vii PREFACE It was 13 years ago that we met for the ?rst time at a German developmental psychology conference. One of us, Wolfgang Friedlmeier (WF), was interested in ontogenetic development from a cross-cultural perspective. He presented a study on the development of empathy and distress in preschool age, dealing with how far children from different cultures respond to comparable demands with different emotions and regulation strategies. The other, Manfred Holodynski (MH), was - terested in ontogenetic development from the perspective of internalization: how processes that are originally...

Jammernde Sauglinge mit flehendem Blick zur Mutter, vor Supermarktkassen auf dem Boden liegende tobende Zweijahrige, aggressive Schulkinder und dann?

Die Entwicklung der Emotionen und ihre Regulation lasst sich nicht auf wenige Lebensjahre eingrenzen. Ebenso wenig kann man sie losgelost vom soziokulturellen Kontext betrachten.

Hier geht es um die zentralen Fragen der Emotionsentwicklung: Was entwickelt sich eigentlich genau wenn man von Emotionsentwicklung spricht? Gibt es eine soziale Genese emotionaler Prozesse? Welche Bedeutung haben fruhe soziale Interaktionen...

vii PREFACE It was 13 years ago that we met for the ?rst time at a German developmental psychology conference. One of us, Wolfgang Friedlmeier (WF), was interested in ontogenetic development from a cross-cultural perspective. He presented a study on the development of empathy and distress in preschool age, dealing with how far children from different cultures respond to comparable demands with different emotions and regulation strategies. The other, Manfred Holodynski (MH), was - terested in ontogenetic development from the perspective of internalization: how processes that are originally...