Global Impacts on Childhood Social Development by Charles N. ... - 9781032774879

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Global Impacts on Childhood Social DevelopmentBuilding Resilience Amid Conflict, Environmental Degradation, and Climate Change\nAuthor(s): Charles N. Oberg, Hopewell R. Hodges\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032774879, 978-1032774879\nSynopsis\nThis important book combines insights from disciplines as diverse as developmental psychopathology, pediatrics, and public policy to offer a detailed description of the impact of global crises, such as armed conflict, climate change, and environmental degradation, on the developing child.\n\nThis book explores both the direct harms of these crises and those caused indirectly, including family separation, strained caregiving relationships, loss of cultural resources, and damage to childrens self-efficacy and emotion regulation abilities. Using case studies from the last few decades, the authors demonstrate the interconnectedness of seemingly disparate systems, such as soi.