Poor children confront widespread environmental inequities. Compared with their
economically advantaged counterparts, they are exposed to more family turmoil, violence …

To consider friendships and their significance through the life course requires, first,
differentiation of deep structure (ie, reciprocity) from surface structure (ie, the social …

Gender differences in adolescents' mental health problems have been extensively reported.
Yet, there is limited research in exploring longitudinal trends in mental health and wellbeing …

Aim The aim of this study is to investigate parental attitudes, perceived social support,
emotion regulation and the accompanying psychiatric disorders seen in adolescents who …

Research Findings: Social–emotional learning (SEL) is increasingly becoming an area of
focus for determining children's school readiness and predicting their academic success …

One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year.
Very few will return to the country they barely remember. Who are they, and what America do …

The shared and unique effects of teacher and student reports of teacher-student relationship
quality (TSRQ) in second and third grade on academic self-views, behavioral engagement …

This chapter describes the friendships and their developmental significance without
distinguishing between having friends, the identity of the child's friends, and friendship …

The one in five children growing up in poverty in America have elevated risk for
socioemotional difficulties. One contributing factor to their elevated risk may be exposure to …

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 …