The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion

The Child

An Encyclopedic Companion

Richard A. Shweder, Editor in Chief

Edited by Thomas R. Bidell, Anne C. Dailey,
Suzanne D. Dixon, Peggy J. Miller, and John Modell

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Contributors to The Child

Titles of “Imagining Each Other” essays are given in italics.
Jamie L. Abaied
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Suicide
Frances E. Aboud
Department of Psychology, McGill University
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Gabrielle D. Abousleman
Wellesley College
Crime Victims, Children as
Douglas E. Abrams
School of Law, University of Missouri–Columbia
Rehabilitative Services for Youth
Paul R. Abramson
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Masturbation
Amy Adler
School of Law, New York University
Pornography, Child
Libby Adler
Northeastern University School of Law
Prostitution, Child
Fuambai Sia Ahmadu
Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Empowering Girls in Sierra Leone: Initiation into the Bondo Society
Janet E. Ainsworth
Seattle University School of Law
Criminal Procedure, Children and
Nidal Al-Azraq
Lajee Center, Bethlehem
A Refugee’s Childhood in the West Bank
David M. Altschuler
Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
Prisons for Youth
Kim Ambrose
School of Law, University of Washington
Substance Abuse: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Marvin E. Ament
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles
Liver Disorders and Diseases
Jeffrey D. Anderson
Department of Anthropology, Colby College
Native American Religious Traditions
Michael W. Apple
School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Curriculum
Lewis Aptekar
Department of Counselor Education, San Jose State University
Street and Runaway Children
Rosalind Arden
Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London
Genetics: Behavioral Genetics
Martha E. Arterberry
Department of Psychology, Colby College
Perception
Barbara Ann Atwood
James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
Custody
Wayne Au
Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton
Curriculum
Megan Babkes Stellino
School of Sport and Exercise Science, California State University, Fullerton
Athletic Development
Ruth Huntley Bahr
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida
Speech Disorders
Katharine Baker
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Rape
James A. Banks
Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington–Seattle
Multicultural Education
Marilyn Barr
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Ronald G. Barr
Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia
Crying and Colic; Shaken Baby Syndrome
Victoria R. Barrio
Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, and Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego
Birthmarks; Skin Disorders and Diseases
Bruce A. Barshop
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Metabolic Disorders
Keith C. Barton
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Indiana University–Bloomington
Social Studies, History, and Geography
Patricia J. Bauer
Department of Psychology, Emory University
Memory
Diana Baumrind
Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley
Authority and Obedience
Alan A. Beaton
Department of Psychology, University of Swansea
Handedness
Kathryn Becker-Blease
Department of Psychology, Washington State University–Vancouver
Sexual Abuse: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Rachael Behrens
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Identity
Deborah C. Beidel
Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida
Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety Disorders; Mental Illness
Marc Bekoff
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pets
Forrest C. Bennett
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
Gesell, Arnold (Lucius); Motor Development
Marylène Bennour
Department of Psychology, University of Geneva
Piaget, Jean
Bethany R. Berger
School of Law, University of Connecticut
Native American Children, Laws Governing
Laura E. Berk
Department of Psychology, Illinois State University
Independence, Dependence, and Interdependence; Social Development
Marvin W. Berkowitz
College of Education, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Kohlberg, Lawrence
Jacqueline Bhabha
School of Law, Harvard University
Immigration, Children and: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Thomas R. Bidell
independent scholar
Development, Theories of: Overview; Learning; Mental Processes
Matthew G. Biel
Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Hospital
Depression
Shelley H. Billig
RMC Research Corporation
Community Service and Service-Learning
Lynne M. Bird
Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego
Congenital Anomalies and Deformations
Amahl Bishara
Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
A Refugee’s Childhood in the West Bank
Susan H. Bitensky
Michigan State University College of Law
International Rights of the Child
Brian H. Bix
School of Law and Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota
Best Interests of the Child
Peter Blanck
Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
Disabilities, Care of Children with: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Chloe G. Bland
Department of Psychology, New School for Social Research
Morality
Myra Bluebond-Langner
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University–Camden
Death, Children’s Experience of
Nathan J. Blum
Division of Child Development, Rehabilitation, and Metabolic Disease, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Intellectual Disability
Robert Wm. Blum
Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
Abortion: Psychological Perspectives
Barry Bogin
Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University
Evolution of Childhood, Biological
Eyla G. Boies
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Immunizations
Marc H. Bornstein
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Perception; Research on Child Development: The Practice of Child Development Research
Stephanie Bornstein
Center for WorkLife Law, Hastings College of the Law, University of California
Work and Home Life, Conflict between: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
John R. Bowen
Department of Anthropology, Washington University
The School of the Republic: Muslim Girls’ Dress and Identities in French Public Schools
Christine Brabant
Faculty of Education, University of Sherbrooke
Educated at Home in the United States
Jeana R. Bracey
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Self-Esteem
Richard G. Braungart
The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Youth Movements
Patricia A. Brennan
Department of Psychology, Emory University
Tobacco
Inge Bretherton
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ainsworth, Mary D(insmore) Salter; Bowlby, John
Cora Collette Breuner
University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Substance Abuse: Medical Perspectives
Jean L. Briggs
Department of Anthropology, Memorial University
Trial by Fire: Emotional Socialization among Canadian Inuit
Karen J. Brison
Department of Anthropology, Union College
Pacific Island Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in
David G. Bromley
School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
Cults
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
National Center for Children and Families, Columbia University
Child Care: Effects on the Child
Geoffrey L. Brown
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Attachment, Infant
Natalie D. Brown
Department of Psychology, Kansas State University
Advertising
Judith Becker Bryant
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida
Communication, Development of
Emily Buss
University of Chicago Law School
Rights, Parental
E. Stephen Byrd
Department of Education, Elon University
Hearing Impairments, Education of Children with; Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments, Education of Children with
Natasha J. Cabrera
Department of Human Development, University of Maryland at College Park
Latino Children in the United States
Naomi Cahn
School of Law, George Washington University
Parens Patriae
Carolyn M. Callahan
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Advanced Placement Program
June Carbone
School of Law, University of Missouri–Kansas City
Reproductive Technologies: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Elizabeth B. Caronna
Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Self-Injury
Deanna B. Cash
School of Education and Human Development, Lynchburg College
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education of Children with
Daniel Cervone
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Personality: Personality Traits
Seth Chandler
University of Houston Law Center
Insurance, Children and
Ruth Chao
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
Asian American Children
Heather A. Chapman
Department of Biology and Medicine, Brown University
Pediatrics
Vignetta E. Charles
Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
Abortion: Psychological Perspectives
Sarah A. Chase
Brown University
Perfecting Gender in a New England Boarding School
Ira J. Chasnoff
Children’s Research Triangle, Chicago, and University of Illinois College of Medicine
Substance Abuse, Parental: Effects on the Child
Talal A. Chatila
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles
Immune Disorders
Pinka Chatterji
Department of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York
Substance Abuse, Parental: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Louise Chawla
College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Nature, Children and
Ross E. Cheit
Department of Political Science and A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, Brown University
Sexual Abuse: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Eva Chian-Hui Chen
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Narrative
Grace E. Cho
Department of Psychology, St. Olaf College
Self-Esteem
Wendy K. Chung
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center
Genetics: Genetic Testing
Cindy Dell Clark
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University–Brandywine
How a Green Race Car Helped Randy Cope with Asthma; Illness and Injury, Children’s Experience of; Summer Camp for Diabetic Children: A Stigma-Free Zone; Myths, Childhood
Eve V. Clark
Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
Language: Language Development
Kathryn Cochrane
Department of Psychology, Emory University
Memory
David Cohen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago
Reproductive Technologies: Medical Perspectives
Sally S. Cohen
Yale University School of Nursing
Child Care: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Bertram J. Cohler
Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Bettelheim, Bruno; Winnicott, D(onald) W(oods)
Alan Cole
Department of Religious Studies, Lewis & Clark College
Buddhism
Michael Cole
Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego
Cognitive Development; Education, Informal; Literacy without Schooling among the Vai of Liberia
James P. Comer
Comer School Development Program, Yale University
School Achievement
Margaret Connell Szasz
Department of History, University of New Mexico
Native American Children
Daniel Thomas Cook
Department of Childhood Studies, Rutgers University–Camden
Consumers, Children as
Peter W. Cookson, Jr.
Divinity School, Yale University
Boarding Schools
Catherine R. Cooper
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Identity
Harris M. Cooper
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
Homework
Hoosen Coovadia
Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal
Human Immunodeficiency Viral Syndrome: International Medical Perspectives
William A. Corsaro
Department of Sociology, Indiana University–Bloomington
Friendship; Italian Children and the Mysterious La Befana; Subcultures, Youth
Jenifer Crawford
Department of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Freire, Paulo (Reglus Neves)
Gary Creasey
Department of Psychology, Illinois State University
Independence, Dependence, and Interdependence
Jim Cummins
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Bilingual Education
Hugh Cunningham
School of History, University of Kent
European History, Childhood and Adolescence in
Michael Cunningham
Department of Psychology, Tulane University
African American Children
Sarah L. Cutrona
Department of Internal Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, and Harvard Medical School
Eating and Nutrition; Feeding, Infant; Malnutrition and Undernutrition
Anne C. Dailey
School of Law, University of Connecticut
Child: Legal Perspectives
Peggy Cooper Davis
School of Law, New York University
Rights, Termination of Parental
Felicia De la Garza Mercer
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Masturbation
Eric Dearing
Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Poverty, Children in: Effects on the Child
Mary Jo Deegan
Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lathrop, Julia Clifford
David DiLillo
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Watson, John B(roadus)
Greg Dimitriadis
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, State University of New York–Buffalo
Popular Music; Using Rap to Re-create a Southern Heritage
Suzanne D. Dixon
University of California, San Diego, and University of Washington School of Medicine
Child: Physiological Perspectives
Murray Dock
Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Teeth
Sherman Dorn
Department of Psychological and Social Foundations, University of South Florida
Dropouts
Nancy E. Dowd
Levin College of Law and Center for Children and Families, University of Florida
Family: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
W. Jay Dowling
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
Musical Development
Jennifer Dunlap
School of Medicine, Tulane University
Attachment Disturbances and Disorders
Judy Dunn
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
Siblings
Donna Eder
Department of Sociology, Indiana University–Bloomington
Peers and Peer Culture
Carolyn Pope Edwards
Departments of Psychology and Child, Youth, and Family Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Gender: Historical and Cultural Perspectives; Whiting, Beatrice B(lyth)
J. Shoshanna Ehrlich
Department of Women’s Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston
Abortion: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Lawrence F. Eichenfield
Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, and Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego
Birthmarks; Skin Disorders and Diseases
Jerrold Eichner
Great Falls Clinic, Montana, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Respiratory Diseases
Nancy Eisenberg
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
Empathy
Linda D. Elrod
School of Law and Children and Family Law Center, Washburn University
Visitation
Kenneth Emo
College of Education and Counseling, South Dakota State University
Museums
Lia Epperson
School of Law, Santa Clara University
Education, Discrimination in: Racial Discrimination
Dale J. Epstein
National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Latino Children in the United States
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Sociolinguistic Diversity
Ann Laquer Estin
College of Law, University of Iowa
Marital and Nonmarital Unions: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Gary W. Evans
College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
Built Environment, Children and the
Katherine Pratt Ewing
Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
Islamic Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in
Ayala Fader
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Fordham University
Judaism
Jeffrey Fagan
School of Law, Columbia University
Adult Criminal Justice System, Children in the
Paula S. Fass
Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
Kidnapping
Robert B. Faux
Department of Psychology, Duquesne University
Galton, Francis
Katherine Hunt Federle
Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Status Offenses
Heidi M. Feldman
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine
Disabilities, Care of Children with: Medical Perspectives
Martha Albertson Fineman
Emory University School of Law
Dependency, Legal
Barbara Finkelstein
Department of Policy Studies and International Center for Transcultural Education, University of Maryland at College Park
Mann, Horace
Kurt W. Fischer
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Development, Theories of: Cognitive Theories; Development, Theories of: Dynamic Systems Theories
Susan M. Fisher
Departments of Psychiatry and Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Freud, Sigmund
Kathleen Flake
Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University
Mormonism
Constance Flanagan
Inter-College Minor in Civic and Community Engagement, Pennsylvania State University
