Richard M. Lerner & Michael E. Lamb 
Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Volume 3, Socioemotional Processes 

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.

Tabella dei contenuti

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 Mc Cullough, and Cynthia Garc´ya Coll

10 RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNICITY IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD 366
Vonnie C. Mc Loyd, 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

Circa l’autore

Editor-in-Chief
Richard M. Lerner, Ph D is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science at the Eliot-Pearson Department at Tufts University. He is the author of many publications, including Pathways to Positive Development about Diverse Youth and New Directions for Youth Development: Theory, Practice, and Research (Jossey-Bass). Dr Lerner is also a past editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and The Handbook of Life-Span Development (Wiley).