The influence of the lifespan approach has been an important feature of recent research in developmental psychology, as has a growing interest in the relationship between personality and development. Edited by two distinguished psychologists and including the work of many of the leading figures in the field, this important new book explores the relationship between personality and development. It is unique in focusing on successful development, whereas developmental psychology in the past seems to have focused almost entirely on problem behavior and risk of maladaption.

List of contributors

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Personality and paths to successful development: an overview

1

(18)

Lea Pulkkinen

Avshalom Caspi

Part I Temperament and emotion regulation

Temperament and socialization

19

(27)

Mary K. Rothbart

Samuel P. Putnam

The role of emotionality and regulation in children's social competence and adjustment

46

(27)

Nancy Eisenberg

Richard A. Fabes

Ivanna K. Guthrie

Mark Reiser

Part II Formation of social relationships

Attachment relationships and appraisal of partnership: from early experience of sensitive support to later relationship representation

73

(33)

Klaus E. Grossmann

Karin Grossmann

Monika Winter

Peter Zimmermann

How do adolescents select their friends? A behavior-genetic perspective

106

(23)

Richard J. Rose

Part III Continuity in individual life paths

Personality types in childhood and adolescence: main effects and person-relationship transactions

129

(28)

Marcel A. G. van Aken

Cornelis F. M. Van Lieshout

Ron H. J. Scholte

Gerbert J. T. Haselager

The influence of early behavior patterns on later life

157

(20)

Glen H. Elder, Jr.

Robert Crosnoe

Studying processes: some methodological considerations

177

(26)

Lars R. Bergman

Part IV Environmental contributions to personality development

The role of ethnic identity in personality development

203

(24)

Brett Laursen

Vickie Williams

Time and change: psychosocial transitions in German young adults 1991 and 1996

227

(30)

Rainer K. Silbereisen

Matthias Reitzle

Linda Juang

Part V Life transitions

Developmental regulation of life-course transitions: a control theory approach

257

(24)

Jutta Heckhausen

Social selection, social causation, and developmental pathways: empirical strategies for better understanding how individuals and environments are linked across the life-course

281

(21)

Avshalom Caspi

Pathways through challenge: implications for well-being and health

302

(29)

Carol D. Ryff

Burton H. Singer

Marsha Mailick Seltzer

Part VI Personal goals and well-being

Individual differences in personal goals in mid-thirties

331

(22)

Lea Plukkinen

Jari-Erik Nurmi

Katja Kokko

Social production function (SPF) theory as an heuristic for understanding developmental trajectories and outcomes

353

(27)

Johan Ormel

Searching for paths to successful development and aging: integrating developmental and action-theoretical perspectives

380

(29)

Jochen Brandtstadter

Index

409

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