1st Edition

Relationships as Developmental Contexts The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 30

Edited By W. Andrew Collins, Brett Laursen Copyright 1999
384 Pages
by Psychology Press

384 Pages
by Psychology Press

384 Pages
by Psychology Press

The volume's topic was chosen in part because of the rapidly growing salience of dyadic research perspectives in developmental psychology, but also in social psychology and in fields such as communication and family studies. It provides the most complete representation now available on current theory and research on the significance of personal relationships in child and adolescent development.... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Historical and Conceptual Perspectives on Development and Relationships. W.A. Collins, Willard W. Hartup and the New Look in Social Development. W.W. Hartup, B. Laursen, Relationships as Developmental Contexts: Retrospective Themes and Contemporary Issues. C.F.M. van Lieshout, A.H.N. Cillessen, G.J.T. Haselager, Interpersonal Support and Individual Development. Part II: Developmental Perspectives on Close Relationships With Peers. A.F. Newcomb, W.M. Bukowski, C.L. Bagwell, Knowing the Sounds: Friendship as a Developmental Context. T.J. Berndt, Friends' Influence on Children's Adjustment to School. D.C. French, K. Setiono, J.M. Eddy, Bootstrapping Through the Cultural Comparison Minefield: Childhood Social Status and Friendship in the United States and Indonesia. W. Furman, Friends and Lovers: The Role of Peer Relationships in Adolescent Romantic Relationships. Part III: Familial Relationships and Links to Other Relationships. E.E. Maccoby, The Uniqueness of the Parent-Child Relationship. E.M. Hetherington, Social Capital and the Development of Youth From Nondivorced, Divorced, and Remarried Families. R.D. Parke, R. O'Neil, Social Relationships Across Contexts: Family-Peer Linkages. L.A. Sroufe, B. Egeland, E.A. Carlson, One Social World: The Integrated Development of Parent-Child and Peer Relationships. J. Dunn, Siblings, Friends, and the Development of Social Understanding. G.B. DeHart, Conflict and Averted Conflict in Preschoolers' Interactions With Siblings and Friends. Part IV: Development and Relationships: Retrospect and Prospect. E. Berscheid, Commentary: Integrating Relationship Knowledge. C.U. Shantz, Commentary: Development, Modalities, and Relationships. R.A. Hinde, Commentary: Aspects of Relationships in Child Development. B. Laursen, An Annotated Hartup: Developmental History in a Personal Context.

Biography

W. Andrew Collins, Brett Laursen

"This volume is an excellent contribution to the peer relationship literature, and is appropriate for graduate level seminars in developmental psychology and peer relations."
Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography

"The heuristic power and conceptual challenges of relationship science are each thoughtfully captured in Relationships as Developmental Contexts....exemplifies both the promise and the prospects awaiting developmental scholars who hope to advance a concertedly relational perspective to developmental psychology."
Contemporary Psychology

"Overall, the book is an outstanding treatise on relationships and 'must-reading' for anyone interested in developmental contexts."
Journal of Marriage and the Family