Psychiatry and Psychology

Child Psychology

Branch of psychology involving the study of normal and abnormal behavior of children.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Branch of psychology involving the study of normal and abnormal behavior of children.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Pediatric Psychology
  • Psychology, Child
  • Psychology, Pediatric
  • Infant Psychology
  • Psychology, Infant

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the specialty and also for articles on the way a normal child thinks & acts

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History Note

1966; use CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 1966-2014

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Tree Number

  1. F04.096w.628w.193w

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NLM Classification

WS 105

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Child Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002666. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002666
  2. Child Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_psychology
  3. Child Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3411686