This chapter is organized around 2 major themes: a general overview of the developmental
literature on children's peer relationships and friendships and the clinical implications of this …

This comprehensive and integrated review looks at the psychological foundations and
implications of children's relationships with their peers, and places these within a broad …

Abstract" Peer Relationships in Child Development" presents the stimulating answers of
today's leading researchers and developmental psychologists in the field. Each chapter is …

The primary aim of this article is to provide a brief review of research on children's peer
relations for child-and family-oriented practitioners. Attention is devoted to the importance of …

Examines the developmental significance of peer relations. This article provides an
overview of the beginnings and history of research on child–child relations and outlines …

The main perspective taken in this paper is that peer relationships in childhood provide
more than incidental social experiences and constitute social contexts beyond those in the …

An early view of the development of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors during childhood
and adolescence suggested that such outcomes stemmed largely from the quality of the …

Children ought to have satisfying friendships because they otherwise may miss out on
opportunities to learn important social skills, develop little faith in their abilities to achieve …

Peer relations and close friendships play extremely important roles in youngsters' social and
emotional development. By the early school years, children spend most of their daytime …

A careful observer and listener can find young children exploring peer relations in all sorts of
public spaces from playgrounds to grocery stores. Children barely able to toddle play peek-a …