The First Compendium of Social Network Research Focusing on Children and Young Adult: Social Networks of Children, Adolescents, and College Students

by Salzinger; Suzanne

• ISBN13: 9780898599794
• ISBN10: 0898599792
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317739364
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-03-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Research on adult personal-social networks has contributed greatly to an understanding of mental health, illness, and responses to stress. Fueled by this successful research and a growing concern for today's youth, the contributors to this volume have conducted investigations into the functioning and structures of the social networks of toddlers, school-age children, adolescents, and college students. The editors of this volume move beyond vague generalizations about characteristic and behavior acquisition through socialization in childhood by applying a longitudinal perspective to the sampling of child, adolescent, and young-adult network research. Social Networks of Children, Adolescents, and College Students unites several major empirical studies of children's social networks, investigating the acquisition of specific behaviors from particular groups of individuals under certain conditions. Topics covered include: * the effects of social networks on child development and disorder * the relationship between social networks and coping with stress the role of friends or groups in positive socialization * Of special interest to practitioners, researchers, and advanced students are: * comparative data on children from other cultural groups and non-mainstream American youths descriptions and evaluations of methodologies * introductory materials by the editors commenting on the field and the research extensive bibliographies

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
From Crib to College An Overview of Studies Of the Social Networks Of Children, Adolescents And College Students	p. 1
References	p. 14
The Social Networks Of Toddlers	p. 17
Reference	p. 18
Social Networks Of Mother and Child An Examination Of Their Function In Developing Speech	p. 19
References	p. 34
Individual Differences In Style of Language Acquisition In Relation to Social Networks	p. 37
Acknowledgments	p. 41
References	p. 56
The Social Networks Of Preschool And School-Age Children	p. 59
Preschoolers' Peer Networks In Nonschool Settings Relationship To Family Characteristics And School Adjustment	p. 61
References	p. 90
The Child's Social Network From Three to Six Years The Effects of Age, Sex And Socioeconomic Status	p. 93
Acknowledgments	p. 110
References	p. 110
Mother Reports Of Children's Personal Networks Antecedents, Concomitants And Consequences	p. 113
Acknowledgments	p. 145
References	p. 145
The Social Networks Of Children with Disabled And Nondisabled Sibling	p. 149
References	p. 165
The Social Networks Of Adolescents	p. 169
Reference	p. 170
Adolescent Self-Esteem And Perceived Relationships With Parents and Peers	p. 171
References	p. 192
Acknowledgments	p. 192
Social Influences On Adolescent Behavior Problems	p. 195
References	p. 222
The Social Networks Of College Students	p. 225
Social Networks And College Success Or Grade Point Average And the Friendly Connection	p. 227
References	p. 245
The Social Networks Of the Commuting College Student	p. 247
References	p. 260
Cross-Cultural Work On Children's Social Networks	p. 261
Domestic and Kinship Networks Of Some American-Born Children of Haitian Immigrants	p. 263
Acknowledgements	p. 282
References	p. 283
The Social World Of the Yoruba Child	p. 285
References	p. 302
Acknowledgments	p. 302
Author Index	p. 305
Subject Index	p. 312
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