Social networks of children, adolescents, and college students

Bibliographic Information

Social networks of children, adolescents, and college students

edited by Suzanne Salzinger, John Antrobus, Muriel Hammer

L. Erlbaum Associates, 1988

Available at  / 16 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Research on adult personal-social networks has contributed greatly to an understanding of mental health, illness, and responses to stress. Fueled by this successful research and a growing concern for today's youth, the contributors to this volume have conducted investigations into the functioning and structures of the social networks of toddlers, school-age children, adolescents, and college students. The editors of this volume move beyond vague generalizations about characteristic and behavior acquisition through socialization in childhood by applying a longitudinal perspective to the sampling of child, adolescent, and young-adult network research. Social Networks of Children, Adolescents, and College Students unites several major empirical studies of children's social networks, investigating the acquisition of specific behaviors from particular groups of individuals under certain conditions. Topics covered include: * the effects of social networks on child development and disorder * the relationship between social networks and coping with stress the role of friends or groups in positive socialization * Of special interest to practitioners, researchers, and advanced students are: * comparative data on children from other cultural groups and non-mainstream American youths descriptions and evaluations of methodologies * introductory materials by the editors commenting on the field and the research extensive bibliographies

Table of Contents

Contents: From Crib to College: An Overview of Studies of the Social Networks of Children, Adolescents, and College Students. Part I: The Social Networks of Toddlers.S. Salzinger, J. Hampson, Social Networks of Mother and Child: An Examination of Their Function in Developing Speech. J. Hampson, Individual Differences in Style of Language Acquisition in Relation to Social Networks. Part II: The Social Networks of Preschool and School-Age Children.G.W. Ladd, C.H. Hart, E.M. Wadsworth. B.S. Golter, Preschoolers' Peer Networks in Non-school Settings: Relationship to Family Characteristics and School Adjustment. C. Feiring, M. Lewis, The Child's Social Network from Three to Six Years: The Effects of Age, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status. M. Cochran, D. Riley, Mother Reports of Children's Personal Networks: Antecedents, Concomitants, and Consequences. S.M. McHale, W.C. Gamble, The Social Networks of Children with Disabled and Nondisabled Siblings. Part III: The Social Networks of Adolescents.D.A. Blyth, C. Traeger, Adolescent Self-Esteem and Perceived Relationships with Parents and Peers. J. Vondra, J. Garbarino, Social Influences on Adolescent Behavior Problems. Part IV: The Social Networks of College Students.J.S. Antrobus, R. Dobbelaer, S. Salzinger, Social Networks and College Success, or Grade Point Average and the Friendly Connection. L.R. Culbert, J.L. Good, J.R. Lachenmeyer, The Social Networks of the Commuting College Student. Part V: Cross-Cultural Work on Children's Social Networks.L. Gutwirth-Winston, Domestic and Kinship Networks of Some American Born Children of Haitian Immigrants. M. Hammer, C. Sutton, The Social World of the Yoruba Child.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top