The 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 environment. Understand the multiple processes that are interrelated in personality development Discover the individual, cultural, social, and economic processes that contribute to the social, emotional, and personality development of individuals Learn about the several individual and contextual contributions to the development of such facets of the individual as morality, spirituality, or aggressive/violent behavior Study the processes that contribute to the development of gender, sexuality, motivation, and social engagement The scholarship within this volume and, as well, across the four volumes of this edition, illustrate that developmental science is in the midst of a very exciting period. There is a paradigm shift that involves increasingly greater understanding of how to describe, explain, and optimize the course of human life for diverse individuals living within diverse contexts. This Handbook is the definitive reference for educators, policy-makers, researchers, students, and practitioners in human development, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and neuroscience.

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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