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This is a wide-ranging look at the factors which positively and negatively affect the wellbeing of children and families.
Susan H. Landry is the Albert and Margaret Alkek Chair in Early Childhood and Michael Matthew Knight Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Cary L. Cooper is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University.
About the Editors ix
Contributors xi
Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xiii
Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xxvii
1 Introduction 1 Susan H. Landry
Part 1 The Development of Early Social and Cognitive Skills Important for Child Wellbeing 5
2 Children's Self-Regulation and Executive Control: Critical for Later Years 7 Caron A. C. Clark, Miriam M. Martinez, Jennifer Mize Nelson, Sandra A. Wiebe, and Kimberly Andrews Espy
3 Children's Emotion Regulation in Classroom Settings 37 C. Cybele Raver
4 Early Math and Literacy Skills: Key Predictors of Later School Success 55 Greg J. Duncan, Chantelle Dowsett, and Joshua F. Lawrence
5 Children's Intrinsic Motivation to Learn: Does It Decline over Time and, If So, Why? 73 Verena Freiberger and Birgit Spinath
Part 2 Parenting and Children's Development 89
6 Parents' Role in Infants' Language Development and Emergent Literacy 91 Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Rufan Luo, and Lulu Song
7 Can Parents Be Supported to Use a Responsive Interaction Style with Young Children? 111 Susan H. Landry
8 Parenting and Executive Function: Positive and Negative Influences 131 Claire Hughes, Gabriela Roman, and Rosie Ensor
9 The Nature of Effective Parenting: Some Current Perspectives 157 Joan E. Grusec, Dilek Saritas¸, and Ella Daniel
10 Parenting and Early Intervention: The Impact on Children's Social and Emotional Skill Development 179 Catherine C. Ayoub, Jessical Dym Bartlett, and Mallary I. Swartz
Part 3 School and Child Care: Settings that Impact Child and Family Wellbeing 211
11 High-Risk Home and Child-Care Environments and Children's Social-Emotional Outcomes 213 Lisa S. Badanes and Sarah Enos Watamura
12 Classroom Peer Relations as a Context for Social and Scholastic Development 243 Gary W. Ladd, Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, and Casey M. Sechler
13 The Importance of Quality Prekindergarten Programs for Promoting School Readiness Skills 271 Andrew J. Mashburn
14 Consistent Environmental Stimulation from Birth to Elementary School: The Combined Contribution of Different Settings on School Achievement 297 Robert C. Pianta
Part 4 Stress and Family and Child Wellbeing 321
15 Poverty, Public Policy, and Children's Wellbeing 323 Aletha C. Huston
16 Early Life Stress and Neurobehavioral Development 345 Sarah Stellern and Megan R. Gunnar
17 Neighborhood Effects and Young Children's Outcomes 361 Dafna Kohen and Leanne Findlay
18 The Family Check-Up: A Tailored Approach to Intervention with High-Risk Families 385 Anne M. Gill, Thomas J. Dishion, and Daniel S. Shaw
Index 407
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