Socioemotional Development Health from Adolescence to A… Hardcover 9780521846318

Socioemotional Development and Health from Adolescence to AdulthoodAuthor(s): Lea Pulkkinen, Jaakko Kaprio, Richard J. Rose\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521846318, 978-0521846318\nSynopsis\nThis 2006 book is based on two longitudinal studies of behavior development, both conducted in Finland, a living laboratory setting for longitudinal research. Much of the book reports results from a longitudinal study begun in Jyvskyl, Finland, in 1968, when its participants were school children. This longitudinal study is complemented by two Finnish twin-family studies, with parallel measures and overlapping aims, to yield insights into genetic and environmental sources of variation in early development and later outcomes. An array of findings from the two sets of longitudinal studies are presented, set within a theoretical framework of socioemotional development, and focused on both individual and fami.