media, Effects of
- Internet
- Maternal Employment
- Media and Children's Fears
- Media Use, Reading, and Academic Achievement
- Media Violence
- Mental Retardation, Sociocontextual Influences in Adulthood
- Occupations and Gender
- Peer Play in Early Childhood
- Peer Relationships
- Refugees
- School Counseling
- School Refusal
- School Transitions, Impact, Intervention, and Policy
- Schools and School Reform
- Schools, Consultation to
- Social Capital
- Social Change and Human Development
- Social Exclusion
- Social Support
- Social Support in Old Age
- Social Support, Urban Adolescents
- Sports, High School
- Television, Educational and Prosocial Effects of
- Video Games
- Youth Culture, Hip-hop
- Youth-Adult Partnerships
- Emotional and Social Development
- Ethics
- Families
- Adoption
- African Family Traditions, Education and
- Divorce, Its Impact on Children
- Families, Dual-Career
- Families, Immigrant Families in the United States
- Families, Multigenerational
- Family Caregiving for Elders
- Family Policy
- Family Systems Theory
- Immigrant Families, European
- Immigrants, Experiences of
- Latino Families in America
- Native American Children and Families
- Television, Mediating Effects of Family Communication
- Foundations
- Health
- Abstinence in Adolescence
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Births
- Asthma in Adolescence
- Cancer Patients, Adolescent Consent to Research
- Cancer, Psychosocial Dimensions of
- Celiac Disease
- Cortisol and Stress
- Culture and Health
- Diabetes
- Frontal Cortex
- HIV Prevention in Young Adults
- HIV Prevention With Injecting Drug Users
- Obesity, Pediatric
- Obesity, Prevention in Childhood
- Psychotropic Medications
- Religiosity and Mental Health
- Sensory Impairment, Aging
- Vision Impairment, Late Life Adjustment and Rehabilitation
- Visual Impairment Across the Life Span
- Youth Development as a Public Idea
- Youth Development Professionals
- Youth Development Programs, Essential Elements of
- Historical Influences
- Infant Development
- Organizations
- American Psychological Association, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
- Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
- Center for Social Development, Applied Developmental Science at
- Center for the Study of Human Development (CSHD), Brown University
- Center for Youth as Resources (CYAR), Headquarters for the Youth as Resources® (YAR)
- Child and Family Research, National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development
- Child Trends
- Community-Campus Partnerships and Community-Based Program Evaluation
- Erikson Institute
- Faith-Based Organizations
- Four-H (4-H)
- Head Start
- ImagineNations Group
- Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development
- Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
- Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
- International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development
- Murray, Henry A., Research Center
- National Council on Family Relations
- Public Policy and Youth Development
- Search Institute
- Society for Research on Adolescence
- Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
- Society for the Study of Human Development
- Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Division 53, American Psychological Association
- UNICEF
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
- World Health Organization
- YouthBuild USA
- Parenting
- Adolescent Mothers
- Adolescent-Parent Relations
- Attachment, Child-Parent
- Bonding, Parent-Child
- Discipline, Early Childhood
- Families, Multigenerational
- Father Involvement
- Foster Care
- Gay and Lesbian Parenting, Community Attitudes Toward
- Gay and Lesbian Parenting, Legal Aspects of
- Parent Advocacy
- Parent Education
- Parent Expectations
- Parent Involvement, Programs in
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Parental Self-Efficacy
- Parenting in Adolescence
- Parenting, Chinese Families and
- Parenting, Divorce and
- Parenting, Native Americans and
- Parenting, Prejudice and
- Parenting, Single Mothers
- Parenting, Stressful Environments and
- Television, Mediating Effects of Family Communication
- Personality Development
- Religiosity and Spirituality
- Research Methodology
- Adolescence, Current Trends and Research About
- Assessment, Cultural Validity of
- Asset Mapping
- Brain Mapping
- Change, Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of
- Community-Based Research Ethics
- Day Care, Measuring Quality of Care
- Delinquent Development, the Cambridge Study
- Field Experimentation Research
- Forensic Interviewing
- Policy-Relevant Methods in Applied Developmental Science
- Program Evaluation
- Research Design, Developmental
- Research Methods, Quantitative
- Research Methods, Statistical Analysis for Longitudinal Research
- Schools
- Social Issues
- Adolescent Mothers
- AIDS, Women, and Poverty
- Computer Games
- Family Policy
- Juvenile Justice, Racial Differences
- Media and Developmental Science
- Parenting, Single Mothers
- Participant Advocate, Research Involving Children
- Prejudice in Childhood
- Racism
- Silbereisen, Rainer K.
- Socioeconomic Status
- Welfare Reform
- Work and Family Life
- Theory
- “Goodness of Fit” and Development
- Applied Developmental Science, Concepts of
- Behavior Theory
- Developmental Contextualism and Cultural Adjustment of Immigrant Children
- Developmental Systems Theories
- Eccles, Jacquelynne, and the Expectancy-Value Model of Achievement Choice
- Empowerment Theory and Youth
- Erickson's Theory
- Family Systems Theory
- Identity, Helm's Theory of Racial
- Life Events
- Life Expectancy and the Life Span
- Overton, Willis F., Philosophical Foundations of Developmental Science
- Pediatric Psychology
- Perceptual Development, Childhood
- Philosophy of Science and Applied Developmental Science
- Positive Psychology
- Positive Psychology, Seligman's Concept of
- Positive Youth Development, a Developmental Systems View
- Problem Behavior Theory
- Psychoanalysis in Adults, Theory and Technique
- Recapitulation
- Sport Psychology
- Stage Theories of Human Development
- Stage-Environment Fit Theory
- Television, Children's Processing of
- Universities
- Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
- Catholic University of America
- Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
- Center for the Study of Human Development (CSHD), Brown University
- Fordham University
- Fuller Theological Seminary
- Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
- Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
- Institute of Child Development
- Michigan State University, Applied Developmental Science at
- Northwestern University, Human Development and Social Policy Program
- Tufts University, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
- University of Michigan
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Yale University, Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
- Youth Programs
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