Birth to maturity : a study in psychological development / Jerome Kagan, Howard A. Moss ; with a new preface by Jerome Kagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kagan, Jerome, author.

Moss, Howard A., author.

Contributor:

Kagan, Jerome, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press, [1983]

Summary:

This relevant and influential book is the analysis of a longitudinal study of eighty-nine individuals who were assessed at birth and again at regular intervals; observational, psychometric, and interview data were collected for each child and his family until the child reached adolescence, and seventy-one of the subjects were reassessed when they became adults. The book emphasizes the relationship between early experiences and adult characteristics, and has remained throughout the years a forceful argument for and illustration of the continuity thesis.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1 Introduction

2 Methods of Assessment

3 The Stability of Behavior: I Passivity and Dependency

4 The Stability of Behavior: II Aggression

5 The Stability of Behavior: III Achievement and Recognition

6 The Stability of Behavior: IV Sexuality, Social Interaction, and Selected Behaviors

7 Maternal Practices and the Child's Behavior

8 Sources of Conflict and Anxiety

9 Summary and Conclusions

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-15780-0

OCLC:

1322124014