Research Catalog

Title

Children's peer relations and social competence : a century of progress / Gary W. Ladd.

Author

Ladd, Gary W., 1950-

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

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Details

Description

x, 436 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Current perspectives in psychology

Subjects

• Friendship in children
• Interpersonal relations in children

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-419) and index.

Contents

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 innovative agendas -- 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.

Call Number

JFE 05-8573

ISBN

0300106432 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005002379

OCLC

57531557

Author

Ladd, Gary W., 1950-

Title

Children's peer relations and social competence : a century of progress / Gary W. Ladd.

Imprint

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

Series

Current perspectives in psychology

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-419) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 05-8573