Civic Education
Barbara R. Foorman
Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University
Reading
LeAnne M. Fox
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Parasitic Infections
Nathan A. Fox
Department of Human Development, Institute for Child Study, University of Maryland at College Park
Orphanages
Samantha Francois
Department of Psychology, Tulane University
African American Children
Jennifer J. Freyd
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
Sexual Abuse: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Lawrence S. Friedman
Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Adolescence
Reva C. Friedman-Nimz
Department of Curriculum and Teaching, University of Kansas
Gifted and Talented, Education of Children Identified as
Peggy Froerer
Department of Anthropology, Brunel University
Kinship and Child Rearing
Heidi Fung
Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica
Discipline and Punishment; Shame and Guilt; To Know Shame Is to Be Near Courage: Moral Socialization in Taipei
Wyndol Furman
Department of Psychology, University of Denver
Romantic and Sexual Relationships
Karen C. Fuson
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Mathematics
Cynthia García Coll
Departments of Education, Psychology, and Pediatrics, Brown University
Ethnic Identity
Marsha Garrison
Brooklyn Law School
Child Support
Lawrence M. Gartner
Departments of Pediatrics and Obstretics/Gynecology, University of Chicago
Breastfeeding
Suzanne Gaskins
Department of Psychology, Northeastern Illinois University
Work before Play for Yucatec Maya Children
Mary Gauvain
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
Planning; Problem Solving
Richard J. Gelles
School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Domestic Violence
Jennifer A. Gelman
Department of Education, Marymount University
Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments, Education of Children with; Visual Impairments, Education of Children with
Lee Thomas Gettler
Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Sleep: Sleeping Arrangements
Perry Gilmore
Department of Language, Reading, and Culture, University of Arizona
Our Language: A Friendship That Transcended Linguistic and Cultural Borders
Gene V Glass
Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, Arizona State University
Class Size
Theresa Glennon
Beasley School of Law, Temple University
Suspension and Expulsion
Gwen M. Glew
Department of Genetics and Developmental Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Motor Development
Susan Goldin-Meadow
Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Gestures; Sign Language
Claire Golomb
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Artistic Development
Artin Göncü
College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
Play: Developmental Perspectives
Joseph P. Gone
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Native American Religious Traditions
Lester F. Goodchild
School of Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries, Santa Clara University
Hall, G(ranville) Stanley
Marjorie Harness Goodwin
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
Girls as Adversarial Virtuosos
Howard R. D. Gordon
Workforce Education and Development Program, University of Nevada–Las Vegas
Vocational Schools and Training
Linda Gordon
Department of History, New York University
Welfare: U.S. Historical Perspectives
Dana R. Gossett
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Labor and Delivery
Adele Eskeles Gottfried
Department of Educational Psychology, California State University, Northridge
Work and Home Life, Conflict between: Effects on the Child
Allen W. Gottfried
Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton
Work and Home Life, Conflict between: Effects on the Child
Alma Gottlieb
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Newborn, Rituals for and Care of the
Tomas Graman
Department of Languages and Literature, Carroll College
Foreign Language Education
Gary Granzberg
Department of Anthropology, University of Winnipeg
Multiple Births: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Maxine Greene
Teachers College, Columbia University
Arts Education; Dewey, John
Patricia Marks Greenfield
Department of Psychology and FPR-UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development, University of California, Los Angeles
Learning to Weave in a Maya Community
William A. Greenhill
Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Teeth
Steven R. Guberman
School of Education, University of Colorado, Boulder
Museums
Andrew M. Guest
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Portland
Toys and Games
Christian Guilleminault
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford University
Sleep: Physiology of Sleep
Kaaryn Gustafson
School of Law, University of Connecticut
Welfare: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Jacqui Hadingham
Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu Natal
Human Immunodeficiency Viral Syndrome: International Medical Perspectives
Gunhild O. Hagestad
University of Agder, Kristiansand and Norwegian Social Research
Grandparents
Wendy Haight
School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
An African American Grandmother Combats Racial Hatred
Michael R. Haines
Department of Economics, Colgate University
Family: Economic and Demographic Perspectives; Mortality
Neal Halfon
Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, University of California, Los Angeles
Health, Disparities in
Daniel P. Hallahan
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education of Children with; Hearing Impairments, Education of Children with; Visual Impairments, Education of Children with
Meghan C. Halley
Department of Anthropology and Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University
Abuse and Neglect: Effects on the Child
Maureen T. Hallinan
Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame
Religious Instruction; Religious Schools
Diane F. Halpern
Department of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College
Critical Thinking
Robert Halpern
Erikson Institute
Child Care: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Margaret R. Hammerschlag
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Gillian Hampden-Thompson
Department of Educational Studies, University of York
Single Parents
Sydney L. Hans
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Mother-Child Relationship: Developmental Perspectives
Robin L. Hansen
Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Bernard E. Harcourt
University of Chicago Law School
Firearms
Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Plato
Vinay Harpalani
School of Law, New York University
Status
Judith Rich Harris
independent scholar
Birth Order
Leslie Joan Harris
School of Law, University of Oregon
Conduct, Legal Regulation of Children’s; Property and Contract, Children’s Rights to
Richard Jackson Harris
Department of Psychology, Kansas State University
Advertising
Faye V. Harrison
Department of Anthropology and African American Studies Program, University of Florida
Davis, (William) Allison
Giyoo Hatano
Human Development and Education Program, University of the Air
Concepts, Children’s: Overview
Thomas Hatch
National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching and Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University
School Reform
Mary C. Hayden
Department of Education, University of Bath
International Baccalaureate Program
Betsy Hearne
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Folk and Fairy Tales; A Far-Flung Fairy Tale: Beauty and the Beast; Literature: Children’s Literature
Walter R. Heinz
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Universität Bremen
Apprenticeship
Charles C. Helwig
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Concepts, Children’s: Concepts of the Social World
Heather Hendershot
Queens College and City University of New York Graduate Center
Media, Children and the
Paula K. Ivey Henry
School of Public Health, Harvard University
Mother-Child Relationship: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Gilbert Herdt
Departments of Sexuality Studies and Anthropology and National Sexuality Resource Center, San Francisco State University
Sexual Development: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Ylva Hernlund
independent scholar
Circumcision, Female
Jacob R. Hickman
Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Treating Hmong Children in America: Two Case Studies
Pamela C. High
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, and Hasbro Children’s/Rhode Island Hospital
