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Research on the processes of change during the transition from
middle childhood to adolescence has been a relatively neglected
area of scholarship until recently. This volume, features prominent
researchers who provide integrative accounts of their research
programs, focusing on processes of physical, social, and cognitive
change during this important transition period in development. Also
included in this volume is an overview, discussion, and critical
analysis of core conceptual issues in the study of adolescent
transition.
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. This volume addresses the ways in which the study of
social development has been altered by an emphasis on research
questions and techniques for studying children and adolescents in
the context of their significant dyadic relationships. Leading
scholars--many of them pioneers in the concepts and methods of
dyadic research--have contributed chapters in which they both
report findings from recent research and reflect on the
implications for developmental psychology. Their work encompasses
studies of relationships with parents, siblings, friends, and
romantic partners. Opening chapters set the stage by describing the
key characteristics of social-development research from a dyadic
perspective and outlining key themes and contemporary issues in the
field. It concludes with commentaries from distinguished senior
scholars identifying important directions for future
research.
To their everyday life with children, parents bring a number of
ideas about development and about parenting. Some of these ideas
are about their own children and about themselves as parents.
Others are more general: ideas, for instance, about what babies are
like, how children change with age, what kinds of affection and
control they need, the responsibilities of mothers and fathers, or
the degree of influence each parent has over the way a child
develops. Moreover, the ideas that parents hold, shape their
actions with children and the way they assess both their children
and their own performance as parents. With the recognition of
parental thinking as a powerful factor in family life, research has
turned to the study of this `everyday' or `informal' psychology.
Some of the studies deal with the nature of parents' ideas: What
ideas are held? Which are most widely shared? How do these ideas
differ from one another? Some deal with the sources of parents'
ideas: with the factors that give rise to differences among parents
from different backgrounds (different cultures, different economic
groups, different degrees of experience with children). Others
concentrate on the consequences of parents' ideas for themselves
and for children. This monograph summarizes the research with an
eye to several audiences (researchers, clinicians, educators) and
with an emphasis on the questions that remain. A major goal is to
point not only to significant gaps, but also to some specific ways
in which they might be addressed by further research.
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. This volume addresses the ways in which the study of
social development has been altered by an emphasis on research
questions and techniques for studying children and adolescents in
the context of their significant dyadic relationships. Leading
scholars--many of them pioneers in the concepts and methods of
dyadic research--have contributed chapters in which they both
report findings from recent research and reflect on the
implications for developmental psychology. Their work encompasses
studies of relationships with parents, siblings, friends, and
romantic partners. Opening chapters set the stage by describing the
key characteristics of social-development research from a dyadic
perspective and outlining key themes and contemporary issues in the
field. It concludes with commentaries from distinguished senior
scholars identifying important directions for future research.
The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential
volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development
from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the methodology of the
Minnesota study and its far-reaching contributions to understanding
how we become who we are. The book marshals a vast body of data on
the ways in which individuals' strengths and vulnerabilities are
shaped by myriad influences, including early experiences, family
and peer relationships throughout childhood and adolescence,
variations in child characteristics and abilities, and
socioeconomic conditions. Implications for clinical intervention
and prevention are also addressed. Rigorously documented and
clearly presented, the study's findings elucidate the twists and
turns of individual pathways, illustrating as never before the
ongoing interplay between developing children and their
environments.
"Research on adolescent relationships has rapidly expanded during
the past decade. Keeping apace with research advances is a
difficult challenge. Harder still is integrating the literature
into a coherent whole. This volume is designed to guide the reader
through the research on close relationships before, during, and
after adolescence. We are fortunate that some of the world's
foremost experts on adolescent relationships agreed to summarize
what is known in their respective fields of expertise. The volume
begins with a section on developmental pathways and processes. This
section defines relationships processes and describes individual
and contextual factors that influence them. The next section is
devoted to family relationships. Separate chapters are devoted to
sibling relationships and parent-child relationships during the
transition into adolescence and during the transition into young
adulthood. The final two sections concern peer relationships"--
Research on the processes of change during the transition from
middle childhood to adolescence has been a relatively neglected
area of scholarship until recently. This volume, features prominent
researchers who provide integrative accounts of their research
programs, focusing on processes of physical, social, and cognitive
change during this important transition period in development. Also
included in this volume is an overview, discussion, and critical
analysis of core conceptual issues in the study of adolescent
transition.
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