1st Edition

Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems

By Dale F. Hay Copyright 2019
    162 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    162 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence: Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems offers a chapter-by-chapter introductory survey of all aspects of emotional development from infancy to adolescence, from delight, surprise and love to anger, distress and fear. Taking a chronological approach, each chapter focuses on a specific emotion and covers the theories and research relating to its development, from infants’ emotional capabilities to the changes in self-understanding and self-conscious emotions of adolescence.

    Hay integrates the approaches of classic developmental differentiation and differential emotions theory to create a comprehensive textbook with a unique approach to the subject matter, showcasing a range of research linking emotions to biological underpinnings and early experiences. This wide-ranging book also includes coverage of differences in temperament, developmental psychopathology, emotion regulation and development of emotional understanding, and attachment.

    It is core reading for students of developmental psychology, health psychology, child welfare and social work, as well as anyone taking a course on social and emotional development courses. It will also be of interest to practitioners working in educational and clinical psychology and child psychiatry.

    Acknowledgements

    Chapter 1. More than a Feeling: The Study of Emotion and its Development: Trying to Define Emotion

    Chapter 2. Distress and Delight in Infancy

    Chapter 3. Surprise and Disgust

    Chapter 4. Fear and Anxiety

    Chapter 5. Anger: Fight v. Flight

    Chapter 6. Sadness

    Chapter 7. Happiness, Joy and Elation

    Chapter 8. Affection, Love and Jealousy

    Chapter 9. Empathy

    Chapter 10. Shame and Guilt

    Chapter 11. Afterword

    References

    Index

     

    Biography

    Dale Hay is Professor Emerita of Developmental Psychology at Cardiff University. She has led a major longitudinal study to understand the origins of developmental disorders. She has taught developmental psychology, with special emphasis on social and emotional development, developmental psychopathology and developmental research methods.