Friendships in childhood & adolescence

Author(s)

    • Bagwell, Catherine
    • Schmidt, Michelle E.

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Friendships in childhood & adolescence

Catherine L. Bagwell, Michelle E. Schmidt

（The Guilford series on social and emotional development）

Guilford Press, c2011

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Friendships in childhood and adolescence

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • What is friendship?
  • Studying friendship
  • The developmental significance of friendship in childhood
  • The developmental significance of friendship in adolescence
  • The individuals within a friendship
  • Friendship quality
  • Friendship and culture
  • Friendship intervention
  • The significance of friendship

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781462509607

Description

Highly readable and comprehensive, this volume explores the significance of friendship for social, emotional, and cognitive development from early childhood through adolescence. The authors trace how friendships change as children age and what specific functions these relationships play in promoting adjustment and well-being. Compelling topics include the effects of individual differences on friendship quality, how friendship quality can be assessed, and ways in which certain friendships may promote negative outcomes. Examining what clinicians, educators, and parents can do to help children who struggle with making friends, the book reviews available interventions and identifies important directions for future work in the field.

Table of Contents

I. The Nature of Friendship 1. What Is Friendship? 2. Studying Friendship II. The Normative Experience of Friendship 3. The Developmental Significance of Friendship in Childhood 4. The Developmental Significance of Friendship in Adolescence III. Individual Differences in the Experience of Friendship 5. The Individuals within a Friendship 6. Friendship Quality IV. Implications and Looking Forward 7. Friendship and Culture, with Emily C. Jenchura 8. Friendship Intervention 9. The Significance of Friendship
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781609186463

Description

Highly readable and comprehensive, this volume explores the significance of friendship for social, emotional, and cognitive development from early childhood through adolescence. The authors trace how friendships change as children age and what specific functions these relationships play in promoting adjustment and well-being. Compelling topics include the effects of individual differences on friendship quality, how friendship quality can be assessed, and ways in which certain friendships may promote negative outcomes. Examining what clinicians, educators, and parents can do to help children who struggle with making friends, the book reviews available interventions and identifies important directions for future work in the field.

Table of Contents

Part I. The Nature of Friendship. What Is Friendship? Studying Friendship. Part II. The Normative Experience of Friendship. The Developmental Significance of Friendship in Childhood. The Developmental Significance of Friendship in Adolescence. Part III. Individual Differences in the Experience of Friendship. The Individuals within a Friendship. Friendship Quality. Part IV. Implications and Looking Forward. Friendship and Culture, with Emily C. Jenchura. Friendship Intervention. The Significance of Friendship.

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