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Download full textFeiring, Candice; Lewis, Michael – 1987
The conceptualizations of morphogenic processes suggested by systems theorists provide a useful framework for describing growth and development in complex adaptive self-directing organisms. These processes involve changes in (1) a system's structure, state, or functioning; (2) discontinuities in development; and (3) at least two kinds of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Children, Developmental Continuity
Peer reviewedMcHale, James P.; Kuersten, Regina; Lauretti, Allison – New Directions for Child Development, 1996
Examines new studies of family-level dynamics that explain individual variability in early socioemotional development. Shows that family processes help explain unique variance in conceptually related measures of child development. Reviews studies showing prospective links between family processes during infancy and behavior at age 4, and…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Relationship
Landesman, Sharon; And Others – 1987
This paper describes a conceptual framework for studying the family environment that (1) incorporates recent advances in understanding multiple social influences on behavior; (2) recognizes common and idiosyncratic characteristics of families as social units; (3) identifies research strategies that can be used to assess families; and (4) generates…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Cognitive Development, Cultural Awareness, Emotional Development
