Adolescents currently grow up in a great diversity of family circumstances, one of which is
the domestic structure referred to as the nuclear family. Regardless of specific structural …

The focus on the role of parenting in child development has a long‐standing history. When
measures of parenting precede changes in child development, researchers typically infer a …

Teenage parenthood is believed to cause special problems for both the young mother and
her children. In this review, individual differences in the expression of parenting by different …

A growing body of literature highlights the important role of paternal health and
socioemotional characteristics in child development, from preconception through …

African American boys and young men in the United States face challenges unique to being
a male and an ethnic minority in our society. Despite the marginalization of African American …

From the earliest beginnings of the scientific study of adolescence, the transition from child
to adult has been framed in terms of challenge and distress (Freud, 1925/1961; Hall, 1904) …

This article is about the neural correlates of infant mental health and their correspondences
to social emotional development. These correspondences are organized in terms of the …

ALTHOUGH IT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN ASSUMED that the crucial events of one's life
occur from birth through adolescence, research has indicated that all individuals undergo …

This article sets out to bring together some of the current thinking on the effect of adverse
early experiences on individual development. Although the caregiving relationship is …

This paper reviews emerging research findings related to the biological, behavioral,
psychological and social processes that occur during adolescence. New research makes it …