The Development and Organization of Meaning: How Individual Worldviews Develop in Relationships [Hardcover]

From infancy to adulthood, this book reveals how individual world views develop, drawing from rigorous research and case material.This book emphasizes the pivotal role of 'meaning' in shaping human experiences and relationships. Drawing from extensive developmental research, it explores how meaning influences the emergence of self, self-regulation, peer dynamics, and adaptation across the lifespan. Ideal for psychology professionals and researchers alike.This book emphasizes the pivotal role of 'meaning' in shaping human experiences and relationships. Drawing from extensive developmental research, it explores how meaning influences the emergence of self, self-regulation, peer dynamics, and adaptation across the lifespan. Ideal for psychology professionals and researchers alike.Drawing from extensive developmental research, this book highlights the significance of meaning in shaping individual worldviews within relationships, from infancy onwards. By focusing on behavior and experience, it reshapes our understanding of pertinent psychological phenomena, tracing the emergence of self, self-regulation, causality comprehension, peer relationships, adolescent experiences, and lifelong adaptation. Using developmental psychology and compelling clinical cases, the authors emphasize the central role of 'meaning' as a unifying theme, addressing diverse topics such as resilience, intergenerational behavior patterns, trauma impacts, and existential meaning. Ideal for students and professionals in psychology, counselling, and social work, as well as researchers and clinicians in related fields, this book integrates existing theories and empirical evidence to illuminate various aspects of human development and adaptation.Preface; Part I. The Beginning of Meaning: 1. The place of meaning; 2. Four features of meaning and its development; 3. The cradle of meaning; 4. Attachment theory: the rise of meaning in psychology; 5. Toddlerhood: the meaning of me; Part II. The Growth of Meanil3¤