Peer Rejection in Childhood

Peer Rejection in Childhood
ISBN-10
0521398363
ISBN-13
9780521398367
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
417
Language
English
Published
1990-04-27
Publisher
CUP Archive
Authors
Lois Hoffman, Ross Parke, Robert Emde

Description

This important collection brings together current research on children who encounter difficulty in gaining acceptance and having friendships among their peers. The volume's contributors, development and clinical psychologists who have been involved in research in this area for over a decade, seek to advance the study of peer rejection by giving careful attention to the psychological processes that create and maintain peer rejection in childhood. Topics addressed include how certain children come to be disliked by their peers; the factors that maintain their rejection; the consequences of poor peer relations; and the results of intervention with various subgroups of rejected children. The volume describes the many advances that have been made in the study of peer rejection, and provides organizing models that point to avenues for future inquiry.

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