Opening with a discussion on the need to integrate self-regulation processes and to create a life-span oriented framework of these processes, this volume explores several perspectives in the current scholarship. Chapter contributors examine theoretical concepts including Vygotsky/Luria Insights in the Development of Executive Functions Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement in Elementary School Children Influences of Children?s and Adolescents? Action-Control Processes on School Achievement, Peer Relationships, and Coping with Challenging Life Events Intentional Self-Regulation, Ecological Assets, and Thriving in Adolescence: A Developmental Systems Model and a Life-Span, Relational, Public Health Model of Self- Regulation: Impact on Individual and Community Health The volume concludes with New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development series editor-in-chief Reed W. Larson discussing the challenges reported by youth working on arts, technology, and social justice projects in organized programs and how they learn to address them. This is the 133nd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. The mission of this series is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in the field of child and adolescent development. Each volume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic, and is edited by an expert or experts on that topic.

Opening with a discussion on the need to integrate self-regulationprocesses and to create a life-span oriented framework of theseprocesses, this volume explores several perspectives in the currentscholarship. Chapter contributors examine theoretical conceptsincluding* Vygotsky/Luria Insights in the Development of ExecutiveFunctions* Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement in Elementary SchoolChildren* Influences of Children?s and Adolescents? Action-ControlProcesses on School Achievement, Peer Relationships, and Copingwith Challenging Life Events* Intentional Self-Regulation, Ecological Assets, and Thriving inAdolescence: A Developmental Systems Model* and a Life-Span, Relational, Public Health Model of Self-Regulation: Impact on Individual and Community HealthThe volume concludes with New Directions for Child andAdolescent Development series editor-in-chief Reed W.Larson discussing the challenges reported by youth working on arts,technology, and social justice projects in organized programs andhow they learn to address them.This is the 133nd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries New Directions for Child and AdolescentDevelopment. The mission of this series is to providescientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues andconcepts in the field of child and adolescent development. Eachvolume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic, andis edited by an expert or experts on that topic.

1. Self-Regulation Processes and Thriving in Childhood andAdolescence: A View of the Issues 1Richard M. Lerner, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Edmond P. Bowers,Selva Lewin-Bizan, Steinunn Gestsdottir, Jennifer Brown UrbanThe editors discuss the need to integrate self-regulationprocesses and to create a life-span oriented framework of theseprocesses. They provide a brief overview of the work of thescholars contributing to this volume.2. When Everything New Is Well-Forgotten Old: Vygotsky/LuriaInsights in the Development of Executive Functions 11Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong, Tatiana V. AkhutinaVygotsky and Luria's concept of the "extra-corticalorganization of higher mental functions" and its evolution areexplored using the example of self-regulation.3. Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement in ElementarySchool Children 29Megan M. McClelland, Claire E. CameronThe authors situate self-regulation and social competence in atheoretical context that describes the components most importantfor early school success.4. Influences of Children's and Adolescents' Action-ControlProcesses on School Achievement, Peer Relationships, and Copingwith Challenging Life Events 45G. John Geldhof, Todd D. LittleSelf-regulation is discussed as a construct that depends on thedevelopment of key lower-order components. The conceptualization ofselfregulation and its development is applied to other approachesto self-regulation.5. Intentional Self-Regulation, Ecological Assets, andThriving in Adolescence: A Developmental Systems Model 61Steinunn Gestsdottir, Jennifer Brown Urban, Edmond P. Bowers,Jacqueline V. Lerner, Richard M. LernerThe positive youth development (PYD) perspective is used toemphasize that enhancing adolescents' abilities to engage inintentional selfregulatory processes will increase the capacity ofyouth to thrive.6. A Life-Span, Relational, Public Health Model ofSelf-Regulation: Impact on Individual and Community Health77Swapnil Maniar, Jonathan F. ZaffThe authors extend the ideas of the development of self-regulationand its impact on development by proposing a life-span, relational,public health model.7. Adolescents' Conscious Processes of Developing Regulation:Learning to Appraise Challenges 87Reed W. LarsonThe author discusses the challenges reported by youth working onarts, technology, and social justice projects in organized programsand how they learn to address them.INDEX 99