The Company They Keep
Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence
Willard W Hartup editor William M Bukowski editor Andrew F Newcomb editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:13th Mar '98
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A major study on childhood and adolescent friendships.
This volume presents important research into the little-explored social and emotional development that accompany early friendships. Internationally recognized scholars discuss the details of friendship development, the accompanying cognitive growth, and its emotional and social adjustment. The authors also express their views on future directions for such research.Friendship is one of life's most essential and rewarding forms of interaction. It is a feature of every culture and most persons interact with their friends on a daily basis.This book provides a forum in which a group of internationally recognized scholars, active in the study of friendship, presents the major conceptual issues, themes, and findings from their research. The authors describe the theoretical and empirical context, and the goals of their own research programmes. They discuss research and the methodological strategies adopted for studying friendship relations. A variety of topics is explored, including cultural variations in children's and adolescents' friendships, the association between friendship and cognitive and personality development, the effect of friendship on adjustment, and the links between experience within the family and relationships with friends. This book will appeal to developmental psychologists, researchers, and students. It will also provide a solid reference work for social psychologists, sociologists, and social workers concerned with interpersonal relationships.
'Friendship is one of life's most essential and rewarding forms of interpersonal relations, and is a key feature in every culture on Earth ... This book is the first multi-authored volume presenting a current forum on friendship since the early 1980s, and as such represents an important contribution to the discipline ... Recommended for all levels of readers.' Choice
ISBN: 9780521627252
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 640g
440 pages