The Wiley–Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development

Peter K. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is co-author of the leading textbook Understanding Children's Development (Fifth Edition, Wiley, 2010), the recently published Children and Play (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), and many other books and articles. Craig H. Hart is Associate Academic Vice President for Faculty at Brigham Young University, where he has also served as a department chair and an associate dean in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters on parenting/familial linkages with children?s social development, most recently from a cross-cultural perspective. Dr Hart also serves on the Biobehavioral and Behavioral Sciences subcommittee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

List of Contributors ix Introduction by the Editors xiii Part I Historical Overview 1 1 Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Research in Social Development 3 W. Andrew Collins Part II Disciplinary Perspectives on Social Development 23 2 Behavioral Genetics 27 Alice M. Gregory, Harriet A. Ball, and Tanya M. M. Button 3 Conceptual Development and Emotion: A Neuropsychological Perspective 45 Steven Woltering and Marc D. Lewis 4 Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Development 64 David F. Bjorklund and Anthony D. Pellegrini 5 Historical Reframing of Childhood 82 Willem Koops 6 Cultural Psychological Perspectives on Social Development in Childhood 100 Heidi Fung 7 Sociological Perspectives on Social Development 119 Gerald Handel Part III Ecological Contexts for Social Development 139 8 Culture and Social Development 141 Xinyin Chen, Janet Chung, Rachel Lechcier-Kimel, and Doran French 9 The Social Development of Immigrant Children: A Focus on Asian and Hispanic Children in the United States 161 Charissa S. L. Cheah and Christy Y. Y. Leung 10 Children's Interpersonal Skills and School-Based Relationships 181 Gary W. Ladd, Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, and Ann-Margret Rydell 11 Environmental Psychology 207 Christopher Spencer and Kate Gee Part IV Child and Contextual Factors in Social Development 225 12 Temperament and Social Development 227 Ann Sanson, Sheryl A. Hemphill, Bilge Yagmurlu, and Sandee McClowry 13 Children's Social Development Within the Socialization Context of Child Care and Early Childhood Education 246 Carollee Howes 14 The Interplay Between Parents and Peers as Socializing Infl uences in Children's Development 263 Stephanie M. Reich and Deborah Lowe Vandell 15 Sex Differences in Social Behavior 281 Vickie Pasterski, Susan Golombok, and Melissa Hines 16 Ethnicity, Race, and Children's Social Development 299 Stephen M. Quintana Part V Family Context 317 17 Parent-Child Attachment in Early and Middle Childhood 319 Laura E. Brumariu and Kathryn A. Kerns 18 Parent-Child Relationships and Influences 337 Alan Russell 19 Sibling Relations in Early and Middle Childhood 356 Nina Howe, Hildy S. Ross, and Holly Recchia Part VI Peer Group 373 20 Social Status Among Peers: From Sociometric Attraction to Peer Acceptance to Perceived Popularity 375 Shelley Hymel, Leanna M. Closson, Simona C. S. Caravita, and Tracy Vaillancourt 21 Social Skills and Social Competence in Interactions With Peers 393 Antonius H. N. Cillessen and Amy D. Bellmore 22 Emotions and Social Development in Childhood 413 Susanne Denham, Heather Warren, Maria von Salisch, Oana Benga, Jui-Chih Chin, and Elena Geangu 23 Social Withdrawal and Shyness 434 Kenneth H. Rubin, Robert J. Coplan, Julie C. Bowker, and Melissa Menzer Part VII Play, Cooperation, Competition, Aggression, and Bullying 453 24 Social Play 455 Thomas G. Power 25 Cooperation and Competition 472 Barry H. Schneider, Joyce Benenson, Marta Fulop, Mihaly Berkics, and Monika Sandor 26 Aggression in Children 491 Sarah M. Coyne, David A. Nelson, and Marion Underwood 27 Bullying 510 Christina Salmivalli, Katlin Peets, and Ernest V. E. Hodges Part VIII Cognition, Helping, and Moral Reasoning 529 28 Social Cognition 531 Charlie Lewis and Jeremy Carpendale 29 Prosocial Behavior 549 Joan E. Grusec, Paul Hastings, and Alisa Almas 30 Children's Social and Moral Reasoning 567 Charles C. Helwig and Elliot Turiel 31 Children's Understanding of Society 584 Martyn Barrett and Eithne Buchanan-Barrow Part IX Intervening in Social Development 603 32 Intervening in Childhood Social Development 605 Mary Ellen Voegler-Lee and Janis B. Kupersmidt 33 The Development of Social Competence in Children With Disabilities 627 Karen E. Diamond, Hsin-Hui Huang, and Elizabeth A. Steed 34 Interventions for Development of Social Skills Among Children in Developing Countries 646 Suman Verma and Rajani Konantambigi Author Index 663 Subject Index 687