Dečija psihologija
Dječja psihologija je grana kliničke psihologije koja se bavi ispitivanjem, procjenjivanjem i tretiranjem dječjih poremećaja.

Povijest 

Odnedavno se dječji poremećaji ne tretiraju  sa stajališta poremećaja odraslih, a opširniji opis dječjih poremećaja pojavljuje se tek 1980. godine u Dijagnostičkom i statističkom priručniku unutar službenog dijagnostičkog sustava klasifikacije.

Tijekom rada s djecom dječji klinički psiholozi primijenjuju metode klasifikacije, razmatranja, procjene prilagođene dobi djece, a testove inteligencije ili znanja koje se rjeđe koriste kod odraslih pacijenata.
U obzir posebno uzimaju dječji temperament, narav interakcija roditelj-dijete, te utjecaj stresora s kojima se susreću pacijenti te dobi.
Posebnost tretmana pacijenata dječje dobi je i u njihovoj nesposobnosti davanja točnih samoiskaza pa je uz djecu uobičajeno prisutstvo roditelja, roditeljska motivacija i spremnost na suradnju.

Tretman dječjih poremećaja 

Psihodinamska terapija
Bihevioralna terapija
Kongitivno-bihevioralne intervencije
Biološke intervencije

Problem učinkovitosti tretmana u radu s djecom se iskazuju u njihovom kratkoročnom učinku, usmjereni su uglavnom kao reakcija na problem.
Teži dječji poremećaji imaju uzrok u ekonomskim, socijalnim ili psihološkim faktorima. Kod delikvencije je uključeno mnoštvo uzročnih faktora od temperamenta, preko obitelji, problema u školi, siromaštva, problema s vršnjacima.
Ozbiljni dječji poremećaji zahtijevaju dugotrajne i sveobuhvatne intervencije, što u praksi obično nije i  time se ograničava dugotrajna učinkovitost.

Vidite još 
 Test nacrtaj čovjeka
Rorschachov test mrlja
Test tematske apercepije
 Test nedovršenih rečenica

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Među 20 najprominentnijih žurnala u oblasti dečije psihologije su: 

 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
 Development and Psychopathology
 Child Development
 Autism Research
 Kindheit und Entwicklung
 Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
 European Child & Adolescent Psychology
 Developmental Science
 Developmental Review
 Psychology and Aging
 Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
 Developmental Psychology
 Journal of Adolescent Health
 Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
 Developmental Neuropsychology
 Journal of Research on Adolescence
 Journal of Youth and Adolescence
 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
 Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Vanjske veze 
 The Society for Research in Child Development
 The British Psychological Society, Developmental Psychology Section 
 Developmental Psychology: lessons for teaching and learning developmental psychology
 GMU’s On-Line Resources for Developmental Psychology : a web directory of developmental psychology organizations
 Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History (HEARTH)An e-book collection of over 1,000 books spanning 1850 to 1950, created by Cornell University's Mann Library. Includes several hundred works on human development, child raising, and family studies itemized in a specific bibliography.
 Infants can do more than we think.  Research from Uppsala university 2010.
 It's the Parenting, Dodo | Living Hero Radio Show and Podcast special. With Arun Gandhi telling 4 stories of growing up with Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent parenting and childhood development practices and Dr. Marcy Axness, author of Parenting for Peace giving parenting guidelines and information. Jan 2013

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