Pediatrics
Melissa Hines
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge
Play and Gender
W. Alan Hodson
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
Neonate
Joan Heifetz Hollinger
School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Adoption: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Brian Hopkins
Department of Psychology, Lancaster University
Books on Child Development, Landmark
Julia M. Hormes
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Food Aversions and Preferences
Mardi Horowitz
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco
Personality: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Erin McNamara Horvat
College of Education, Temple University
Ogbu, John U(zo)
Andrew J. Hostetler
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Homosexuality and Bisexuality: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Luis A. Huerta
Department of Organization and Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University
School Reform
Kwang-kuo Hwang
Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University
Confucianism and Taoism; Confucius
Joseph E. Illick
Department of History, San Francisco State University
American History, Childhood and Adolescence in
Michael Imber
School of Education, University of Kansas
Education: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives; Schools
Evan Imber-Black
Center for Families and Health, Ackerman Institute for the Family
Rituals, Family
Carolyn Jackson
Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University
Schools, Single-Sex
Kristin Janschewitz
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Slang and Offensive Language
Ian Jarvie
Department of Philosophy, York University
Films
Linda Jarvin
Department of Education, Tufts University
Binet, Alfred
Timothy Jay
Department of Psychology, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Slang and Offensive Language
Brinda Jegatheesan
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Washington–Seattle
Muslim Children with Autism Learn to Pray
Jerri Ann Jenista
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor
Infectious Diseases
Janis H. Jenkins
Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
Psychiatric Illness, Parental
Lene Arnett Jensen
Department of Psychology, Clark University
Moral Development
Vera P. John-Steiner
Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico
Creativity
Anna D. Johnson
National Center for Children and Families, Columbia University
Child Care: Effects on the Child
Deborah J. Johnson
Department of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University
Race and Children’s Development
Michelle C. Johnson
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bucknell University
Islam
Kathleen W. Jones
Department of History, Virginia Tech
Mental Health Care: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Peter R. Jones
Office of the Vice Provost, Temple University
Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Justice System
Courtney G. Joslin
School of Law, University of California, Davis
Pregnancy and Childbirth, Legal Regulation of
Kara Joyner
Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University
Childbearing, Adolescent; Contraception
Jaana Juvonen
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Bullying
Jerome Kagan
Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Personality: Personality Development
Cigdem Kagitcibasi
Department of Psychology, Koc University
The Parenting Style of a Turkish Reformer
Sudhir Kakar
independent scholar
A Hindu Brahman Boy Is Born Again
Julie Kaomea
College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Aia Ke Ola I Nā Kūpuna: Family-Based Care in Native Hawaiian Culture
Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London
Inhelder, Bärbel
Daniel J. Karr
Department of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics and Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University
Vision: Vision Abnormalities
Kenneth A. Kavale
School of Education, Regent University
Emotional Disorders, Education of Children with
Michael Kavey
Lambda Legal
Homosexuality and Bisexuality: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Kathryn Keenan
Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Frank Kessel
College of Education, University of New Mexico
Research on Child Development: Historical Perspectives
Jane K. Kim
Sharp Rees Stealy Medical Group
Sports Injuries
Pilyoung Kim
Department of Human Development, Cornell University
Built Environment, Children and the
Eleanor D. Kinney
Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis
Health Care Funding
Steven J. Kirsh
Department of Psychology, State University of New York–Geneseo
Comic Books
Marc Kleijwegt
Department of History, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ancient Mediterranean World, Childhood and Adolescence in
Woody Klein
Department of Journalism, Iona College
Clark, Kenneth B(ancroft)
Louise W. Knight
Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Addams, Jane
Stephan A. Kohlhoff
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Jill E. Korbin
Department of Anthropology and Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University
Abuse and Neglect: Effects on the Child
William S. Koski
School of Law, Stanford University
School Funding
Kathleen Kostelny
global child protection consultant and independent scholar
Violence, Children and
Waud Kracke
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dream Interpretation in the Amazon
Jeffrey J. Kripal
Department of Religious Studies, Rice University
Bateson, Gregory
Barry Krisberg
National Council on Crime and Dependency
Reform Institutions for Youth
Scott D. Krugman
Department of Pediatrics, Franklin Square Hospital Center
Helfer, Ray(mond) E(ugene); Kempe, C(harles) Henry
Aaron Kupchik
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
Adult Criminal Justice System, Children in the
Amy Kyratzis
The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sociolinguistic Diversity
Anthony Laker
Department of Human Performance and Physical Education, Adams State College
Physical Education; Sports
Albert Lamb
independent scholar
Neill, A(lexander) S(utherland)
Beryl Langer
Sociology Program, La Trobe University
Popular Culture
Craig B. Langman
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders and Diseases
Matthew A. Lapierre
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Television
Hilary Lapsley
independent scholar
Benedict, Ruth (Fulton); Mead, Margaret
Kandyce Larson
Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, University of California, Los Angeles
Health, Disparities in
Campbell Leaper
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Gender: Gender Development
Jay Lebow
The Family Institute, Northwestern University
Family Systems Theories
Teresa M. Lee
Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian
Genetics: Genetic Testing
Elyse Brauch Lehman
Department of Psychology, George Mason University
Comfort Habits
Jessaca B. Leinaweaver
Department of Anthropology, Brown University
Foster and Kinship Care: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Neal S. LeLeiko
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, and Hasbro Children’s/Rhode Island Hospital
Eating and Nutrition; Feeding, Infant; Malnutrition and Undernutrition
Robert Lemelson
Foundation for Psychocultural Research
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Helen A. LeRoy
Harlow Laboratory of Biological Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Harlow, Harry F(rederick)
Caroline Field Levander
Department of English, Rice University
Innocence, Childhood
Michael P. Levine
Department of Psychology, Kenyon College
Eating Disorders
Robert A. LeVine
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Child: Historical and Cultural Perspectives; Socialization of the Child
Sarah E. LeVine
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University
Formality and Fun in Kinship Relations among the Gusii
Joseph Levy
School of Medicine, New York University
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Nomi C. Levy-Carrick
School of Medicine, New York University
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Mark Lewin
Division of Cardiology, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Heart Disorders and Diseases
Jin Li
Department of Education, Brown University
Self Development
Jeffrey Liew
Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University
Empathy
Angeline S. Lillard
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
