Paths to Successful Development Personality in the Life Course

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I Temperament and emotion regulation 1 Temperament and socialization MARY K. ROTHBART AND SAMUEL P. PUTNAM 2 The role of emotionality and regulation in children`s social competence and adjustment NANCY EISENBERG, RICHARD A. FABES, IVANNA K. GUTHRIE AND MARK REISER Part II Formation of social relationships 3 Attachment relationships and appraisal of partnership:from early experience of sensitive support to later relationship representation 73 KLAUS E. GROSSMANN, KARIN GROSSMANN, MONIKA WINTER AND PETER ZIMMERMANN 4 How do adolescents select their friends?A behavior-genetic perspective 106 RICHARD J. ROSE Part III Continuity in individual life paths 5 Personality types in childhood and adolescence: main effects and person-relationship transactions 129 MARCEL A. G. VAN AKEN, CORNELIS F. M. VAN LIESHOUT, RON H. J. SCHOLTE AND GERBERT J. T. HASELAGER 6 The influence of early behavior patterns on later life 157 GLEN H. ELDER, JR. AND ROBERT CROSNOE 7 Studying processes: some methodological considerations 177 LARS R. BERGMAN Part IV Environmental contributions to personality development 8 The role of ethnic identity in personality development BRETT LAURSEN AND VICKIE WILLIAMS 9 Time and change: psychosocial transitions in German young adults 1991 and 1996 RAINER K. SILBEREISEN, MATTHIAS REITZLE AND LINDA JUANG Part V Life transitions 10 Developmental regulation of life-course transitions:a control theory approach JUTTA HECKHAUSEN 11 Social selection, social causation, and developmental pathways: empirical strategies for better understanding how individuals and environments are linked across the life-course 281 AVSHALOM CASPI 12 Pathways through challenge: implications for well-being and health 302 CAROL D. RYFF, BURTON H. SINGER AND MARSHA MAILICK SELTZER Part VI Personal goals and well-being 13 Individual differences in personal goals in mid-thirties 331 LEA PULKKINEN, JARI-ERIK NURMI AND KATJA KOKKO 14 Social production function (SPF) theory as an heuristic for understanding developmental trajectories and outcomes 353 JOHAN ORMEL 15 Searching for paths to successful development and aging: integrating developmental and action-theoretical perspectives 380 JOCHEN BRANDTSTADTER