Web Links

Exploring Emotion
(http://psych.wisc.edu/faculty/pages/croberts/topic8.html)

Explore a number of emotion topics such as definition and theories of emotion, identifying emotional expressions, and cognition and emotion, gender and emotion, and other related topics.

International Society for Research on Emotions
(http://www.assumption.edu/HTML/Academic/users/tboone/ISRE/ISRE.html)

Includes a newsletter, The Affect Scientist, on-line with up-to-date discussions of research on emotions and links to other sites with information about emotion.

Emotional Intelligence
(http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/gallery/young/emotion.htm)

An excellent website on emotional intelligence, including information about why it is important and methods for studying emotions.

Healthy Emotional Development in Children
(http://www.americanbaby.com/ab/CDA/featureMain/1,1310,8,00.html)

Infant Crying
(http://www.siu.edu/departments/coe/comdis/cryhome.html)

Explore cry recording and analysis techniques, recent developments in cry research, and other related topics.

Learning from Infants' Cries
(http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/v20/v20n05/research_notes.html)

An interview with leading infant researcher Barry Lester reveals how a baby's cries can be a window to the brain.

Exploring Infant Crying
(http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/parent/crying/)

Read about different aspects of infant crying, including crying as communicating and constant crying.

Adolescent Depression
(http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-dp01.html)

Explore numerous ideas about the nature of depression in adolescence; includes some recommended books on adolescent depression. To access, type the words "adolescent depression" in search box.

The Depressive Disorders
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm)

The National Institute of mental Healths' web site on mood disorders with extensive information about their causes and treatment.

Major Depressive Disorder
(http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-md01.html)

Includes information about diagnosis, treatment, research, stories of recovery and personal experiences, booklets, articles, treatment, and links to other web sites.

Suicide
(http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.suicide.html)

Extensive links to web resources for learning more about suicide are provided; includes connections to sites on suicide prevention, facts for families, the National Institute of Health, and many resources.

Infant Temperament
(http://www.temperament.com/)

Provides information about the New York Longitudinal Scales and Cary Temperament Scales. Includes a temperament newsletter.

Harry Harlow
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bhharl.html)

Forming a Secure Attachment
(http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/dc25_secure.attach.html)

Attachment Research
(http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/ewaters/)

National Child Care Information Center
(http://www.nccic.org/)

Provides information about providing quality child care. Extensive links to many related sites, including CareGuide, The Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education, Child Care Early Childhood Education Linkage System, and National Association for Family Child Care.

NICHD Study of Early Child Care
(http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/early_child_care.htm)

An extensive description of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care, the most comprehensive childcare study conducted to date to determine how variations in childcare are related to children's development. Includes recent research findings from the study.

Exploring Dating
(http://www.familyfocus.com/html/dating.html)

Examine common questions about relationships and some answers to these questions.

Teen Chat
(http://www.chatspot.net/TeenChat/)

Examine what adolescents have to say about dating, romance, and love.

Adult Attachment
(http://www.attachmentexperts.com/adult.htm)

Ellen Berscheid's Research
(www.psych.umn.edu/psyfac/core/Social/berschei.htm)

Types of Love
(http://www.socialpsychology.org/social.htm)

Read about different types of love and some research studies on love and close relationships.

Intimacy
(http://marriage.about.com/people/marriage/cs/intimacy/)

Explore a number of aspects of intimacy, including its development, sex differences, family influences, and other dimensions.

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