Children's peer relations and social competence
Subtitle: a century of progress
By: Gary W. Ladd.
Series: Current perspectives in psychology
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Interpersonal relations in children; Friendship in children
Description: "This book examines the role of peer relationships in child and adolescent development by tracking research findings from the early 1900s to the present. Dividing the research into three generations, the book describes what has been learned about children's peer relations and how children's participation in peer relationships contributes to their health, adjustment, and achievement." "Gary W. Ladd reviews and interprets the investigative focus and findings of distinct research eras to highlight theoretical or empirical breakthroughs in the study of children's peer relations and social competence over the last century. He also discusses how this information is relevant to understanding and promoting children's health and development. In a final chapter, the author appraises the major discoveries that have emerged during the three research generations and analyzes recent scientific agendas and discoveries in the peer relations discipline."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The founding of the peer relations discipline : early agendas and research endeavors; title: The emergence of peer interaction and sociability; title: Defining and describing children's peer relationships; title: Making friends and becoming accepted in peer groups : the processes of relationship formation; title: Social competence and the search for its origins; title: Contributions of peer relationships to children's development and adjustment; title: New evidence about children's peer relationships and the processes of relationship formation, maintenance, and change; title: The search for the origins of social competence revisited; title: New directions in research on the contributions of peer relationships to children's development and adjustment innovative agendas; title: Peer victimization is investigated as another aspect of children's peer relations; title: The role of gender, emotion, and culture in children's social competence and peer relationships; title: Conclusion: appraising the scientific study of children's peer relations and social competence.