Merrill-Palmer Quarterly Volume 65, Number 2, April 2019

This internationally acclaimed periodical features empirical and theoretical papers on child development and family-child relationships. A high-quality resource for researchers, writers, teachers, and practitioners, the journal contains up-to-date information on advances in developmental research on infants, children, adolescents, and families; summaries and integrations of research; commentaries by experts; and reviews of important new books in development.

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly Volume 65, Number 2 (April 2019)

Consulting Editors

Temperamental Growth in Infancy: Demographic, Maternal Symptom, and Stress Contributions to Overarching and Fine-Grained Dimensions
Maria A. Gartstein and Gregory R. Hancock

Emotional School Engagement and Global Self-Esteem in Adolescents: Genetic Susceptibility to Peer Acceptance and Rejection
Sofie Danneel, Hilde Colpin, Luc Goossens, Maaike Engels, Karla Van Leeuwen, Wim Van Den Noortgate, and Karine Verschueren

Associations Between Parent and Child Attributions for Negative Events
Natalie V. Miller and Charlotte Johnston

Maternal Knowledge as a Mediator of the Relation Between Maternal Psychological Control and Altruistic Prosocial, Instrumental Prosocial, and Antisocial Behavior 
Athanasios Mouratidis, Melike Sayil, Asiye Kumru, Bilge Selcuk, and Bart Soenens

Friendship Processes Around Prosocial and Aggressive Behaviors: The Role of Teacher–Student Relatedness and Differences Between Elementary-School and Middle-School Classrooms
Huiyoung Shin, Allison M. Ryan, and Elizabeth North