Concepts, Children’s: Concepts of the Psychological World
Shumin Lin
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Narrative
Robert Lindsley
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Development, Theories of: Cognitive Theories
Deborah L. Linebarger
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Television
Yi Hui Liu
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, and Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego
Health Screening
Sonia Livingstone
Department of Media and Communication, London School of Economics and Political Science
Computers: The Internet
Elin E. Lobel
Department of Kinesiology, Towson University
Dance
Heather M. Lord
Bush Center, Yale University
Extracurricular Activities
Terese J. Lund
Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Poverty, Children in: Effects on the Child
Anne H. Lundin
School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Moore, Anne Carroll
Thomas D. Lyon
Gould School of Law, University of Southern California
Witnesses, Children as Legal
Avram H. Mack
Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Hospital
Conduct Disorders
Colin M. Macleod
Department of Philosophy and School of Law, University of Victoria
Freedom of Speech
Dario Maestripieri
Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Lorenz, Konrad (Zacharias)
Manamohan Mahapatra
Department of Anthropology, B.J.B College, India
Parents as Deities in Hindu Family Life
Joseph L. Mahoney
Department of Education, University of California, Irvine
Extracurricular Activities
Anthony N. Maluccio
School of Social Work, University of Connecticut
Social Work
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University
Attachment, Infant; Temperament
Susan Vivian Mangold
University at Buffalo Law School, State University of New York
Abuse and Neglect: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Frank L. Mannino
Division of Neonatology, University of California, San Diego
Multiple Births: Physiological and Medical Perspectives
Lisa M. Marin
International Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles County Office of Education
Critical Thinking
Henry Markovits
Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montreal
Logical Thinking
Amy Kerivan Marks
Department of Psychology, Suffolk University, and Department of Human Development, Brown University
Ethnic Identity
Anne Rossier Markus
Department of Health Policy, George Washington University
Health Care Systems for Children: United States; Health Care Systems for Children: International Perspectives
James Marten
Department of History, Marquette University
War, Children and
Sylvia L. M. Martinez
College of Education, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Schooling, Inequalities in
Martin E. Marty
Divinity School, University of Chicago
Sacramental Family Life
Mary Ann Mason
Graduate Division, University of California, Berkeley
Property, Children as
Ruth Mason
School of Law, University of Connecticut
Taxation, Children and
Gareth B. Matthews
Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Jane Mauldon
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Welfare: Effects on the Child
Linda C. Mayes
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Development, Theories of: Psychoanalytic Theories
Dan P. McAdams
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Erikson, Erik H(omburger)
Heather A. McCabe
Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis
Health Care Funding
Martha K. McClintock
Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development and Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research, University of Chicago
Sexual Development: Sexual Desire and Behavior
Sean A. McGhee
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles
Immune Disorders
Lucy S. McGough
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Lousiana State University
Separation and Divorce: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
John H. McKendrick
Director, Scottish Poverty Information Unit, School of Law and Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
Marketplace, Children and the
James J. McKenna
Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame
Sleep: Sleeping Arrangements; On Infants Sleeping Alone
Peter L. McLaren
Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles
Freire, Paulo (Reglus Neves)
Gary E. McPherson
School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Music
Jay Mechling
Department of American Studies, University of California, Davis
Folklore, Children’s; Opie, Peter (Mason); Organizations for Youth
Hugh Mehan
Department of Sociology and CREATE, University of California, San Diego
Classroom Culture
Andrew N. Meltzoff
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington
Imitation
Elizabeth G. Menaghan
Department of Sociology, Ohio State University
Goode, William J(osiah)
Cecilia Menjívar
Department of Sociology, School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
Immigration, Children and: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Julie A. Mennella
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Taste and Smell, Development of
Usha Menon
Department of Culture and Communication, Drexel University
Hinduism
David D. Meyer
College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Privacy, Family
Anne C. Meyering
Department of History, Michigan State University
Family: Economic and Demographic Perspectives
George F. Michel
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina–Greensboro
Critical Periods
Joan G. Miller
Department of Psychology, New School for Social Research
Morality
Kenneth E. Miller
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Boston University
Refugee Children
Peggy J. Miller
Departments of Communication, Psychology, and Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Narrative; Self-Esteem
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Divinity School, Vanderbilt University
Protestantism; Rites of Passage: Religious Rites of Passage
Juliet Mitchell
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
Klein, Melanie (Reizes)
John Modell
Departments of Education and Sociology, Brown University
Davis, Kingsley
Rachel Y. Moon
Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Robin C. Moore
Department of Landscape Architecture, North Carolina State University
Parks, Playgrounds, and Open Spaces
Donald Moores
Department of Exceptional Student and Deaf Education, University of North Florida
Deafness
Rachel F. Moran
School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Affirmative Action, Children and; Education, Discrimination in: Gender Discrimination
Gilda A. Morelli
Department of Psychology, Boston College
Mother-Child Relationship: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Megan A. Moreno
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Substance Abuse: Medical Perspectives
Peter Moreno
School of Law, University of Washington
Substance Abuse: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Kimberly J. Morgan
Department of Political Science, George Washington University
Welfare: International Historical Perspectives
Jeylan T. Mortimer
Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Work, Children’s Gainful: Effects on the Child
Jennifer Haddad Mosher
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
Eastern Orthodoxy
Robert L. Munroe
Anthropology Field Group, Pitzer College
Training, Child; Whiting, John W(esley) M(ayhew)
Alexandra K. Murphy
Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Princeton University
Work, Children’s Gainful: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Melissa Murray
School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Federalism and Families
William Myers
Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis
Work, Children’s Gainful: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
William N. Myhill
Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
Disabilities, Care of Children with: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Pedram Navab
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford University
Sleep: Physiology of Sleep
Kristen D. Nawrotzki
School of Education, Roehampton University
Preschool and Kindergarten
Herbert L. Needleman
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Lead Poisoning
John M. Neff
Center for Children with Special Needs, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Hospitalization
Carol J. Nemeroff
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College
Magical Thinking
Katherine S. Newman
Department of Sociology, Princeton University
