Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development

by Editor: Peter K. Smith (Goldsmiths College, University of London); Editor: Craig H. Hart (Brigham Young University)

• ISBN13: 9780631217527
• ISBN10: 0631217525
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory in childhood social development from preschool age to the onset of adolescence. Chapters are contributed by experts in the field from Australasia, Europe and North America and cover 30 topics currently of importance in the field, in terms of research, applied research, and policy. The Handbook starts with an historical overview and follows with major sections. The first focuses on a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Following sections address influences on development, the family context, the peer group, social skills and social cognition, play, helping and moral reasoning, as well as cooperation, competition, aggression, and bullying. These, in addition to the final section on children with special needs, make this volume appropriate for practitioners who deal with children as well as for college and university teachers, researchers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Each chapter summarizes existing knowledge in the field, synthesizing the latest research in an accessible manner, whilst also highlighting areas of growing debate. Integration and coherence are provided by editorial commentaries prefacing each section.

Author Biography

Peter K. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is co-author of the leading textbook Understanding Children's Development (Third Edition, Blackwell, 1998), among many other books and articles.

Craig H. Hart is Professor and Chair of the Marriage, Family, and Human Development department at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He has co-authored 50 scientific papers and three edited volumes on children's social development and early childhood education practices. He is associate editor of Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	viii
Introduction by the Editors	xiv
Part I: Historical Overview	1	(24)
Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Research in Social Development	3	(22)
W. Andrew Collins
Part II: Influences on Development: Disciplinary Views	25	(70)
Behavioral Genetics, Shared and Nonshared Environment	27	(17)
Alison Pike
Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Development	44	(16)
David F. Bjorklund
Anthony D. Pellegrini
Culture and Social Development: Explanations and Evidence	60	(18)
Sara Harkness
A Sociological Approach to Childhood Development	78	(17)
Chris Jenks
Part III: Influences on Development: Causal Factors	95	(84)
Temperament and Social Development	97	(20)
Ann Sanson
Sheryl A. Hemphil
Diana Smart
Sex Differences in Social Behavior	117	(20)
Susan Golombok
Melissa Hines
Children's Social Development within the Socialization Context of Childcare and Early Childhood Education	137	(19)
Carollee Howes
Jolena James
Relative Contributions of Families and Peers to Children's Social Development	156	(23)
Ross D. Parke
Sandra D. Simpkins
David J. McDowell
Mina Kim
Colleen Killian
Jessica Dennis
Mary L. Flyr
Margaret Wild
Yumee Rah
Part IV: The Family Context	179	(84)
Attachment in Childhood	182	(23)
Joan Stevenson-Hinde
Karine Verschueren
Parent--Child Relationships	205	(18)
Alan Russell
Jacqueline Mize
Kerry Bissaker
Sibling Relationships	223	(15)
Judy Dunn
Social Development in Different Family Arrangements	238	(25)
Dale F. Hay
Alison Nash
Part V: The Peer Group	263	(90)
Peer Acceptance and Rejection in Childhood	265	(20)
Shelley Hymel
Tracy Vaillancourt
Patricia McDougall
Peter D. Renshaw
Friends and Enemies	285	(22)
Willard W. Hartup
Maurissa Abecassis
Emotional and Social Development in Childhood	307	(22)
Susanne Denham
Maria von Salisch
Tjeert Olthof
Anita Kochanoff
Sarah Caverly
Social Withdrawal and Shyness	329	(24)
Kenneth H. Rubin
Kim B. Burgess
Robert J. Coplan
Part VI: Social Skills and Social Cognition	353	(64)
Social Skills and Interpersonal Perception in Early and Middle Childhood	355	(20)
Antonius H. N. Cillessen
Amy D. Bellmore
Social Cognition	375	(19)
Charlie Lewis
Jeremy Carpendale
Children's Interpersonal Skills and Relationships in School Settings: Adaptive Significance and Implications for School-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs	394	(23)
Gary W. Ladd
Eric S. Buhs
Wendy Troop
Part VII: Play	417	(38)
Understanding Young Children's Pretend Play in Context	418	(20)
Artin Goncu
Michelle B. Pan
Emily Kouba
Rough-and-Tumble Play from Childhood through Adolescence: Development and Possible Functions	438	(17)
Anthony D. Pellegrini
Part VIII: Helping and Moral Reasoning	455	(58)
Prosocial and Helping Behavior	457	(18)
Joan E. Grusec
Maayan Davidov
Leah Lundell
Children's Social and Moral Reasoning	475	(16)
Charles C. Helwig
Elliot Turiel
Children's Understanding of Society	491	(22)
Martyn Barrett
Eithne Buchanan-Barrow
Part IX: Cooperation, Competition, Aggression, and Bullying	513	(56)
Cooperation and Competition	515	(18)
Jacques F. Richard
Ada Fonzi
Franca Tani
Fulvio Tassi
Giovanna Tomada
Barry H. Schneider
Sticks and Stones and Social Exclusion: Aggression among Girls and Boys	533	(16)
Marion K. Underwood
Bullying in Childhood	549	(20)
Ken Rigby
Part X: Children with Special Needs	569	(35)
The Development of Social Competence in Children with Disabilities	571	(17)
Karen E. Diamond
Social Development in Children with Specific Language Impairment and Profound Hearing Loss	588	(16)
Bonnie Brinton
Martin Fujiki
Index	604