Future Directions in Infant Development Research

✍ Scribed by Ross D. Parke (auth.), George J. Suci, Steven S. Robertson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 128
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Future Directions in Infant Development Research bears wit- ness to the significant shifts that have occurred in infancy research in the recent past. While fundamental issues have tended to remain the same, the emphasis and ways of address- ing these issues have changed. This book is the first step toward a much richer and fuller understanding of infant development.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Social Development in Infancy: Looking Backward, Looking Forward....Pages 1-24
Risk and Protective Factors for Parents and Infants....Pages 25-42
Long-Term Developmental Consequences of Intrauterine and Postnatal Growth Retardation in Rural Guatemala....Pages 43-70
Infant Predictors of Inhibited and Uninhibited Children....Pages 71-88
The Challenge Facing Infant Research in the Next Decade....Pages 89-103
Current and Future Directions in Infant Development Research: Brief Overview....Pages 105-117
Back Matter....Pages 119-121

✦ Subjects

Pediatrics; Child and School Psychology; Psychology, general