About the Book
This comprehensive, authoritative Handbook covers the breadth of theories, methods, and empirically based findings on the ways in which children and adolescents contribute to one another's development. Leading researchers review what is known about the dynamics of peer interactions and relationships from infancy through adolescence. Topics include methods of assessing friendship and peer networks; early romantic relationships; individual differences and contextual factors in children's social and emotional competencies and behaviors; group dynamics; and the impact of peer relations on achievement, social adaptation, and mental health. Salient issues in intervention and prevention are also addressed. This book will be invaluable to researchers, practitioners, and students in developmental, clinical, school, and educational psychology; counseling; and related disciplines. It may also serve as a text in graduate-level courses such as Peer Relations, Social Development, and Child and Adolescent Development.
Table of Contents:
I. Introduction: History and Theory 1. Critical Issues and Theoretical Viewpoints, Willard W. Hartup
2. Trends, Travails, and Turning Points in Early Research on Children’s Peer Relationships: Legacies and Lessons for Our Time?, Gary W. LaddII. Social Behaviors, Interactions, Relationships, and Groups: What Should be Measured, How, and Why? 3. Children's Behaviors and Interactions with Peers, Richard A. Fabes, Carol Lynn Martin, and Laura D. Hanish
4. Methods for Investigating Children’s Relationships with Friends, Thomas J. Berndt and Melissa A. McCandless
5. Sociometric Methods, Antonius H. N. Cillessen
6. Assessment of the Peer Group: Identifying Naturally Occurring Social Networks and Capturing Their Effects, Thomas A. Kindermann and Scott D. GestIII. Infancy and Early Childhood 7. The Beginnings of Peer Relations, Dale F. Hay, Marlene Caplan, and Alison Nash
8. Peer Interactions and Play in Early Childhood, Robert J. Coplan and Kimberley A. Arbeau
9. Social–Emotional Competence in Early Childhood, Linda Rose-Krasnor and Susanne Denham
10. Friendship in Early Childhood, Carollee Howes
11. Structural Descriptions of Social Transactions among Young Children: Affiliation and Dominance in Preschool Groups, Brian E. Vaughn and António José SantosIV. Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence 12. Friendship as Process, Function, and Outcome, William M. Bukowski, Clairneige Motzoi, and Felicia Meyer
13. The Behavioral Basis of Acceptance, Rejection, and Perceived Popularity, Steven R. Asher and Kristina L. McDonald
14. Social Exclusion in Childhood and Adolescence, Melanie Killen, Adam Rutland, and Noah Simon Jampol
15. Conflict in Peer Relationships, Brett Laursen and Gwen Pursell
16. Aggression and Peer Relationships in School-Age Children: Relational and Physical Aggression in Group and Dyadic Contexts, Nicki R. Crick, Dianna Murray-Close, Peter E. L. Marks, and Nazanin Mohajeri-Nelson
17. Avoiding and Withdrawing from the Peer Group, Kenneth H. Rubin, Julie C. Bowker, and Amy E. Kennedy
18. Bullies, Victims, and Bully–Victim Relationships in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence, Christina Salmivalli and Kätlin Peets
19. Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Experiences, Wyndol Furman and W. Andrew Collins
20. Informal Peer Groups in Middle Childhood and Adolescence, B. Bradford Brown and Erin L. DietzV. Distal Correlates of Children’s Peer Relationships 21. Sex Differences in Peer Relationships, Amanda J. Rose and Rhiannon L. Smith
22. Race and Ethnicity in Peer Relations Research, Sandra Graham, April Z. Taylor, and Alice Y. Ho
23. Neighborhood Contexts of Peer Relationships and Groups, Håkan Stattin and Margaret Kerr
24. Peer Interactions and Relationships from a Cross-Cultural Perspective, Xinyin Chen, Janet Chung, and Celia HsiaoVI. Proximal Correlates of Children’s Social Skills and Peer Relationships 25. Genetic Factors in Children’s Peer Relations, Mara Brendgen and Michel Boivin
26. Temperament, Self-Regulation, and Peer Social Competence, Nancy Eisenberg, Julie Vaughan, and Claire Hofer
27. Child–Parent Attachment Relationships, Peer Relationships, and Peer-Group Functioning, Cathryn Booth-LaForce and Kathryn A. Kerns
28. Family Influences on Children’s Peer Relationships
Hildy Ross and Nina HoweVII. Childhood Peer Experiences and Later Adjustment 29. Peers and Academic Functioning at School, Kathryn R. Wentzel
30. Peer Reputations and Psychological Adjustment, Mitchell J. Prinstein, Diana Rancourt, John D. Guerry, and Caroline B. Browne
31. The Role of Friendship in Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Development, Frank Vitaro, Michel Boivin, and William M. BukowskiVIII. Translation and Policy 32. Deviant by Design: Peer Contagion in Development, Interventions, and Schools, Thomas J. Dishion and Timothy F. Piehler
33. Social Skills Training to Improve Peer Relations, Karen L. Bierman and C. J. Powers
About the Author :
Edited by Kenneth H. Rubin, University of Maryland, USA, William M. Bukowski, Concordia University, Quebec, USA and Brett Laursen, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Review :
"Outstanding. The relationships of children and adolescents with their peers are examined with exceptional thoroughness and authority by the key researchers in the field... The breadth of the topics covered and the clarity and accessibility of the writing make this book an excellent text for developmental psychology students." - Judith F. Dunn, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK "The clear structuring of the broad content helps readers to quickly find what they are looking for and to organize their own ideas about peer relations." - Jens B. Asendorpf, Department of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
