Early Influences Shaping The Individual: NATO Science Series A:, cartea 162

Prologue.- 1. Concepts of Children and their Development in Greek History.- 2. Trying to Understand Development.- 3. Advances in Genetic Prediction and Diagnosis.- 4. Genetics and the Development of Behavior.- 5. Interaction between Technical and Social Developments in Human Genetics.- 6. Developmental Behavioral Genetic Research on Infant Information Processing: Detection of Contuinuity and Change.- 7. On Change of Children and Childhood.- 8. Social Theorizing and the Child: Constraints and Possibilities.- 9. Divided Denmark: A Convoy in Disintegration.- 10. Illegitimate Births: Do They Suffer in the Long Term?.- 11. Intrauterine Growth Retardation in Developing and Developed Countries.- 12. Intrauterine Influences Related to the 2–5 Postnatal Years’ Growth Period.- 13. Care of High-Risk Newborns Today: Advanced Medical Technology and Quality of Life.- 14. Maternal Stress During Pregnancy and the Behavior of the Offspring.- 15. Maternal Depression and its Impact on Early Child Development.- 16. Development of Infants “At Risk” and Psychosocial Conditions: Results of a Prospective Study.- 17. Development of Self-Regulatory Behavior in Children: Towards Understanding the Origins of Behavioral Misadventures.- 18. Parental Attitudes in Childhood and Development of Psychological Problems in Adolescence.- 19. Psychosocial Risk Trajectories and Beneficial Turning Points.- 20. Influence of Care and Development in Infancy on Health and Educational Progress in Later Life.- 21. Prediction of Child Competence from Maternal Beliefs and Behaviors During Infancy.- 22. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Temperamental Development: Longitudinal Study of Twins From Infancy to Adolescence.- 23. Constitutional Aspects of Personality Beginning in Childhood: Schizoid PersonalityDisorder (Asperger’s Syndrome).- 24. Early Interventions and Pediatric Practice.- Epilogue.- List of Participants.