The Wiley Handbook of Group Processes in Children and Adolescents

A definitive reference on intra- and inter-group processes across a range of age and cultural contexts Children from infancy develop attachments to significant others in their immediate social environment, and over time become aware of other groups (e.g. gender, ethnicity, age, classroom, sports) that they do or do not belong to and why. Recent research shows that children’s attitudes, beliefs and behaviours are significantly influenced by these memberships and that the influence increases through childhood. This Handbook delivers the first comprehensive, international reference on this critical topic.

Table of Contents:
Notes on Contributors viii Preface xxi Part I Social Group Membership: Intergroup Context and Methodological Issues 1 1 Children and Social Groups: A Social Identity Approach 3 Drew Nesdale 2 Ethnic Identity among Immigrant and Minority Youth 23 Maykel Verkuyten and Fenella Fleischmann 3 Intergroup Contact and Ethnic/Racial Identity Development 47 Sheena Mirpuri and Tiffany Yip 4 Researching Children’s Social Groups: Methods and Measures 67 Drew Nesdale, Christia Spears Brown, and Adam Rutland Part II Group Processes: Social Exclusion, Resource Allocation, and Communication 99 5 The Role of Group Processes in Social Exclusion and Resource Allocation Decisions 101 Melanie Killen, Laura Elenbaas, Michael T. Rizzo, and Adam Rutland 6 Toward a Contextualized Social Developmental Account of Children’s Group‐based Inclusion and Exclusion: The Developmental Model of Subjective Group Dynamics 124 Dominic Abrams, Claire Powell, Sally B. Palmer, and Julie Van de Vyver 7 Communication in Children’s and Adolescents’ Social Groups 144 Patrick J. Leman and Harriet R. Tenenbaum Part III Social Categorization, Prejudice, and Stereotyping 165 8 Theoretical Perspectives on the Development of Implicit and Explicit Prejudice 167 Frances E. Aboud and Jennifer R. Steele 9 Social Stereotyping and Prejudice in Children: Insights from Novel Group Studies 184 Rebecca S. Bigler and Meagan M. Patterson 10 Implicit Intergroup Bias and the Long Road to Predicting Discrimination 203 Yarrow Dunham 11 The Development of Racial Categorization in Childhood 221 Kristin Pauker, Amanda Williams, and Jennifer R. Steele Part IV Socialization and Intergroup Discrimination 241 12 Racial Socialization and Racial Discrimination as Intra‐ and Intergroup Processes 243 Diane Hughes, Jessica Harding, Erika Y. Niwa, Juan Del Toro, and Niobe Way 13 Perceptions of Intergroup Discrimination 269 Christia Spears Brown 14 Essentialism and Children’s Reasoning about Race and Ethnicity 292 Stephen M. Quintana, Julia Z. Benjamin, and Patrice Leverett Part V Groups and Bullying 315 15 Bullying in School and Online Contexts: Social Dominance, Bystander Compliance, and the Emotional Pain of Victims 317 Jaana Juvonen and Hannah L. Schacter 16 Harnessing the Power of the Group to Reduce Bullying and Victimization 333 Amanda L. Duffy and Lindsey Cameron Part VI Intergroup Contact and Cross‐group Relationships 353 17 Contact Strategies for Improving Intergroup Relations among Youth 355 Linda R. Tropp and Ananthi Al Ramiah 18 Children’s and Adolescents’ Cross‐Ethnic Friendships 373 Philipp Jugert and Allard R. Feddes 19 Interracial Contact among University and School Youth in Post‐apartheid South Africa 393 Colin Tredoux, John Dixon, Kevin Durrheim, and Buhle Zuma 20 Student–Teacher Relationships and Interethnic Relations 416 Jochem Thijs Part VII Interventions to Improve Relations between Groups 435 21 Using an Intergroup Contact Approach to Improve Gender Relationships: A Case Study of a Classroom‐based Intervention 437 Carol Lynn Martin, Richard A. Fabes, Laura D. Hanish, Bridget Gaertner, Cindy Faith Miller, Stacie Foster, and Kimberly A. Updegraff 22 Intergroup Contact in Action: Using Intergroup Contact Interventions to Change Children’s Out‐Group Orientation 455 Lindsey Cameron and Nicola Abbott 23 Seeding Change: Using Children’s Media to Promote Social Inclusion the Sesame Street Way 472 Charlotte F. Cole and Lilith Dollard Part VIII Commentary 487 24 Intergroup Processes in Children and Adolescents: Where Are They Heading? 489 Kevin Durkin Index 507