Books in the Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development series

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.

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.

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.

Although conflict in human affairs has fascinated theorists and researchers for centuries, this book was the first to focus on the role of conflict in psychological and social development: the hows, whens, wheres, and whys of conflict in everyday life.

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.

In this book the authors review and summarize scholarly research that has been devoted to the development of prosocial behaviour in children, and examine the variety of influences that contribute to children's prosocial development, including the media, parents, peers, biology and culture.

Emotional Development presents the early phases of emotional life from a developmental perspective. It reveals the timing, function and common core processes underlying the emergence of specific emotions. It also discusses our capacity for and individual styles of emotional regulation.

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.