Autonomy, defined as self-regulation and integration in acting, is central to healthy
psychological development and functioning. Classic organismic and dynamic theories have …

This chapter, in keeping with the spirit of the field of developmental psychopathology,
examines both the developmental underpinnings of healthy autonomy and the processes …

Background Self‐regulation (SR) is central to developmental psychopathology, but progress
has been impeded by varying terminology and meanings across fields and literatures …

The term autonomy literally refers to regulation by the self. Its opposite, heteronomy, refers to
controlled regulation, or regulation that occurs without self‐endorsement. At a time when …

We present a hierarchical integrated model of self-regulation in which executive function is
the cognitive component of the model, together with emotional, behavioral, physiological …

Throughout life autonomy advances and declines as individuals develop new
competencies, previously acquired skills decline, and changing conditions require altered …

In this chapter, I argue that the marked developments in a broad range of adaptive skills that
are characteristic of toddlerhood, including self-control, autonomy, and compliance, are a …

The concept of self‐regulation has received heightened attention as a key mechanism that
predicts a variety of developmental outcomes throughout the life span. Although researchers …

Self-regulation has been a central concept in developmental psychology and in the study of
psychopathologies. Fonagy and Target (2002, p. 307) see self-regulation as “the key …

The topic of emotion regulation, and the broader construct of self-regulation, has received
considerable attention in the developmental literature over the last 10 years (Calkins, 1994; …