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Chaos and its influence on children's development
"Historically, developmental psychologists have tended to focus on the effects of understimulation and certain types of deprivation on child development. More recently, researchers have shifted their attention to the deleterious effects of overstimulation or "chaos" in children's environment. Chaos refers to physical and social settings characterized by crowding, noise, unpredictability or a lack of routines, and instability or unplanned changes. This book is an important first step in exploring how, why, and at what level, chaos at the familial and societal level affects children. The contributors to the volume honor the work of Urie Bronfenbrenner, whose bioecological theory of human development provides a rich conceptual basis for understanding the impact of environmental chaos. The theory permits study at what Bronfenbrenner called the "microsystem" level (family, school, and day care), as well as at higher-order levels that include parents' work environments, the child's local neighborhood, and his or her cultural milieu. Within this framework, the role of individual characteristics and other moderating and mediating mechanisms can be fruitfully explored, as well as how chaos relates to poverty and culture. These elements are explored both as independent influences and collective, interrelated influences. The topics explored in this book will be thought provoking for developmental scientists interested in the study of environmental contributions to development, as well as practitioners and policymakers interested in promoting children's healthy development"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Foundations. Chaos in context / Theodore D. Wachs and Gary W. Evans ; Chaos and the diverging fortunes of American children : a historical perspective / Daniel T. Lichter and Elaine Wethington -- Chaos at the microsystem level. Physical and psychosocial turmoil in the home and cognitive development / Brian P. Ackerman and Eleanor D. Brown ; The dynamics of family chaos and its relation to children's socioemotional well-being / Barbara H. Fiese and Marcia A. Winter ; Child-care chaos and child development / Feyza Corapci ; Chaos outside the home : the school environment / Lorraine E. Maxwell ; Viewing microsystem chaos through a Bronfenbrenner bioecological lens / Theodore D. Wachs ; The role of temporal and spatial instability in child development / Clyde Hertzman -- Chaos at the mesosystem level. From home to day care : chaos in the family/child-care mesosystem / Robert H. Bradley ; Disorder, turbulence, and resources in children's homes and neighborhoods / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Anna D. Johnson, and Tama Leventhal -- Chaos at the exosystem level. Neighborhood chaos and children's development : questions and contradictions / James R. Dunn, Nicole J. Schaefer-McDaniel, and Jason T. Ramsay ; Parent employment and chaos in the family / Rena Repetti and Shu-wen Wang -- Chaos at the macrosystem level. Well-being, chaos, and culture : sustaining a meaningful daily routine / Thomas S. Weisner ; Chaos and the macrosetting : the role of poverty and socioeconomic status / Gary W. Evans, John Eckenrode, and Lyscha A. Marcynyszyn ; An ecological framework for the refugee experience : what is the impact on child development? / Stuart L. Lustig -- Conclusions. Dynamic developmental systems : chaos and order / Arnold Sameroff.
edited by Gary W. Evans and Theodore D. Wachs.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2010