Books in the Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development series

Developmental Science provides an account of the basic principles of the new developmental synthesis, as formulated by the Carolina Consortium on Human Development. It addresses specific developmental issues, varying across time frames, methodologies, disciplines, cultures and even species.

This presents the view that research, history and policy are essential and interlocking components of a mature developmental psychology. Patterns of human development differ markedly across historical epochs, cultures, and social circumstances. An historical perspective reveals the beneficial, if sometimes contentious, interplay between empirical research and social programs and policies.

This volume was the first compilation to introduce the dynamic systems approach to self-organization. Pattern and coherence emerge in natural systems through a process called self-organization. The study of self-organization systems has had a major impact on the natural sciences in the last 20 years.

Comparisons in Human Development examines ways in which different disciplines have treated comparisons and development and provides empirical examples that take a comparative, developmental approach to human activity and thought.

This volume presents important research into the little-explored social and emotional development that accompany early friendships. Internationally recognized scholars discuss the details of friendship development, the accompanying cognitive growth, and its emotional and social adjustment. The authors also express their views on future directions for such research.

Numerous volumes exist on adult romantic relationships and on adolescent sexuality, but this 2000 book was the first volume to examine adolescent romantic relationships. Papers in this volume cover the full range of aspects of romantic relationships, and examine general processes and individual differences within the general context of adolescent development.

Divorce and marital instability are commonplace, but how do happy marriages become unhappy? How do marriages develop and change? In this 1998 book, leading researchers present research and theory that address these questions and that focus on how marital dysfunction develops among newly wed couples.

This collection brings together research on morality in human development. The pervasiveness of the moral domain can be detected in every aspect of social life; moral commitments shape the goals and aspirations of individuals and moral judgments are apparent in discourse about most forms of human interaction.

In Social Motivation, first published in 1997, top researchers in educational psychology and social development demonstrate how children's school adjustment depends not only on their academic competence but also on their social skills, school related attitudes, expectations and definitions of self.

Elliot Turiel's work focuses on the development of moral judgement in children and adolescents and, more generally, on their evolving understanding of the conventions of social systems. This study will be of interest to a wide range of researchers and students in child development and education.

In Social Motivation, first published in 1997, top researchers in educational psychology and social development demonstrate how children's school adjustment depends not only on their academic competence but also on their social skills, school related attitudes, expectations and definitions of self.