Origins of You - How Childhood Shapes Later Life

Does temperament in childhood shape adult personality? Four psychologists followed thousands of people as they grew up, observing how genes, parenting, and other aspects of young people's experience influence development. This holistic approach offers unprecedented insight into what makes us the adults we become.

About the author

Jay Belsky is the Robert M. and Natalie Reid Dorn Professor of Human Development at the University of California, Davis. He was a founding investigator of the NIH Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development in the United States and the National Evaluation of Sure Start in the United Kingdom. He received the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award from the American Psychological Association.Avshalom Caspi is the Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University and Professor of Personality Development at King’s College London. He is a recipient of the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology.Terrie E. Moffitt is the Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor at Duke University and Professor of Social Behaviour and Development at King’s College London. She has received a host of honors, including the 2022 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology and the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.Richie Poulton was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Otago in New Zealand, where he served as codirector of the National Centre for Lifecourse Research. An elected fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, he received the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Science Prize for the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study.

Summary

Does temperament in childhood shape adult personality? Four psychologists followed thousands of people as they grew up, observing how genes, parenting, and other aspects of young people’s experience influence development. This holistic approach offers unprecedented insight into what makes us the adults we become.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Belsky, Jay Caspi Belsky, Belsky Jay, Avshalom Caspi, Caspi Avshalom, Terrie E. Moffitt, Moffitt Terrie E., Richie Poulton
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9780674293854
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29385-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development, Popular psychology, Popular medicine & health, Sociology: family & relationships, Family & relationships, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Popular medicine and health