Work, Children’s Gainful: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Jan Nisbet
Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire
Intellectual Disability, Education of Children with
Barbara F. Nordhaus
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Solnit, Albert J(ay)
Gary Novak
Department of Psychology and Child Development, California State University, Stanislaus
Development, Theories of: Behavioral Theories
Larry Nucci
Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley
Stages of Childhood
Michelle Oberman
School of Law, Santa Clara University
Rape
Elinor Ochs
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
Language: Language and Social Life
Stephen O’Connor
Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College
Brace, Charles Loring
Vanessa Oddo
Harvard Medical School
Substance Abuse, Parental: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Tara A. O’Hanley
Department of Psychology, Boston College
Mother-Child Relationship: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Michael W. O’Hara
Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Postpartum Depression
William P. O’Hare
KIDS COUNT Project, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Demography of Childhood: United States; Demography of Childhood: International Perspectives
David Orentlicher
Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis, and Indiana University School of Medicine
Human Immunodeficiency Viral Syndrome: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Maryam Oskoui
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Neuromuscular Disorders
Henry C. Ou
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington
Hearing: Hearing Abnormalities
Willis F. Overton
Department of Psychology, Temple University
Development, Concept of
Tonya M. Palermo
Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
Pain
Vivian Gussin Paley
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
The Color Brown
Harry Pappas
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
Eastern Orthodoxy
Jack L. Paradise
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ear Infections
Maria E. Parente
Department of Education, University of California, Irvine
Extracurricular Activities
Steven Parker
Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Child: Physiological Perspectives; Self-Injury
Thanujeni Pathman
Department of Psychology, Emory University
Memory
Charlotte J. Patterson
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
Gay and Lesbian Parents
Howard A. Pearson
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
Blood Disorders; Blood Types
Anne-Marie Peatrik
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Marks Make the Man in Kenya
James M. Perrin
MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Harvard University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Jean Koh Peters
School of Law, Yale University
Legal Representation of Children
James G. Pfaus
Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Sexual Development: Physiological Development
Chavez Phelps
Department of Communication Disorders and Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, Indiana State University
Literacy
Randall A. Phelps
Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University
Disabilities, Care of Children with: Medical Perspectives
Roderick Phillips
Department of History, Carleton University
Marital and Nonmarital Unions: Historical and Cultural Perspectives; Separation and Divorce: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Ashley M. Pinkham
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
Concepts, Children’s: Concepts of the Psychological World
Mary Pipan
Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Developmental Delays
Chelsea B. Polis
Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
Abortion: Psychological Perspectives
Kelvin M. Pollard
Population Reference Bureau
Demography of Childhood: United States
Laura Porterfield
College of Education, Temple University
Ogbu, John U(zo)
Michael I. Posner
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
Attention
Kelly Kristin Powell
Department of Psychology, American University
Ethnic Identity
Lorelei A. Prevost
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Intelligence Testing; Testing and Evaluation, Educational
Sarah H. Ramsey
College of Law, Syracuse University
Guardianship
Jane L. Rankin
School of Communication, Northwestern University
Advice Literature, Popular
Patricia A. Rao
Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety Disorders; Mental Illness
Leonard A. Rappaport
Developmental Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital Boston, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Bedwetting; Toilet Training
Daniel A. Rauch
Pediatric Hospitalist Program, New York University School of Medicine
Embryology and Fetal Development
Erica Reischer
independent scholar
Body Image and Modification
Jennifer F. Reynolds
Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
Latin American Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in
Robert W. Rieber
Fordham University and City University of New York
Wundt, Wilhelm
Amy R. Ritualo
Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor
Demography of Childhood: International Perspectives
Frederick P. Rivara
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Accidents and Injuries
Len Roberson
Department of Exceptional Student and Deaf Education, University of North Florida
Deafness
Daniel N. Robinson
Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University
Aristotle; James, William
Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
Emory University School of Law
Education, Discrimination in: Overview
Barbara S. Rocah
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
Freud, Sigmund
Kathleen Boyce Rodgers
Department of Human Development, Washington State University
Remarriage and the Blended Family
L. Todd Rose
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, and Laboratory for Visual Learning, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Development, Theories of: Dynamic Systems Theories
Sara Rosenbaum
School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University
Health Care Systems for Children: United States
Irene Merker Rosenberg
University of Houston Law Center
Drug Testing
Laura Ann Rosenbury
School of Law, Washington University
Gender: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Catherine J. Ross
School of Law, George Washington University
Foster and Kinship Care: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives; Parens Patriae
Norbert O. Ross
Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
Animism
Kate Rousmaniere
Department of Educational Leadership, Miami University
Teachers
David L. Rowland
Department of Psychology and Office of Graduate Studies, Valparaiso University
Sexual Development: Physiological Development
Paul Rozin
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Food Aversions and Preferences; Learning to Like Chili Peppers
Julie Hanlon Rubio
Department of Theological Studies, St. Louis University
Catholicism
Karen D. Rudolph
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Suicide
John L. Rury
School of Education, University of Kansas
Education: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives; Schooling, Inequalities in; Schools
Stacy R. Ryan
Department of Psychology, Emory University
Tobacco
Elizabeth M. Saewyc
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
Sexual Abuse: Medical and Psychological Perspectives
Philip L. Safford
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University
Special Education: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Martín Sánchez-Jankowski
Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Gangs
Carol Sanger
School of Law, Columbia University
Emancipation
Geoffrey B. Saxe
Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley
Counting on the Body: Arithmetic Learning in Oksapmin Culture; The Mathematical Life of Brazilian Street Children
Karen J. Saywitz
David Geffen School of Medicine and Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, University of California, Los Angeles
Mental Health Care: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Larry A. Scanlan
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Athletic Development
Tara K. Scanlan
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Athletic Development
Judith Schachter
Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University
Adoption: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Alice Schlegel
