Publisher's Synopsis
This inaugural issue by the new editors-in-chief brings together agroup of cutting-edge developmental scholars who each report onpromising new lines of theory and research within their specialtyareas. Their essays cover a selection of important topics includingemotion-regulation, family socialization, friendship, self, civicengagement, media, and culture. In the succinct, engaging essays,all authors provide thought-provoking views of the horizons in thefield.
This is the 109th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries New Directions for Child and AdolescentDevelopment.