As the United States diversifies, we review research on both the benefits and challenges of
diversity in developmental science. Taking a “contact in context” approach, we focus on how …

Providing and promoting diversity is often touted as the panacea for negative intergroup
relations. The guiding presumption is that diversity encourages inclusion and tolerance, and …

The papers in this special issue all make important contributions to the study of diversity and
inclusion and the complex dynamics that are involved in these sometimes competing …

When can contexts and diversity be resources, rather than risks, for children's
developmental pathways? Scholars, policy makers, and practitioners increasingly realize …

García Coll et al.'s (1996) integrative model was a landmark article for developmental
science, and for psychology more broadly, in outlining the multitude of social and cultural …

Researchers in developmental science often examine parenting and child development by
ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups, frequently highlighting group differences in parent …

Understanding the complexities of culture and development has been advanced by theory
and research on how cultural conceptions of independence and interdependence shape …

Developmental theory and research have often focused on a single social identity category,
for example, race or sexual orientation, and examined the consequences of that category on …

The population of multiracial youth in the United States is expected to grow in the coming
decades (exceeding 11% by 2060). In this article, we aim to convince child development …

The editors of this special issue reflect on the current status and future directions of research
on race, ethnicity, and culture in child development. Research in the special issue …