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Rites of Passage: Secular Rites of Passage
Steven Schlossman
Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University
Juvenile Court
Dean Schofield
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Itard, Jean-Marc-Gaspard
Alison Schonwald
Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard University
Bedwetting; Toilet Training
Jean Reith Schroedel
School of Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate University
Fetus, Legal Status of the
Megan Nordquest Schwallie
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Death, Children’s Experience of; Psychiatric Illness, Parental
Barry Schwartz
Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College
Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)
Ira M. Schwartz
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Juvenile Justice System
Robert G. Schwartz
Juvenile Law Center
Punishment, Legal
Helen B. Schwartzman
Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Play: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Deborah Schwengel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University
Medicines and Children: Anesthesia and Analgesia
Elizabeth S. Scott
School of Law, Columbia University
Adolescent Decision Making, Legal Perspectives on
Nancy L. Segal
Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton
Multiple Births: Developmental Perspectives
Timothy Seldin
The Montessori Foundation
Montessori, Maria
Madeline U. Shalowitz
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Stress
Rajni Shankar-Brown
Department of Elementary, Middle Level, and Literacy Education, University of North Carolina–Wilmington
Homelessness
Gail G. Shapiro
Northwest Asthma and Allergy Center
Allergic Diseases
Jessica Sharac
Center for the Economics of Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
Health Care Systems for Children: United States; Health Care Systems for Children: International Perspectives
Cynthia M. Sharpe
Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
Neurological and Brain Development; Neurological Disorders
Susan M. Shaw
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
Leisure Time, Family
Avinash K. Shetty
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Human Immunodeficiency Viral Syndrome: U.S. Medical Perspectives
Michael Shevell
Departments of Neurology/Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, McGill University
Neuromuscular Disorders
Aya Shigeto
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Temperament
Kathy G. Short
College of Education, University of Arizona
Literature: Children’s Engagement with Literature
Susan E. Short
Department of Sociology, Brown University
Fertility
Barbara Jean Shwalb
Department of Psychology, Southern Utah University
Asian Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in
David William Shwalb
Department of Psychology, Southern Utah University
Asian Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in
Eric Kline Silverman
Departments of American Studies and Human Development, Wheelock College, and Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
Circumcision, Male
Spiros Simitis
Department of Law, Goethe University
Goldstein, Joseph
Dorothy G. Singer
Department of Psychology, Yale University
Play Therapy
Jenny L. Singleton
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf Family
Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
Race and Children’s Development
Daniel Scott Smith
Department of History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Naming Patterns
Janna Malamud Smith
Department of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Personal Boundaries
David M. Smolin
Cumberland Law School, Samford University
Baby and Child Selling
David T. Sobel
Department of Education, Antioch University New England
Universe of the Child
Nadia Sorkhabi
Department of Child and Adolescent Development, San Jose State University
Authority and Obedience
Margaret Beale Spencer
Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Race and Children’s Development; Status
Melanie Sperling
Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside
Writing
Moshe Halevi Spero
School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University
Spirituality
Douglas E. Sperry
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Learning to Fictionalize in the Black Belt of Alabama
Linda L. Sperry
Department of Communication Disorders and Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, Indiana State University
Literacy; Learning to Fictionalize in the Black Belt of Alabama
Jane M. Spinak
School of Law, Columbia University
Family Court
Srinivas K. Sridhara
Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
Abortion: Psychological Perspectives
Peter N. Stearns
Department of History and Art History, George Mason University
Father-Child Relationship: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
R. Grant Steen
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Cancer; Genetics: Overview
Howard F. Stein
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oedipus Conflict
Martin T. Stein
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, and Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego
Headaches; Health Screening; Health Supervision; Physical Growth and Development; Spock, Benjamin (McLane)
Nan D. Stein
Center for Research on Women, Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College
Crime Victims, Children as
Laurence Steinberg
Department of Psychology, Temple University
Adolescent Decision Making, Legal Perspectives on; Research on Child Development: The Practice of Child Development Research
Mark J. Stern
School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Poverty, Children in: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Robert J. Sternberg
Dean’s Office, School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University
Binet, Alfred; Intelligence
Mitchell L. Stevens
New York University
Home Schooling
Donald R. Stoll
Department of Writing Arts, Rowan University
Magazines
Nomi M. Stolzenberg
Gould School of Law, University of Southern California
Paternity and Maternity
Richard F. Storrow
School of Law, City University of New York
Procreate, Right to
Murray A. Straus
Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire
Corporal Punishment
Victor Streib
Elon University and Ohio Northern University
Death Penalty, Children and the
Ann P. Streissguth
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Dennis M. Styne
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis
Obesity and Dieting
Carola Suárez-Orozco
Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Immigration, Children and: Effects on the Child
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Immigration, Children and: Effects on the Child
Rena F. Subotnik
Center for Gifted Education Policy, American Psychological Association
Giftedness
Kaveri Subrahmanyam
Department of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles
Computers: Computers as Learning Tools; Computers: Computer Games
Christopher M. Sullivan
Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Orthopedic Disorders
Stephen J. Suomi
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Harlow, Harry F(rederick)
Lisa A. Suzuki
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Intelligence Testing; Testing and Evaluation, Educational
Laura A. Szalacha
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago
Homosexuality and Bisexuality: Physiological and Psychological Perspectives
Sherylle J. Tan
Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, Claremont McKenna College
Critical Thinking
David S. Tanenhaus
Department of History and William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada–Las Vegas
Juvenile Court
Daniel Tanner
Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Textbooks
Robert R. Tanz
Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Morbidity
Howard Taras
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Health and Sex Education
Maria Tatar
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and of Folklore and Mythology, Harvard University
The Luminous Books of Childhood
Kenneth Taylor
Department of Family and Sports Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Sports Injuries
Lori Taylor
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Physical Growth and Development
Marjorie Taylor
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
Play, Pretend; Some Prodigious Pretenders
Stuart W. Teplin
Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics of the Carolinas, CMC-Northeast Medical Center, Concord, NC
