Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
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Since 1936 this series has presented in-depth research studies and significant findings in child development and its related disciplines. Each issue consists of a single study or a group of papers on a single theme, accompanied usually by commentary and discussion. Like all SRCD publications, the Monographs enable development specialists from many disciplines to share their data, techniques, research methods, and conclusions.

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  1. 2018 (Vol. 83)
    1. No. 4 The Mother-Child Attachment Partnership in Early Childhood: Secure Base Behavioral and Representational Processes 2018 pp. 1-184
    2. No. 3 Moral Reasoning About Human Welfare in Adolescents and Adults: Judging Conflicts Involving Sacrificing and Saving Lives 2018 pp. 1-132
    3. No. 2 What Heals and Why? Children's Understanding of Medical Treatments 2018 pp. 1-197
    4. No. 1 Vocabulary of 2-Year-Olds Learning English and an Additional Language: Norms and Effects of Linguistic Distance 2018 pp. 1-134
  2. 2017 (Vol. 82)
    1. No. 4 Moving Through Adolescence: Developmental Trajectories of African American and European American Youth 2017 pp. 1-194
    2. No. 3 Developmental Trajectories of Children's Adjustment across the Transition to Siblinghood: Pre-Birth Predictors and Sibling Outcomes at One Year 2017 pp. 1-215
    3. No. 2 Developmental Methodology 2017 pp. 1-166
    4. No. 1 Links Between Spatial and Mathematical Skills Across the Preschool Years 2017 pp. 1-149
  3. 2016 (Vol. 81)
    1. No. 4 The Changing Nature of Executive Control in Preschool 2016 pp. 1-177
    2. No. 3 Working Memory Capacity in Context: Modeling Dynamic Processes of Behavior, Memory, and Development 2016 pp. 1-166
    3. No. 2 Quality Thresholds, Features, and Dosage in Early Care and Education: Secondary Data Analyses of Child Outcomes 2016 pp. 1-126
    4. No. 1 Gender in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 2016 pp. 1-199
  4. 2015 (Vol. 80)
    1. No. 4 A Longitudinal Study of Infant Cortisol Response During Learning Events 2015 pp. i-vii, 1-143
    2. No. 3 Studies in Fetal Behavior: Revisited, Renewed, and Reimagined 2015 pp. i-vii, 1-151
    3. No. 2 The Role of Parents in The Ontogeny of Achievement-Related Motivation and Behavioral Choices 2015 pp. i-vii, 1-169
    4. No. 1 Sleep and Development: Advancing Theory and Research 2015 pp. i-vii, 1-215
  5. 2014 (Vol. 79)
    1. No. 4 The Relation of Childhood Physical Activity to Brain Health, Cognition, and Scholastic Achievement 2014 pp. i-vii, 1-189
    2. No. 3 The Adult Attachment Interview: Psychometrics, Stability and Change From Infancy, and Developmental Origins 2014 pp. i-viii, 1-185
    3. No. 2 The Emergent Executive: A Dynamic Field Theory of the Development of Executive Function 2014 pp. i-vi, 1-132
    4. No. 1 Children's Understanding of Death: Toward a Contextualized and Integrated Account 2014 pp. i-vii, 1-162
  6. 2013 (Vol. 78)
    1. No. 6 Physical Attractiveness and the Accumulation of Social and human Capital in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Assets and Distractions 2013 pp. i-viii, 1-137
    2. No. 5 The Family Life Project: An Epidemiological and Developmental Study of Young Children Living in Poor Rural Communities 2013 pp. i-viii, 1-150
    3. No. 4 National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIH Toolbox CB): Validation for Children Between 3 and 15 Years 2013 pp. 1-172
    4. No. 3 Relationship Processes and Resilience in Children With Incarcerated Parents 2013 pp. i-viii, 1-129
    5. No. 2 THE EMERGENCE OF A TEMPORALLY EXTENDED SELF AND FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ITS DEVELOPMENT: FROM THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES 2013 pp. i-vii, 1-120
    6. No. 1 What Makes a Difference: Early Head Start Evaluation Findings in a Developmental Context 2013 pp. i-viii, 1-174
  7. 2012 (Vol. 77)
    1. No. 4 The Development of Mirror Self-Recognition in Different Sociocultural Contexts 2012 pp. i-viii, 1-102
    2. No. 3 "Emotions Are a Window Into One's Heart": A Qualitative Analysis of Parental Beliefs About Children's Emotions Across Three Ethnic Groups 2012 pp. i-viii, 1-144
    3. No. 2 Physiological Measures of Emotion From a Developmental Perspective: State of the Science 2012 pp. i-viii, 1-204
    4. No. 1 How Socialization Happens on the Ground: Narrative Practices as Alternate Socializing Pathways in Taiwanese and European-American Families 2012 pp. i-viii, 1-140
  8. 2011 (Vol. 76)
    1. No. 4 Children Without Permanent Parents: Research, Practice, and Policy 2011 pp. i-viii, 1-318
    2. No. 3 I Remember Me: Mnemonic Self-Reference Effects in Preschool Children 2011 pp. i-viii, 1-102
    3. No. 2 Early Social Cognition in Three Cultural Contexts 2011 pp. i-viii, 1-142
    4. No. 1 The Development of Ambiguous Figure Perception 2011 pp. i-viii, 1-130
  9. 2010 (Vol. 75)
    1. No. 3 THE BETTER BEGINNINGS, BETTER FUTURES PROJECT: FINDINGS FROM GRADE 3 TO GRADE 9 2010 pp. i-vii, 1-176
    2. No. 2 FIRST-YEAR MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRST 7 YEARS 2010 pp. i-x, 1-148
    3. No. 1 Deprivation-Specific Psychological Patterns: Effects of Institutional Deprivation 2010 pp. i-x, 1-253
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