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The Negative Effects of Prejudice on Interpersonal Relationships within Adolescent Peer Groups
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Poteat, V. Paul; Mereish, Ethan H.; Birkett, Michelle – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Social development theories highlight the centrality of peer groups during adolescence and their role in socializing attitudes and behaviors. In this longitudinal study, we tested the effects of group-level prejudice on ensuing positive and negative interpersonal interactions among peers over a 7-month period. We used social network analysis to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Peer Groups, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Development
Age and the Explanation of Crime, Revisited
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Sweeten, Gary; Piquero, Alex R.; Steinberg, Laurence – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Age is one of the most robust correlates of criminal behavior. Yet, explanations for this relationship are varied and conflicting. Developmental theories point to a multitude of sociological, psychological, and biological changes that occur during adolescence and adulthood. One prominent criminological perspective outlined by Gottfredson and…
Descriptors: Self Control, Socialization, Rewards, Psychology
Respect in Children across Cultures
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Li, Jin – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2006
This volume overall provides a compelling description of what respect entails and how it functions and emerges in childhood and adolescence. This construct requires further conceptual clarification and study across cultures. The strength of this volume lies in its cultural perspective and diverse empirical approaches.
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Languages, Interpersonal Relationship, Child Development
Changes in Adolescents' Interpersonal Experiences: Are They Being Prepared for Adult Relationships in the Twenty-First Century?
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Larson, Reed W.; Wilson, Suzanne; Brown, B. Bradford; Furstenberg, Frank F., Jr.; Verma, Suman – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2002
Assesses whether current changes in adolescents' interpersonal experience are likely to give them the social resources and competencies they will need in the future. Analysis suggests that family and non-family changes will provide many youth with greater opportunities to develop the more versatile interpersonal resources, but that many will have…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Development, Family (Sociological Unit)
Gender Intensification of Peer Socialization during Puberty
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Pettitt, Lisa M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2004
The peer context plays an important role in adolescents' views of math and social domains. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Puberty, Adolescents, Socialization, Gender Differences
School Talk: Gender and Adolescent Culture.
Eder, Donna; And Others – 1995
This book reports the findings of a study of adolescent culture and language in eighth graders. The books consists of ten chapters including discussions of the following topics: (1) "Remember When?" a theoretical framework; (2) "Gender, Talk, and School Culture," an interpretive and a dialectic approach to the study of gender, talk, and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Coping
Handbook of Moral Development
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Killen, Melanie; Smetana, Judith – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
The psychological study of moral development has expanded greatly, both in terms of the diversity of theoretical perspectives that are represented in the field, as well as in the range of topics that have been studied. This "Handbook of Moral Development" represents the diversity and multidisciplinary influences on current theorizing about the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Socialization, Democracy, Interpersonal Relationship