Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide

About the Editors ix Contributors xi Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xiii Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xxvii 1 Introduction 1 Susan H. Landry Part 1 The Development of Early Social and Cognitive Skills Important for Child Wellbeing 5 2 Children's Self-Regulation and Executive Control: Critical for Later Years 7 Caron A. C. Clark, Miriam M. Martinez, Jennifer Mize Nelson, Sandra A. Wiebe, and Kimberly Andrews Espy 3 Children's Emotion Regulation in Classroom Settings 37 C. Cybele Raver 4 Early Math and Literacy Skills: Key Predictors of Later School Success 55 Greg J. Duncan, Chantelle Dowsett, and Joshua F. Lawrence 5 Children's Intrinsic Motivation to Learn: Does It Decline over Time and, If So, Why? 73 Verena Freiberger and Birgit Spinath Part 2 Parenting and Children's Development 89 6 Parents' Role in Infants' Language Development and Emergent Literacy 91 Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Rufan Luo, and Lulu Song 7 Can Parents Be Supported to Use a Responsive Interaction Style with Young Children? 111 Susan H. Landry 8 Parenting and Executive Function: Positive and Negative Influences 131 Claire Hughes, Gabriela Roman, and Rosie Ensor 9 The Nature of Effective Parenting: Some Current Perspectives 157 Joan E. Grusec, Dilek Saritas¸, and Ella Daniel 10 Parenting and Early Intervention: The Impact on Children's Social and Emotional Skill Development 179 Catherine C. Ayoub, Jessical Dym Bartlett, and Mallary I. Swartz Part 3 School and Child Care: Settings that Impact Child and Family Wellbeing 211 11 High-Risk Home and Child-Care Environments and Children's Social-Emotional Outcomes 213 Lisa S. Badanes and Sarah Enos Watamura 12 Classroom Peer Relations as a Context for Social and Scholastic Development 243 Gary W. Ladd, Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, and Casey M. Sechler 13 The Importance of Quality Prekindergarten Programs for Promoting School Readiness Skills 271 Andrew J. Mashburn 14 Consistent Environmental Stimulation from Birth to Elementary School: The Combined Contribution of Different Settings on School Achievement 297 Robert C. Pianta Part 4 Stress and Family and Child Wellbeing 321 15 Poverty, Public Policy, and Children's Wellbeing 323 Aletha C. Huston 16 Early Life Stress and Neurobehavioral Development 345 Sarah Stellern and Megan R. Gunnar 17 Neighborhood Effects and Young Children's Outcomes 361 Dafna Kohen and Leanne Findlay 18 The Family Check-Up: A Tailored Approach to Intervention with High-Risk Families 385 Anne M. Gill, Thomas J. Dishion, and Daniel S. Shaw Index 407