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Children's peer relations and social competence : a century of progress /

"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&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ladd, Gary W., 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2005.
Colección:Current perspectives in psychology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The founding of the peer relations discipline : early agendas and research endeavors
  • The emergence of peer interaction and sociability
  • Defining and describing children's peer relationships
  • Making friends and becoming accepted in peer groups : the processes of relationship formation
  • Social competence and the search for its origins
  • Contributions of peer relationships to children's development and adjustment
  • New evidence about children's peer relationships and the processes of relationship formation, maintenance, and change
  • The search for the origins of social competence revisited
  • New directions in research on the contributions of peer relationships to children's development and adjustment
  • Peer victimization is investigated as another aspect of children's peer relations
  • The role of gender, emotion, and culture in children's social competence and peer relationships
  • Conclusion: appraising the scientific study of children's peer relations and social competence.