Pamela M. Cole is Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She studies the early childhood development of emotion regulation and its implications for competence and psychopathology.

Tom Hollenstein is Associate Professor in the Developmental Psychology Program at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He studies the development of emotion regulation across adolescence.

This volume offers an innovative approach and cutting-edge methodology for studying emotion regulation from a true life-span perspective.

Preface Pamela M. Cole and Tom Hollenstein. Part I: Infancy and Childhood 1. A Biopsychosocial Perspective on the Development of Emotion Regulation Across Childhood Nicole B. Perry and Susan D. Calkins 2. The Development of Infant Emotion Regulation: Time Is of the Essence Naomi V. Ekas, Julie M. Braungart-Rieker, and Daniel S. Messinger 3. The Development of Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood: A Matter of Multiple Time Scales Pamela M. Cole, Jessica P. Lougheed, and Nilam Ram 4. Emotion Regulation Dynamics During Parent-Child Interactions: Implications for Research and Practice Amanda Sheffield Morris, Lixian Cui, Michael M. Criss, and W. Kyle Simmons Part II: Adolescence 5. In Due Time: Neurodevelopmental Considerations in the Study of Emotion Regulation João F. Guassi Moreira and Jennifer A. Silvers 6. Development and Timing of Developmental Changes in Emotional Reactivity and Emotion Regulation During Adolescence Peter Zimmermann and Alexandra Iwanski 7. The Development of Emotion Regulation Across the Transition From Childhood to Adolescence: Regulation of What and Regulation for Whom? Nicholas Allen and Benjamin W. Nelson 8. Emotion Regulation Dynamics in Adolescence Tom Hollenstein and Dianna M. Lanteigne Part III: Adulthood 9. Emotion Dynamics in Older Age Christina Röcke, Annette Brose, and Peter Kuppens 10. Emotional Dynamics and Emotion Regulation in Intimate Relationships Tamara Luginbuehl and Dominik Schoebi 11. Age Differences in Emotion Regulation Dynamics: Anticipatory, Reactivity, and Recovery Processes Gloria Luong, Carla M. Arredondo, and Cornelia Wrzus 12. Managing Emotions across Adulthood Susan T. Charles and Linda J. Levine