“This volume is worth reading. Olson and Sameroff bring together diverse perspectives with the concept of regulatory processes. Unlike many edited volumes, this one provides an integrated formulation, in models of transactions between genes and environments across development. I learned a great deal and will cite this volume for years to come.” —Kenneth A. Dodge, Duke University

• 1. Conceptual issues in studying the development of self-regulation Arnold J. Sameroff; 2. How gene-environment interactions can influence the development of emotional regulation in Rhesus monkeys Steven J. Suomi; 3. Context matters: exploring definitions of a poorly modulated stress response Kate Keenan and Suma Jacob; 4. An integrative approach to the neurophysiology of emotion regulation: the case of social withdrawal Nestor L. Lopez, Sheryl L. Olson, Barbara Felt and Delia M. Vazquez; 5. Regulatory competence and early disruptive behavior problems: the role of physiological regulation Susan D. Calkins; 6. Behavioral regulation as a product of temperament and environment John E. Bates, Jackson A. Goodnight, Jennifer E. Fite and Angela D. Staples; 7. Self-regulatory processes in the development of disruptive behavior problems: the preschool to school transition Sheryl Olson, Arnold Sameroff, Erika Lunkenheimer and David Kerr; 8. Emotion dysregulation and the development of serious misconduct Pamela Cole, Anna Radzioch and Sarah Bender; 9. Regulatory processes in children's coping with exposure to marital conflict Mark E. Cummings, Lauren M. Papp and Chrystyna D. Kouros; 10. Family subsystems and children's self-regulation Brenda Volling, Amy M. Kolak and Alysia Blandon; 11. Culture and the development of regulatory competence: Chinese-US comparisons Twila Tardif, Wang Li and Sheryl Olson; 12. Self-regulation and the development of behavioral and emotional problems: toward an integrative conceptual and translational research agenda Ronald Dahl and Anne Conway.