We present a developmental model that describes normal peer relations and highlights
processes that underlie the emergence of problems with peers in childhood. We propose …

Abstract review the research literature linking peer relationship problems in childhood to
various disorders in adolescence and in the early-adult years/consider the role of early peer …

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 …

As the study of peer relations has grown and developed, it has gained a prominent position
in the understanding of developmental process and psychopathology. During its …

A longitudinal, prospective design was used to examine the roles of peer rejection in middle
childhood and antisocial peer involvement in early adolescence in the development of …

Peers provide a context in which child and adolescent development occurs. Peers may right
wayward developmental trajectories, buffering the effects of deleterious risk factors. Adverse …

Peers have both positive and negative influences on children; therefore, considerable
attention has focused on assessing peer relationships and friendships through childhood …

Peer relationships are an important context for children's development beyond family and
parent–child relationships (Harris, 1995; Hartup, 1983; Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 1998) …

Peer relations in childhood have long been thought to affect adjustment and maladjustment
across the lifespan. In his timely book, Schneider, an expert in the theory and applications of …

Using prospective longitudinal data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study,
this article examined the relationship between children's peer relationship problems in …