Well-Being: Positive Development Across the Life CourseMarc H. Bornstein, Lucy Davidson, Corey L.M. Keyes, Kristin A. Moore This volume derived from original presentations given at a conference in Atlanta, Georgia, under the auspices of the Center for Child Well-Being. Scholars, practitioners, public health professionals, and principals in the child development community convened to address a science-based framework for elements of well-being and how the elements might be developed across the life course. Integrating physical, cognitive, and social-emotional domains, Well-Being is the first scientific book to consider well-being holistically. Focusing on a set of core strengths grouped within these three domains, the book also includes a fourth section on developmental strengths through adulthood that broadly examines a continuum of health and development, as well as transitions in well-being. This volume takes a developmental perspective across the life course, describing foundational strengths for well-being--the capacities that can be actively developed, supported, or learned. These foundational strengths--problem solving, emotional regulation, and physical safety--are the positive underpinnings of early child health and development, as well as ongoing well-being across the life course. Working together and blending their respective disciplinary perspectives and expertise, 53 experts in psychology, sociology, child development, and medicine have contributed to the book. |
Contents
Life Span | |
Physical Activity and WellBeing | |
Promotion of Safety Security and WellBeing | |
Reproductive Health | |
Curiosity Exploration and NoveltySeeking | |
Mastery Motivation and Goal Persistence in Young Children | |
Thinking and Intelligence | |
Problem Solving As an Element of Developmental WellBeing | |
Language and Literacy | |
Educational Achievement | |
Moral Development in Childhood | |
Creativity and Talent | |
A Developmental Challenge | |
SOCIALEMOTIONAL DOMAIN | |
Emotion Regulation From Infancy Through Adolescence | |
Coping as an Element of Developmental WellBeing | |
Autonomy as an Element of Developmental WellBeing | |
Trust Attachment and Relatedness | |
ParentChild Relationships | |
Sibling Relationships | |
Peer Relationships | |
and Identity | |
Prosocial Behavior Empathy and Sympathy | |
COGNITIVE DOMAIN | |
ADULT DEVELOPMENT DOMAIN | |
Physical Health and Adult WellBeing | |
Social and Emotional Engagement in Adulthood | |
Cognitive Styles and WellBeing in Adulthood and Old | |
Dimensions of WellBeing and Mental Health in Adulthood | |
OVERARCHING ISSUES AND THEMES | |
to Inform Practice and Policy | |
About the Authors | |
Author Index | |
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