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Book SynopsisThe essential reference for human development theory, updated and reconceptualized The Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work to which all others are compared. First published in 1946, and now in its Seventh Edition, the Handbook has long been considered the definitive guide to the field of developmental science.
Volume 3: Social, Emotional, and Personality Development presentsup-to-date knowledge and theoretical understanding of the several facets of social, emotional and personality processes. The volume emphasizes that any specific processes, function, or behavior discussed in the volume co-occurs alongside and is inextricably affected by the dozens of other processes, functions, or behaviors that are the focus of other researchers'' work. As a result, the volume underscores the importance of a focus on the whole developing child and his or her sociocultural and historical env
Table of Contents
Foreword to the Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Seventh Edition xi
Preface xix
Volume 3 Preface xxvii
Contributors xxix
1 PROCESSES UNDERLYING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE TERRAIN 1
Michael E. Lamb
2 MEASURING SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 11
Celia A. Brownell, Elizabeth A. Lemerise, Kevin A. Pelphrey, and Glenn I. Roisman
3 EVOLUTION AND PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE 57
David A. Coall, Anna C. Callan, Thomas E. Dickins, and James S. Chisholm
4 PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF STRESS: NORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 106
Megan R. Gunnar, Jenalee R. Doom, and Elisa A. Esposito
5 TEMPERAMENT AND PERSONALITY 152
Xinyin Chen and Louis A. Schmidt
6 RELATIONSHIPS, REGULATION, AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT 201
Ross A. Thompson
7 RESILIENCE AND ADVERSITY 247
Suniya S. Luthar, Elizabeth J. Crossman, and Phillip J. Small
8 SOCIOEMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF ILLNESS AND DISABILITY 287
Keith Crnic and Cameron Neece
9 DEVELOPMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION 324
Amy K. Marks, Kida Ejesi, Mary Beth McCullough, and Cynthia Garc´ýa Coll
10 RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNICITY IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD 366
Vonnie C. McLoyd, Kelly M. Purtell, and Cecily R. Hardaway
11 SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHANGING FAMILIES 419
Susan Golombok and Fiona Tasker
12 CHILDREN AND THE LAW 464
Michael E. Lamb, Lindsay C. Malloy, Irit Hershkowitz, and David La Rooy
13 CHILD MALTREATMENT 513
Dante Cicchetti and Sheree L. Toth
14 A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE ON THEORY OF MIND 564
Claire Hughes and Rory T. Devine
15 PROSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 610
Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy L. Spinrad, and Ariel Knafo-Noam
16 DEVELOPMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT 657
Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Jennifer A. Fredricks, Sandra Simpkins, Robert W. Roeser, and Ulrich Schiefele
17 ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MORALITY 701
Melanie Killen and Judith G. Smetana
18 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF 750
Margaret Beale Spencer, Dena Phillips Swanson, and Vinay Harpalani
19 AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR 794
Manuel P. Eisner and Tina Malti
20 GENDERED DEVELOPMENT 842
Melissa Hines
21 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUALITY 888
Lisa M. Diamond, Susan B. Bonner, and Janna Dickenson
22 FRIENDSHIPS, ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS, AND PEER RELATIONSHIPS 932
Wyndol Furman and Amanda J. Rose
23 RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 975
Pamela Ebstyne King and Chris J. Boyatzis
Author Index 1023
Subject Index 1067
