Dimensions of Human Behavior, Second Edition: Person and Environment (Series in Social Work) [Paperback]

Elizabeth D. Hutchison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0761987657 | ISBN-13: 978-0761987659 | Edition: 2nd

Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment, Second Edition presents the time-honored person-in-environment approach to understanding human behavior. It provides a multi-theoretical analysis to help students recognize the dimensions of person and environment involved in  behavior. Like the First Edition, the general approach of weaving powerful case studies with theory and research has been maintained, but all chapters have been updated to reflect recent census data, emerging social trends, and new developments in theory and research. This edition also pays greater attention to human diversity.

Editorial Reviews

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"Elizabeth Hutchison's latest edition of Dimensions of Human Behavior is a powerful text that captures our changing and developing lives as we each journey through our own distinct life course. The books call our attention to the importance of the interactions of time, people, and environment as our ongoing life story is played out. As social workers, this text draws our attention to the need to better understand development as a cyclical process, unique for each person. Timely client system examples, diverse family development, and good social work implications and interventions are a few of the many strengths in this edition."

(Susan Tebb, Dean )

About the Author

Elizabeth D. Hutchison, M.S.W., Ph.D., received her M.S.W. from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and her Ph.D. from the University at Albany. Lib was on the faculty in the Social Work Department at Elms College from 1980 to 1987, and served as chair of the department from 1982 to 1987. She was on the faculty in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1987 to 2009, where she taught courses in human behavior and the social environment, social work and social justice, and child and family policy; she also served as field practicum liaison. She has been a social worker in health, mental health, aging, and child and family welfare settings. She is committed to providing social workers with comprehensive, current, and useful frameworks for thinking about human behavior. Her other research interests focus on child and family welfare.

Product Details

• Paperback: 680 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 2nd edition (April 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761987657
• ISBN-13: 978-0761987659
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,322,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An easy read, August 8, 2007

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This review is from: Dimensions of Human Behavior, Second Edition: Person and Environment (Series in Social Work) (Paperback)

I used this text in a MSW program HBSE class. It was easy to read and a good informative source on basic human development. Each chapter has questions and intensive vocabulary which was helpful.