Emotional Security and Conflict in Context

Emotional Security and Conflict in Context: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Youth Adjustment

covers the effects of conflict on children.

Moving beyond conflict in the family, over 1 billion children are affected by community and political conflict and war, which also has profound and long-lasting implications for development.

This book integrates several theoretical models that are central to work in this field, providing a clear review of the literature in a way that systematically and logically flows.

In addition, it discusses child development from a developmental psychopathology perspective.

Finally, the book integrates perspectives on violence and conflict across the social ecology, as well as several theoretical frameworks that are core to the field.