In this book, leading behavioral scientists describe advances in research on regulatory influences that govern the development of childhood behavior problems.

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.