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Miller, Peggy J.; Mangelsdorf, Sarah C. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
In this chapter, we argue that deeper insight into the social nature of self-development can be gained by adopting a dual focus on social relationships and meaning making. A key challenge for future scholarship will be to investigate the role of semiotic mediation in self-construction during the early years of life.
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Semiotics

Laursen, Brett; Hartup, Willard W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2002
Discusses how friendships are transformed from equality-based exchange relationships during early childhood into need-based communal relationships during adolescence. Builds upon thesis that developmental changes in friendships can best be understood using both deep- and surface- structure levels of analysis. Examines cognitive representations of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Friendship

Smollar, Jacqueline – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Reviews the history and causes of homeless children in the United States from early 19th century to the present. Explores four characteristics necessary for positive developmental pathways that are compromised for children who live on the street: sense of industry and competency, feeling connected to others and society, sense of control of one's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Competence