Understanding Girls’ Problem Behavior

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents an overview of recent studies by leading researchers into key aspects of the development of problem behavior in girls. Integrates interdisciplinary research into girls problem behaviors (e.g. aggression, antisocial behavior, rule breaking) Unique in seeking to understand girls' problem behaviors in their own right Follows the maturing girl from adolescence to adulthood, concluding at the point where she herself becomes a parent and forms new relationships Gives attention to the critical contexts of problem behavior development society and neighborhood, as well as family and peer contexts

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior presents an overview of recent studies by leading researchers into key aspects of the development of problem behavior in girls.* Integrates interdisciplinary research into girls' problem behaviors (e.g. aggression, antisocial behavior, rule breaking)* Unique in seeking to understand girls' problem behaviors in their own right* Follows the maturing girl from adolescence to adulthood, concluding at the point where she herself becomes a parent and forms new relationships* Gives attention to the critical contexts of problem behavior development--society and neighborhood, as well as family and peer contexts

About the Editors ixList of Contributors xiAcknowledgements xvIntroduction: Girls' Problem Behavior: From the What to the Why 1Geertjan Overbeek and Anna-Karin AndershedPART 1: MATURITY AND HEALTH 91 A Contextual Amplification Hypothesis: Pubertal Timing and Girls' Emotional and Behavioral Problems 11Xiaojia Ge, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Run Jin, and Michael C. Biehl2 Fits and Misfits: How Adolescents' Representations of Maturity Relate To Their Adjustment 31Lauree C. Tilton-Weaver, Fumiko Kakihara, Sheila K. Marshall, and Nancy L. Galambos3 Physical Health in Adolescent Girls with Antisocial Behavior 69Kathleen Pajer, Andrea Lourie, and Lisa LeiningerPART 2: CO-OCCURRING PROBLEMS 954 Using Girls' Voices and Words to Study Their Problems 97Joanne Belknap, Emily Gaarder, Kristi Holsinger, Cathy McDaniels Wilson, and Bonnie Cady5 Developmental Comorbidity of Depression and Conduct Problems in Girls 117Kate Keenan, Xin Feng, Dara Babinski, Alison Hipwell, Amanda Hinze, Rolf Loeber, and Magda Stouthamer-LoeberPART 3: GIRLS' PROBLEM BEHAVIOR AND RELATIONSHIPS 1396 Deviancy Training in a Sample of High-Risk Adolescent Girls in The Netherlands 141Annika K. E. de Haan, Geertjan Overbeek, Karin S. Nijhof, and Rutger C. M. E. Engels7 Girls' Aggressive Behavior Problems: A Focus on Relationships 165Debra Pepler, Jennifer Connolly, Wendy Craig, and Depeng Jiang8 Attachment and Aggression: From Paradox to Principles of Intervention to Reduce Risk of Violence in Teens 185Marlene M. Moretti and Ingrid Obsuth9 The Transfer of Developmental and Health Risk from Women with Histories of Aggressive Behavior to Their Children: Recent Results from the Concordia Longitudinal Project 207Lisa A. Serbin, Dale M. Stack, Michele Hubert, Alex E. Schwartzman, and Jane LedinghamIndex 231