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Informationen zum Autor Sybil L. Hart! Ph.D.! 1995! Tufts University currently holds the position of professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University. She has been the recipient of the Chancellor's Council Award for Distinguished Research and the Presidential Book Award from Texas Tech University. Her groundbreaking studies on infant jealousy have been published in Infancy! Social Development! and Child Psychiatry and Human Development. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health-NIMH and the C.R. Hutcheson Foundation Professorship. She is also the author of Preventing Sibling Rivalry (Simon & Schuster! 2001). Maria Legerstee! Ph.D. is a Professor at the Department of Psychology! Faculty of Health! York University! Toronto Canada. She is the Director of the "Centre for Research in Infancy" which she founded in 1991. Legerstee's research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research council (Canada). She is the recipient of the 2004-05 Dean's Award for Outstanding Research contributions over the preceding 3 years. Legerstee is widely recognized as one of the world's leading investigators in infants' socio-cognitive development! a field of emerging importance. She is a frequently invited speaker to international conferences! and to Universities. Her peers point out that "she has designed clever and original experimental procedures that serve to illuminate important dimensions of non-verbal cognition". Klappentext Through a compilation of original articles, the Handbook of Jealousy offers an integrated portrait of the emerging areas of research into the nature of jealousy and a forum for discussing the implications of the findings for theories of emotional and socio-cognitive development.* Presents the most recent findings and theories on jealousy across a range of contexts and age-stages of development* Includes 23 original articles with empirical findings and detailed commentaries by leading experts in the field* Serves as a valuable resource for professionals in the fields of clinical psychology, psychiatry, and social work, as well as scholars in the fields of psychology, family studies, sociology, and anthropology Zusammenfassung This Handbook presents an informative and integrated portrait of the emerging areas of research in the development of jealousy during early childhood and across the lifespan, as well as a forum for discussing the implications of these findings for theories of emotional and socio-cognitive development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface.Introduction.Part I: Background.Part II: Socio-Biological Foundations.Part III: Cognitive Underpinnings.Part IV: Social-Emotional Foundations within the Parent-Child-Sibling Context.Part V: Socio-Emotional Foundations within other Eliciting Contexts.Index....
List of contents
Preface.
Introduction.
Part I: Background.
Part II: Socio-Biological Foundations.
Part III: Cognitive Underpinnings.
Part IV: Social-Emotional Foundations within the Parent-Child-Sibling Context.
Part V: Socio-Emotional Foundations within other Eliciting Contexts.
Index.
Report
"The evaluative sections would be of particular interest to indidviduals looking for new areas to explore within the field, and with the book as a whole being clearly written it would be accessible to any reader with a psychological or related background." (Social Psychological Review, 2011)
"Given its comprehensiveness and attention to both basic and applied issues, this is a volume that anyone wishing to understand the development of jealousy simply must consult. Highly recommended. All readers." (Choice, 1 October 2011)
