Many children, especially those from lower-income families, face considerable instability
early in their lives. This may include changes in family structure, irregular family routines …

Today's children will become tomorrow's political and civic leaders, entrepreneurs and
workers, and spouses, parents, and caretakers. To many observers, America's future is …

In this chapter, we discuss developmental research describing chaotic aspects of the home
environment in early and middle childhood in relation to child cognitive outcomes. Following …

Historically, developmental psychologists have tended to focus on the effects of
understimulation and certain types of deprivation on child development. More recently …

There are growing levels of chaos in the lives of American children, youth, and families.
Increasingly, children grow up in households lacking in structure and routine, inundated by …

In this chapter we address not only how environmental chaos is associated with
socioemotional problems in children but also how the family as a whole, as an organizing …

Household chaos has been linked to poorer cognitive, behavioural, and self-regulatory
outcomes in young children, but the mechanisms responsible remain largely unknown …

Abstract Development in early childhood is increasingly likely to take place in multiple
contexts. Continuity and discontinuity in children's experiences across multiple contexts …

Household chaos is a construct often overlooked in studies of human development, despite
its theoretical links with the integrity of individual well-being, family processes, and child …

Chaos is an excellent theme for academics in modern times, when multitasking at work, at
home, and at play frequently elicits the feeling encapsulated in the title of an old Broadway …