In this chapter we review theoretical conceptual and empirical advances in family research
and the implications for children's development. Three interdependent family subsystems …

Where did professional social work originate from? How effective are social work
interpretations in the lives of vulnerable people? A Textbook of Social Work provides a …

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate longitudinal relations among child
maltreatment, emotion regulation, peer acceptance and rejection, and psychopathology …

Experiences with peers constitute an important developmental context for children wherein
they acquire a wide range of behaviors, skills, and attitudes that influence their adaptation …

This chapter first traces peer experiences and relationships from their building blocks in
infancy and early childhood through their advances in adolescence. It then discusses the …

The longitudinal contributions of emotion regulation and emotion lability‐negativity to
internalizing symptomatology were examined in a low‐income sample (171 maltreated and …

Socialization is a process in which an individual's standards, skills, motives, attitudes, and
behaviors change to conform to those regarded as desirable and appropriate for his or her …

While several recent popular books address the topic of girls'" meanness" to one another,
this volume offers the first balanced, scholarly analysis of scientific knowledge in this area …

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 …

In American high schools, teenagers must navigate complex youth cultures that often prize
being'real'while punishing difference. Adults may view such social turbulence as a timeless …