The Development of Emotional Competence in Young Children
Published on 8. February 2023
510 pages
978-1-4625-5177-4 (ISBN)
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Researchers, students, and practitioners in child psychology, early childhood education, human development and family studies, and social work. Will serve as a core text or supplement in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses such as Social-Emotional Development, Early Childhood Education, and Parenting.
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Susanne A. Denham
The Development of Emotional Competence in Young Children
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03/2023
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Guilford Press
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Susanne A. Denham, PhD, is Emeritus University Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. She is an applied developmental psychologist with particular expertise in children's social and emotional development. Dr. Denham has conducted extensive research on emotional competence, especially in preschoolers--how it influences children's social and academic functioning, its assessment, and how parents and teachers foster it. Before joining the faculty of George Mason University in 1985, Dr. Denham worked as a school psychologist for 11 years. She is editor of the journal Early Education and Development and past coeditor of Social Development.
Content
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Emotional Expressiveness: Basic Emotions and Empathy
3. Emotional Expressiveness: Social Emotions and Voluntary Emotional Control
4. Developing Knowledge of Emotions and Regulation
5. More Advanced Emotion Knowledge During Preschool
6. Emotion Regulation
7. Socialization of Emotional Competence and Impact on Preschoolers' Expressiveness
8. Socialization of Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge and Emotion Regulation
9. Teachers' Emotion Socialization of Preschoolers' Emotional Competence
10. Contributions of Emotional Expressiveness, Emotion Knowledge, and Emotion Regulation to Preschoolers' Social Competence
11. Contributions of Emotional Expressiveness, Emotion Knowledge, and Emotion Regulation to Early School Success
12. Disruptions in the Development of Emotional Competence
13. Educating for Emotional Competence
14. Concluding Remarks
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author
1. Introduction
2. Emotional Expressiveness: Basic Emotions and Empathy
3. Emotional Expressiveness: Social Emotions and Voluntary Emotional Control
4. Developing Knowledge of Emotions and Regulation
5. More Advanced Emotion Knowledge During Preschool
6. Emotion Regulation
7. Socialization of Emotional Competence and Impact on Preschoolers' Expressiveness
8. Socialization of Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge and Emotion Regulation
9. Teachers' Emotion Socialization of Preschoolers' Emotional Competence
10. Contributions of Emotional Expressiveness, Emotion Knowledge, and Emotion Regulation to Preschoolers' Social Competence
11. Contributions of Emotional Expressiveness, Emotion Knowledge, and Emotion Regulation to Early School Success
12. Disruptions in the Development of Emotional Competence
13. Educating for Emotional Competence
14. Concluding Remarks
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author
