Table of Contents:
  • Historical perspectives on contemporary research in social development / W. Andrew Collins
  • Behavioral genetics, shared and nonshared environment / Alison Pike
  • Evolutionary perspectives on social development / David F. Bjorklund, Anthony D. Pellegrini
  • Culture and social development : explanations and evidence / Sara Harkness
  • A sociological approach to childhood development / Chris Jenks
  • Temperament and social development / Ana Sanson, Sheryl A. Hemphill, Diana Smart
  • Sex differences in social behavior / Susan Golombok, Melissa Hines
  • Children's social development within the socialization context of childcare and early childhood education / Carollee Howes, Jolena James
  • Relative contributions of families and peers to children's social development / Ross D. Parke [and others]
  • Attachment in childhood / Joan Stevenson-Hinde, Karine Verschueren
  • Parent-child relationships / Alan Russell, Jacqueline Mize, Kerry Bissaker
  • Sibling relationships / Judy Dunn
  • Social developments in different family arrangements / Dale F. Hay, Alison Nash
  • Peer acceptance and rejection in childhood / Shelley Hymel [and others]
  • Friends and enemies / Willard W. Hartup, Maurissa Abecassis
  • Emotional and social development in childhood / Susanne Denham [and others]
  • Social withdrawal and shyness / Kenneth H. Rubin, Kim B. Burgess, Robert J. Coplan
  • Social skills and interpersonal perception in early and middle childhood / Antonius H.N. Cillessen, Amy D. Bellmore
  • Social cognition / Charlie Lewis, Jeremy Carpendale
  • Children's interpersonal skills and relationships in school settings : adaptive significance and implications for school-based prevention and intervention programs / Gary W. Ladd, Eric S. Buhs, Wendy Troop
  • Understanding young children's pretend play in context / Artin Göncü, Michelle B. Patt, Emily Kouba
  • Rough-and-tumble play from childhood through adolescence : development and possible functions / Anthony D. Pellegrini
  • Prosocial and helping behavior / Joan E. Grusec, Maayan Davidov, Leah Lundell
  • Children's social and moral reasoning / Charles C. Helwig, Elliot Turiel
  • Children's understanding of society / Martyn Barrett, Eithne Buchanan-Barrow
  • Cooperation and competition / Jacques F. Richard [and others]
  • Sticks and stones and social exclusion : aggression among girls and boys / Marion K. Underwood
  • Bullying in childhood / Ken Rigby
  • The development of social competence in children with disabilities / Karen E. Diamond
  • Social development in children with specific language impairment and profound hearing loss / Bonnie Brinton, Martin Fujiki.