Contexts for Young Child Flourishing (eBook, PDF)

Evolution, Family, and Society
Redaktion: Narvaez, Darcia; Hastings, Paul D.; Gettler, Lee T.; Miller-Graff, Laura E.; Braungart-Rieker, Julia M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Human beings have the most immature newborn and longest maturational schedule of any animal. Only 25% of the adult brain size is developed at full-term birth, and most of the brain's size and volume is co-constructed by caregivers in the first years of life. As a result, early life experience has long-term effects on physiological and psychological wellbeing. Contexts for Young Child Flourishing uses an evolutionary systems framing to address the conditions and contexts for child development and thriving. Contributors focus on flourishing-optimizing individual (physiological, psychological, emotional) and communal (social, community) functioning. Converging events make this a key time to reconsider the needs of children and their optimal development in light of increasing understanding of human evolution, the early dynamism of development, and how these influence developmental trajectories. There is a great deal of misunderstanding both among researchers and the general public about what human beings need for optimal development. As a result, human nature unnecessarily can be misshaped by policies, practices, and beliefs that don't take into account evolved needs. Empirical studies today are better able to document and map the long-term effects of early deficits or early assets, mostly in animal models but also through longitudinal studies. An interdisciplinary set of scholars considers child flourishing in regards to issues of development, childhood experience, and wellbeing. Scholars from neuroscience, anthropology, and clinical and developmental studies examine the buffering effects of optimal caregiving practices and shed light on the need for new databases, new policies, and altered childcare practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190237813
• Artikelnr.: 48793381

Autorenporträt

Darcia Narvaez, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Moral Psychology Lab at the University of Notre Dame. She studies moral development through the lifespan with a particular focus on early life effects on the neurobiology underpinning moral functioning. Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families at the University of Notre Dame. Her work focuses on social and emotional development during infancy and early childhood. Laura E. Miller-Graff, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her research examines the developmental effects of exposure to violence in childhood. Lee T. Gettler, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Hormones, Health, and Human Behavior Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on the way in which men's hormonal physiology responds to major life transitions, such as marriage and fatherhood. Paul D. Hastings, PhD, is Chair and Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, where he is also a member of the Center for Mind and Brain, and the Center for Poverty Research. His research focuses on examining dynamic influences between neurobiological regulatory systems and socialization experiences, and their multilevel contributions to adaptive and maladaptive socioemotional development in children and adolescents.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* About the Editors
* Contributors
* SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR FLOURISHING IN YOUNG CHILDREN
* 1. The Flourishing of Young Children: Evolutionary Baselines
* Darcia Narvaez, Lee Gettler, Julia Braungart-Rieker, Laura Miller
Graff and Paul Hastings
* 2. Life for Learning: How a Young Child Seeks Joy With Companions In
a Meaningful World
* Colwyn Trevarthen and Jon-Roar Bjørkvold
* 3. Societal Contexts for Family Relations: Development, Violence and
Stress
* Riane Eisler
* 4. The Role of Emotion Socialization in Promoting Child Flourishing
* Holly E. Brophy-Herb, Danielle Dalimonte-Merckling, Neda Senehi, and
Alicia Kwon
* 5. Healthy Children: The Role of Emotion Regulation
* Julia Braungart-Rieker and Elizabeth Planalp
* SECTION 2: PARENTING AND FAMILY CULTURAL CONTEXTS
* 6. The Parental Brain - Regulation of Mother and Father Behavior that
Influences Infant Development
* James Swain
* 7. Parent-Child Symbolic Relationship In-Utero: Parents' Prenatal
Expectations Regarding Their Child's Temperament and Their Own
Parenting
* Lior Abramson, David Mankuta, and Ariel Knafo-Noam
* 8. Wellbeing and Sociomoral Development in Preschoolers: The Relation
of Maternal Parenting Attitudes Consistent with the Evolved
Developmental Niche
* Tracy Gleason, Darcia Narvaez, Ying Cheng, Lijuan Wang, and Jeff
Brooks
* 9. Biopsychosocial Models of Prosociality: Compassionate Love, Vagal
Regulation, and Children's Altruism
* Jonas Miller and Paul Hastings
* 10. The Emergence of "Positive Parenting" as a New Paradigm: Theory,
Process, and Evidence
* George Holden, Rose Ashraf, Erin Brannan, and Paige Baker
* 11. Transitions in Siblinghood: Integrating Developmental, Cultural
and Evolutionary Perspectives
* Hillary N. Fouts and Lauren R. Bader
* SECTION 3: CONTEXTS OF CONFLICT
* 12. The Benefits of Marital Conflict: Constructiveness and Resolution
as Predictors of Positive Child Outcomes
* Katie (Bergman) Miller, Mark Cummings, Kelly (Kuznicki) Warmuth
* 13. Multi-contextual influences on resilience in young children
exposed to intimate partner violence
* Laura Miller Graff
* SECTION 4: COMMUNITY CONTEXTS
* 14. Flourishing in Transactional Care Systems: Caring with Infant and
Toddler Caregivers about Wellbeing
* Mary B. McMullen and Kathleen McCormick
* 15. Enrichment and Isolation: Institutional Care and Challenges to
Child Development in Jamaica
* Robin Nelson
* 16. The Elementary Classroom: A Context for Supporting Children's
Flourishing
* Marilyn Watson
* SECTION 5: PRACTICAL AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
* 17. Culture, Community and Context in Child Development: Implications
for Family Programs and Policy
* Joshua Sparrow
* 18. Young Child Flourishing as an Aim for Society
* Darcia Narvaez, Paul Hastings, Julia Braungart-Rieker, Lee Gettler,
and Laura Miller-Graff
* Index