The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention Contributions of the Second World War Generation
Book contents
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: A Young Science with a Long History
- 2 From Birth in a British Orphanage to Assessments of American Indians’ Development
- 3 From Rationing, Illness, and Stress to the Creation of a Major Longitudinal Birth Cohort
- 4 From Country Girl in Southern Finland to Longitudinal Research into Alternatives to Aggression and Violence
- 5 From the Occupied Netherlands to the Pittsburgh Longitudinal Studies
- 6 From Boy to Man
- 7 Nurture and Nature
- 8 From Unruly Child to Political Protester and Promoter of an Ecology-Minded Concept of Development
- 9 From the Frustration–Aggression Hypothesis to Moral Reasoning and Action
- 10 A Tortuous Path towards Understanding and Preventing the Development of Chronic Physical Aggression
- 11 From Childhood in a Ruined German City to Research on Crime and Violence
- 12 The Last War Baby
- 13 Comments on the Autobiographies of the World War II Babies by Younger Peers
- Index
- References
12 - The Last War Baby
A Life of Studying Antisocial Behavior in Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 January 2021
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Book contents
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: A Young Science with a Long History
- 2 From Birth in a British Orphanage to Assessments of American Indians’ Development
- 3 From Rationing, Illness, and Stress to the Creation of a Major Longitudinal Birth Cohort
- 4 From Country Girl in Southern Finland to Longitudinal Research into Alternatives to Aggression and Violence
- 5 From the Occupied Netherlands to the Pittsburgh Longitudinal Studies
- 6 From Boy to Man
- 7 Nurture and Nature
- 8 From Unruly Child to Political Protester and Promoter of an Ecology-Minded Concept of Development
- 9 From the Frustration–Aggression Hypothesis to Moral Reasoning and Action
- 10 A Tortuous Path towards Understanding and Preventing the Development of Chronic Physical Aggression
- 11 From Childhood in a Ruined German City to Research on Crime and Violence
- 12 The Last War Baby
- 13 Comments on the Autobiographies of the World War II Babies by Younger Peers
- Index
- References
Summary
Benjamin B. Lahey was born in 1945 in the United States. He is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago and was President of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He received the U.S. National Academy of Neuropsychology research prize for his work on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. He first conducted research on the effectiveness of behavior therapy with school children. He then created a reliable and valid assessment of psychological problems for large samples of children. He directed the American Psychiatric Association field trials on disruptive behavior disorders in children. With Rolf Loeber, he also created a longitudinal study of clinic-referred prepubertal boys with problems of hyperactivity and serious conduct problems: The Developmental Trends Study. He also created a large cohort of twins to study the genetic and environmental contributions to conduct disorder. Results led him and his colleagues to propose a hierarchical causal model of psychological problems in which he hypothesized a general factor of psychopathology that plays a central role. The key idea is that the causes and mechanisms of each dimension of psychological problems cannot be studied and understood separately; they are far too intertwined.
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