Blindness; Vision: Development of Vision
Göran Therborn
University of Cambridge
Family: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Jeannie Banks Thomas
Department of English, Utah State University
Ghosts
Prakash K. Thomas
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Development, Theories of: Psychoanalytic Theories
Ross A. Thompson
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
Emotional Development
Christopher A. Thurber
Counseling and Psychological Services, Philips Exeter Academy
Camps, Summer
Manasi Tirodkar
National Center for Quality Assurance
Tourette Syndrome in Indian Ayurvedic Medical Practice
Joseph Tobin
Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, Arizona State University
Early Childhood Education in Japan
Paul L. Tractenberg
Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Education: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Doris A. Trauner
Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
Neurological and Brain Development; Neurological Disorders
George C. Tremblay
Department of Clinical Psychology, Antioch University New England
Watson, John B(roadus)
Nancy M. Trinh
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Identity
Stewart G. Trost
Departments of Nutrition and Exercise Science, Oregon State University
Exercise and Physical Activity
Elise Trumbull
California State University, Northridge
Grades and Grading
Susan Tsai
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Pregnancy
Jonathan Tudge
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina–Greensboro
Development, Theories of: Social Contextual Theories
Amber N. Tyler
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina–Greensboro
Critical Periods
Peter R. Uhlenberg
Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Grandparents
Naveen K. Uli
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Endocrine Disorders
Marion K. Underwood
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
Aggression
Sarah E. Vaala
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Television
Jaan Valsiner
Department of Psychology, Clark University
Werner, Heinz
Geraldine Van Bueren
School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, and Kellogg College, Oxford University
Slavery, Child
John Vickrey Van Cleve
Department of History, Gallaudet University
Clerc, (Louis) Laurent (Marie); Gallaudet, Edward Miner
Heather K. J. van der Lely
Centre for Developmental Language Disorders and Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
Language Disorders and Delay
Jennifer Van Reet
Department of Psychology, Providence College
Concepts, Children’s: Concepts of the Psychological World
Ross E. Vanderwert
Department of Human Development, University of Maryland at College Park
Orphanages
Yvonne E. Vaucher
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Prematurity
Jennifer Rabke Verani
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Parasitic Infections
Lynne Vernon-Feagans
School of Education, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
School Readiness
Pallavi Visvanathan
Department of Psychology, University of Denver
Romantic and Sexual Relationships
Jacques Vonèche
Department of Psychology, University of Geneva
Piaget, Jean
Gary I. Wadler
School of Medicine, New York University
Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Michael S. Wald
School of Law, Stanford University
Abuse and Neglect: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
John Wall
Department of Philosophy and Religion, Rutgers University–Camden
Child: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives; Locke, John
Scott Waller
School of Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate University
Fetus, Legal Status of the
Cixin Wang
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Gender: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Paul P. Wang
Pfizer Global Research and Development
Medicines and Children: Overview; Medicines and Children: Antibiotics; Salk, Jonas (Edward)
William L. Wansart
Department of Education, University of New Hampshire
Learning Disabilities; Learning Disabilities, Education of Children with
Maika Watanabe
Department of Secondary Education, San Francisco State University
Ability Grouping
Mark C. Weber
College of Law, DePaul University
Special Education: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Amram Weiner
independent scholar
Memories of Childhood on an Israeli Kibbutz
Carol Weisbrod
School of Law, University of Connecticut
Religious Rights, Children’s
Glenn Weisfeld
Department of Psychology, Wayne State University
Darwin, Charles (Robert)
Thomas S. Weisner
Departments of Psychiatry and Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
African Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in; Parenthood
Lois A. Weithorn
Hastings College of the Law, University of California
Medical Care and Procedures, Consent to
Emmy E. Werner
Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis
Childhood Resilience
Lynne A. Werner
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington
Hearing: Development of Hearing
John Scott Werry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Auckland
Medicines and Children: Psychotropic Medicines
James V. Wertsch
Department of Anthropology, Washington University
Vygotsky, L(ev) S(emenovich)
Michael Wessells
Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University
Combat, Youth in
Peter Weston
Froebel College, Roehampton University
Froebel, Friedrich (Wilhelm August)
Jay D. Wexler
School of Law, Boston University
Religion in Public Schools
Richard White
Faculty of Education, Monash University
Science
Friedrich Wilkening
Psychologisches Institut, University of Zurich
Concepts, Children’s: Concepts of the Physical World
Meredith Willa
Department of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Welfare: Effects on the Child
Joan C. Williams
Center for WorkLife Law, Hastings College of the Law, University of California
Work and Home Life, Conflict between: Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives
Rebecca A. Williamson
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington
Imitation
Lindia Willies-Jacobo
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Headaches
M. Michelle Winscott
Sports Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Sports Injuries
Arthur P. Wolf
Department of Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University
Incest
Roberta Wollons
Department of History, University of Massachusetts Boston
Abandonment and Infanticide
Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
Emory University School of Law
Rights, Children’s
Stephani Etheridge Woodson
School of Theatre and Film, Arizona State University
Theater and Acting
Alan D. Woolf
Division of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Poisoning
Carol M. Worthman
Department of Anthropology, Emory University
Launching a Reproductive Career in Kenya
Robert H. Wozniak
Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College
Baldwin, James Mark
Gretchen Miller Wrobel
Department of Psychology, Bethel University
Adoption: Effects on the Child
Brian R. Wyant
Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University
Juvenile Delinquency
Maria Yon
College of Education, University of North Carolina–Charlotte
Homelessness
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Columbia University
Freud, Anna
James Youniss
Department of Psychology, Catholic University of America
Political Activism, Children and; Sullivan, Harry Stack
Charles H. Zeanah
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University
Attachment Disturbances and Disorders
Lonnie K. Zeltzer
David Geffen School of Medicine, Pediatric Pain Program, and Mattel Children’s Hospital, University of California, Los Angeles
Pain
Ana Celia Zentella
Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego
Bilingualism
Edward F. Zigler
Department of Psychology, Yale University
Head Start
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
School of Psychology, Griffith University–Gold Coast
Work, Children’s Gainful: Effects on the Child
Franklin E. Zimring
School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Crime, Juvenile
Samuel H. Zinner
Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington
Tics and Tourette Syndrome
Michael Zuckerman
Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
Ariès, Philippe
Patricia Zukow-Goldring
Center for the Study of Women, University of California, Los Angeles
Children as Family Caregivers in Mexico

 

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