The Company They Keep Paperback: Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence (Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development)

ISBN 10: 0521627257 ISBN 13: 9780521627252

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

This volume presents important research into the little-explored social and emotional development that accompany early friendships. Internationally recognized scholars discuss the details of friendship development, the accompanying cognitive growth, and its emotional and social adjustment. The authors also express their views on future directions for such research.

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'Friendship is one of life's most essential and rewarding forms of interpersonal relations, and is a key feature in every culture on Earth ... This book is the first multi-authored volume presenting a current forum on friendship since the early 1980s, and as such represents an important contribution to the discipline ... Recommended for all levels of readers.' Choice

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Friendship is one of life's most essential and rewarding forms of interaction. It is a feature of every culture and most persons interact with their friends on a daily basis. Thus far, most research on the subject of friendship has concentrated on peer acceptance, dyadic properties, and the contribution that friendship makes to development and adjustment. There has been little exploration of friendship's role in a child's social and emotional growth. The Company They Keep pioneers this area. This book provides a forum in which internationally recognized scholars active in the study of friendship present the major conceptual issues, themes, and findings from their research. The authors describe the theoretical and empirical context and the goals of their own research programs. They discuss current research and the methodological strategies adopted for studying friendship relations. A variety of topics is explored, including cultural variations in children's and adolescents' friendships, the association between friendship and cognitive and personality development, the effect of friendship on adjustment, and the links between experience within the family and relationships with friends. The authors also express their views on future directions for such research. This book will appeal to developmental psychologists, researchers, and students. It will also be a solid reference work for social psychologists, sociologists, and social workers concerned with interpersonal relationships.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521627257
• ISBN 13: 9780521627252
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 440
• Herausgeber: Bukowski William M.