Thriving in Childhood Adolescence: The Role of Self Regulation - New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 133

Klappentext Opening with a discussion on the need to integrate self-regulation processes and to create a life-span oriented framework of these processes! this volume explores several perspectives in the current scholarship. Zusammenfassung Opening with a discussion on the need to integrate self-regulation processes and to create a life-span oriented framework of these processes! this volume explores several perspectives in the current scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Self-Regulation Processes and Thriving in Childhood and Adolescence: A View of the Issues 1 Richard M. Lerner! Jacqueline V. Lerner! Edmond P. Bowers! Selva Lewin-Bizan! Steinunn Gestsdottir! Jennifer Brown Urban The editors discuss the need to integrate self-regulation processes and to create a life-span oriented framework of these processes. They provide a brief overview of the work of the scholars contributing to this volume. 2. When Everything New Is Well-Forgotten Old: Vygotsky/Luria Insights in the Development of Executive Functions 11 Elena Bodrova! Deborah J. Leong! Tatiana V. Akhutina Vygotsky and Luria's concept of the "extra-cortical organization of higher mental functions" and its evolution are explored using the example of self-regulation. 3. Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement in Elementary School Children 29 Megan M. McClelland! Claire E. Cameron The authors situate self-regulation and social competence in a theoretical context that describes the components most important for early school success. 4. Influences of Children's and Adolescents' Action-Control Processes on School Achievement! Peer Relationships! and Coping with Challenging Life Events 45 G. John Geldhof! Todd D. Little Self-regulation is discussed as a construct that depends on the development of key lower-order components. The conceptualization of selfregulation and its development is applied to other approaches to self-regulation. 5. Intentional Self-Regulation! Ecological Assets! and Thriving in Adolescence: A Developmental Systems Model 61 Steinunn Gestsdottir! Jennifer Brown Urban! Edmond P. Bowers! Jacqueline V. Lerner! Richard M. Lerner The positive youth development (PYD) perspective is used to emphasize that enhancing adolescents' abilities to engage in intentional selfregulatory processes will increase the capacity of youth to thrive. 6. A Life-Span! Relational! Public Health Model of Self-Regulation: Impact on Individual and Community Health 77 Swapnil Maniar! Jonathan F. Zaff The authors extend the ideas of the development of self-regulation and its impact on development by proposing a life-span! relational! public health model. 7. Adolescents' Conscious Processes of Developing Regulation: Learning to Appraise Challenges 87 Reed W. Larson The author discusses the challenges reported by youth working on arts! technology! and social justice projects in organized programs and how they learn to address them. INDEX 99 ...

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• Authors: CAD (COR), Richard M. Lerner Lerner
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2011
• EAN: 9781118094105
• ISBN: 978-1-118-09410-5
• No. of pages: 112