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New directions in the study of family‐level dynamics during infancy and early childhood
Author(s) -
McHale James P.,
Kuersten Regina,
Lauretti Allison
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219967403
Subject(s) - socioemotional selectivity theory , dynamics (music) , developmental psychology , psychology , variety (cybernetics) , relevance (law) , field (mathematics) , child development , cognitive psychology , computer science , mathematics , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , political science , pure mathematics , law
Results from a series of new studies clearly indicate that family‐level dynamics can help to explain individual variability in a variety of measures of early socioemotional development. With some of the more basic questions concerning the relevance of whole‐family processes put to rest, new and more complex questions now loom for the field.