Infant Development

Ecological Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8153-2839-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: MSU Series on Children, Youth and Families

This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field of childhood development focus on the critical issues and questions that need to be addressed at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Topics covered include the ecology of fetal development, birth and the newborn period, family ecology and infant development, infant care settings, gender influences on caregiving, culture, violence, poverty, substance abuse, social support, maternal age, risk and protective factors, the impact of legal and public policy, and historical, and future ecologies of infant development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fitzgerald, Hiram E

Karraker, Katherine

Luster, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Kognitivismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: The Editors Chapter 1: Pathways to Developmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda and Joanne Roberts Chapter 2: Infant Attention and the Development of Cognition: Does the Environment Moderate Continuity?, John Colombo and Terrill F. Saxon Chapter 3: Nutrition: How Does it Affect Cognitive and Behavioral Development inYoung Children?, Mark Swanson Chapter 4: Ecological Influences on Mother/Infant Relationships, Amy R. Susman-Stillman and Martha Farrell Erikson Chapter 5: Understanding the Caregiving Practices of Adolescent Mothers, Tom Luster and Laura Bates Chapter 6: Daycare and Maternal Employment in the 21st Century: Conflicts and Consequences for Infant Development, Jacqueline V. Lerner and Domini R. Castellinio Chapter 7: Infants' Characteristics and Behaviors Help Shape Their Environments, Katherine Hildebrandt Karraker and Priscilla Coleman Chapter 8: Viewing Fathers in Infants' Lives: Widening the Lens, Lori A. Roggman, Lisa Boyce, and Jerry Cook Chapter 9: Origins of Addictive Behavior: Structuring Pathways to Alcoholism During Infancy and Early Childhood, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Robert A. Zucker, Eun Young Mun, Leon I. Puttler, and Maria M. Wong Chapter 10: The Effects of Exposure to Violence on Infants: Current Perspectives and Directions for the Future, Joy D. Osofsky Chapter 11: Early Childhood Interventions: Now What?, Jon Korfmacher Chapter 12: Relationships at Risk: The Policy Environment as a Context for Infant Development, Emily Fenichel Subject Index Author Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Katherine Karraker, Tom Luster