Figures and tables; Contributors; Foreword Klaus Jacobs; Acknowledgments;
Part I. Introduction and Overview: 1. Introduction P. Lindsay
Chase-Lansdale, Kathleen Kiernan and Ruth J. Friedman; 2. Life-course
development: the interplay of social-selection and social causations within
and across generations Avshalom Caspi; Part II. Human Capital: 3. An
overview of economic and social opportunities and disadvantage in European
households Brian Nolan and Bertrand Maitre; 4. Parental, childhood, and
early adult legacies in the emergence of adult social exclusion: evidence
on what matters from a British cohort John Hobcraft; 5. Individual and
parent based intervention strategies for promoting human capital and
positive behavior Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson; Part III.
Partnership Behavior: 6. Cohabitation and divorce across nations and
generations Kathleen Kiernan; 7. The intergenerational transmission of
couple instability E. Mavis Hetherington and Anne Mitchell Elmore; 8.
Strengthening partnerships and families Kurt Hahlweg; Part IV.
Psychological Health and Development: 9. Intergenerational continuities and
discontinuities in psychological problems Michael Rutter; 10. Environmental
influences on intellectual abilities in childhood: findings from a
longitudinal adoption study Michel Duyme, Louise Arsenault, Annick-Camille
Dumaret; 11. Intervention and policy as change agents for young children
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Part V. Conclusion: 12. Human development and the
potential for change from the perspective of multiple disciplines: what
have we learned? P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal;
Index.
