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This book will help parents understand and work more effectively with their child’s temperament.
Sommario
Introduction: Tailoring Your Parenting to Your Children's Temperament
Part I. Understanding Temperament and Parenting Chapter 1. What Is Temperament?
Chapter 2. Temperament Characteristics and Behaviors
Chapter 3. Brain and Body Systems Underlying Temperament
Chapter 4. Core Parenting Principles
Part II. Parenting With Your Children's Temperament in Mind Chapter 5. The Fearful or Fearless Child
Chapter 6. The Easily Frustrated Child
Chapter 7. The Impulsive Child
Chapter 8. The Inflexible Child
Part III. The Core Parenting Principles Chapter 9. Be Present
Chapter 10. Be Warm
Chapter 11. Be Balanced
Chapter 12. Be Consistent
Chapter 13. Being Consistent with Common Challenges
Afterword: Building Social and Emotional Competence, Joy, and Well-Being
References
Appendix A: Child Temperament Assessment
Appendix B: Parenting Self-Reflection
Info autore
Liliana J. Lengua, PhD, is Maritz Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being, a child clinical psychologist, and mother of three children. She is internationally recognized for her research on children’s vulnerable and resilient responses to stress, and how parenting and children’s temperament contribute to children’s unique responses to stress. She also researches the effects of economic disadvantage and adversity on parenting and children’s development. She has been the principal investigator of several federally funded research projects and is the author of over 150 published papers. Visit ccfwb.uw.edu.
Maria (Masha) Gartstein, PhD, is professor of psychology and director of the clinical psychology doctoral program at Washington State University. Dr. Gartstein has published over 100 research articles focused chiefly on temperament, namely how different profiles/types change over time, and how they confer risk or protection with respect to emerging symptoms and disorders. Two major themes throughout this work are the role parenting plays in how temperament develops and the contribution of temperament to later adjustment. She has served as principal investigator for several federally funded research projects. Visit labs.wsu.edu/infant-temperament/ and follow @mashagartstein for more information.
