Lene Arnett Jensen, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Clark University. She is the originator of the "cultural-developmental" theoretical approach for scholarship on human development. Her research addresses moral, civic, and cultural identity development in the context of globalization. A native of Denmark, Dr. Jensen has resided in a number of countries, including Belgium, India, and France. She lives in Massachusetts, USA, with her husband and twin children.

Lene Arnett Jensen has achieved the seemingly impossible - this handbook covers many cultures, all periods of the lifespan, and basically all major developmental tasks. And yet, in spite of the multitude of viewpoints represented, through careful editing she has accomplished harmony in diversity by providing a stimulating new 'cultural-developmental approach' informative for all topics. ... The Handbook will help to form the coming generation of scientists with new theories and evidence on human development necessary for our globalized world.

• Part I. Development and Culture in a Global World: Overarching Issues ; 1. Cultural-Developmental Scholarship for a Global World: An Introduction ; Lene Arnett Jensen ; 2. Ethical Considerations in Research on Human Development and Culture ; Joan G. Miller, Namrata Goyal, and Matthew Wice ; 3. Human Development in Today's Globalizing World: Implications for Self and Identity ; Hubert J. M. Hermans ; 4. Migration Within and Between Countries: Implications for Families and Acculturation ; Carola Suarez-Orozco ; 5. Indigenous Social Science at the Intersection with Human Development: Implications for and Lessons from African Ecocultures ; A. Bame Nsamenang ; Part II. Birth, Infancy and Toddlerhood ; 6. Charting Infant Development: Milestones Along the Way ; Charles Super and Sara Harkness ; 7. Comparative and Developmental Anthropology: Studying the Origins of Cultural Variability in Cognitive Function ; Daniel B. M. Haun ; 8. The Emergence and Development of Language Across Cultures ; Stanka Fitneva and Tomoko Matsui ; 9. Early Emotional Development in Cultural Perspective ; Wolfgang Friedlmeier, Feyza Corapci, and Oana Benga ; 10. The Evolution of Attachment Theory and Cultures of Human Attachment in Infancy and Early Childhood ; Gilda Morelli ; 11. Early Contexts of Learning: Family and Community Socialization during Infancy and Toddlerhood ; Carolyn Pope Edwards, Lixin Ren, and Jill Brown ; Part III. Early and Middle Childhood ; 12. Childhood Practices Across Cultures: Play and Household Work ; Suzanne Gaskins ; 13. Cognition in Childhood Across Cultures ; Mary Gauvain and Christina Nicolaides ; 14. Cultural Manifestation of Intelligence in Formal and Informal Learning Environments During Childhood ; Sascha Hein, Jodi Reich, and Elena Grigorenko ; 15. Moral Reasoning: Developmental Emergence and Life Course Pathways Among Cultures ; Lene Arnett Jensen ; 16. The Interaction Between Culture and the Development of Creativity ; Catalina Mourgues, Baptiste Barbot, Mei Tan, and Elena Grigorenko ; 17. Parental Ethnotheories and the Development of Family Relationships in Early and Middle Childhood ; Sara Harkness, Caroline Johnston Mavridis, Jia Ji Liu, and Charles Super ; 18. In and Out of the Classroom: The Intersection of Learning and Schooling across Cultural Communities ; Maricela Correa-Chavez, Heather Mangione, and Kaitlin Black ; 19. Gender Across Cultures: Sex and Socialization in Childhood ; Shagufa Kapadia and Jigishi Gala ; Part IV. Adolescence ; 20. Leaving Childhood: The Nature and Meaning of Adolescent Transition Rituals ; Alice Schlegel and Herbert Barry III ; 21. Adolescent Risks and Resiliences Across Cultures ; Marcela Raffaelli and Maria Iturbide ; 22. Global Concerns in Adolescent Health with a Case Study of India ; Suman Verma and Anne C. Petersen ; 23. Cultural Roots of Values, Morals, and Religious Orientations in Adolescent Development ; Gisela Trommsdorff ; 24. Identity, Politics, and the Cultural Psychology of Adolescence ; Phillip L. Hammack and Erin Toolis ; 25. Family in Adolescence: Relatedness and Autonomy Across Cultures ; Cigdem Kagitcibasi and Ceren Yalin ; 26. Cultural Templates for Child and Adolescent Friendships ; Doran French ; 27. Education and the Youth Phase: Patterns, Purposes, and Problems in Global Perspective ; Lynne A. Chisholm ; 28. Child Labor: Homes, Streets, Armies, Factories, and Stores ; Silvia Koller, Luciana Dutra-Thome, Normanda Morais, Carlos Nieto, and Juliana Santana ; 29. Adolescent Civic Development Across Cultures ; Constance Flanagan, Cynthia Lin, Helyn Luisi-Mills, Allison Sambo, and Ming Hu ; Part V. Emerging and Young Adulthood ; 30. The Cultural Psychology of Emerging Adulthood ; Jeffrey Jensen Arnett ; 31. The Intersection of Culture, Health, and Risk Behaviors in Emerging and Young Adults ; Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Kazumi Sugimura, Kari Trost, Senel Poyrazli, Marie-Louise Klingstedt, and Sarah Thomas ; 32. New Media, Social Change, and Human Development from Adolescence through the Transition to Adulthood ; Adriana Manago, Shu-Sha (Angela) Guan, and Patricia Greenfield ; 33. Social Mobility in the Transition to Adulthood: Educational Systems, Career Entry, and Individual Agency ; Jutta Heckhausen and Jacob Shane ; 34. Work and Work Migration Within and Across Countries in Emerging and Young Adulthood ; Barbara Schneider, Michael Broda, and Guan Saw ; 35. Love, Sex, and Marriage Across Cultures ; Elaine Hatfield, Yu-Ming Mo, and Richard L. Rapson ; 36. Dual and Communal Parenting: Implications in Young Adulthood ; Heidi Keller ; 37. Fathering Diversity within Societies ; David W. Shwalb and Barbara J. Shwalb ; Part VI. Middle and Older Adulthood ; 38. Cognition in Adulthood Across Cultures ; Angela H. Gutchess and Aysecan Boduroglu ; 39. Midlife Narratives across Cultures: Decline or Pinnacle? ; Usha Menon ; 40. Explorations in Generativity and Culture ; Ed de St. Aubin and Mara Bach ; 41. Adult Development in Japan and the United States: Comparing Theories and Findings About Growth, Maturity, and Well-Being ; Carol Ryff, Jennifer Morozink Boylan, Christopher L. Coe, Mayumi Karasawa, Norito Kawakami, Shinobu Kitayama, Chiemi Kan, Gayle D. Love, Cynthia Levine, Hazel R. Markus, Yuri Miyamoto, Jun Nakahara, Jiyoung Park ; 42. Community Leadership and Non-Attachment in Later Adulthood ; Rachana Bhangaokar ; 43. Death and Bereavement in Later Adulthood: Cultural Beliefs, Behaviors, and Emotions ; Paul C. Rosenblatt