| Description |
xxiv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. A History of Research on Parenting Strategies and Children's Internalization of Values / Joan E. Grusec -- 2. Value Socialization in Bidirectional Context / Leon Kuczynski, Sheila Marshall and Kathleen Schell -- 3. The Emergence and Development of Conscience in Toddlerhood and Early Childhood / Grazyna Kochanska and Ross A. Thompson -- 4. Internalization, Autonomy, and Relationships: Development during Adolescence / W. Andrew Collins, Tracy Gleason and Arturo Sesma, Jr. -- 5. Attachment and the Transmission of Values / Inge Bretherton, Barbara Golby and Eunyoung Cho -- 6. Internalization within the Family: The Self-Determination Theory Perspective / Wendy S. Grolnick, Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan -- 7. Parenting and the Development of Social Knowledge Reconceptualized: A Social Domain Analysis / Judith G. Smetana -- 8. Performance Models for Parenting: A Social Interactional Perspective / Gerald R. Patterson |
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9. Models of Conformity and Resistance in Socialization Theory / Leon Kuczynski and Neil Hildebrandt -- 10. Parenting Cognitions and Child Outcomes: An Overview and Implications for Children's Internalization of Values / Joan E. Grusec, Duane Rudy and Tanya Martini -- 11. Co-Construction of Human Development: Heterogeneity within Parental Belief Orientations / Jaan Valsiner, Angela U. Branco and Claudia Melo Dantas -- 12. Value Transmission in an Ecological Context: The High-Risk Neighborhood / James Garbarino, Kathleen Kostelny and Frank Barry -- 13. Parenting and the Transmission and Internalization of Values: From Social-Cultural Perspectives to Within-Family Analyses / Jacqueline J. Goodnow -- 14. The Coherence of Individual Development: An Evolutionary Perspective on Children's Internalization of Parental Values / Kevin MacDonald -- Future Directions for a Theory of Parental Socialization / Leon Kuczynski and Joan E. Grusec |
| Summary |
The term "family values" has lately become a catchphrase in the political arena. However, while it is widely accepted that parents play a crucial role in children's development of social and moral values, the mechanisms through which values are acquired are more difficult to pin down. Recent research points to significant limitations and needed additions to the view that has held sway in the psychological community for the past quarter century, which maintains that parents who are firm but considerate of the child's point of view communicate values more effectively than strict disciplinarians. Influences from culture, the immediate community, the parent-child relationship, and the child's own agency must be considered in any optimal parenting strategy. In Parenting and Children's Internalization of Values, leading advocates of these emerging points of view explain the approach to socialization taken in their work, and review recent developments in theory and research that have influenced their conclusions. The book begins with a historical overview of parental influence and child-rearing philosophies, which sets the stage for the examination to follow. The text then turns to an exploration of the developmental context of parenting strategies in toddlers, young children, and adolescents. The next section of the book focuses on how parenting strategies affect value transmission, presenting and integrating a variety of theoretical formulations. The final section of the book covers parental influence in social and biological contexts. This comprehensive handbook offers a thorough analysis of the complexities of the parental role in children's moral development. It is an important addition to the bookshelves of child developmental psychologists, theorists, and researchers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Also available online (Table of contents) |
| Subject |
Child rearing.
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Moral development.
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Parents -- Attitudes.
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Social values.
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Parent and child.
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Socialization.
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| Author |
Grusec, Joan E.
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Kuczynski, Leon, 1950-
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| LC no. |
97001325 |
| ISBN |
0471123838 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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