The Company They Keep: Friendships in Childhood and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bukowski, William M. / Newcomb, Andrew F. / Hartup, Willard W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Friendship is ong>onong>e of life's most essential and rewarding forms of interactiong>onong>--a feature of every culture that most persong>onong>s experience daily. While most research efforts ong>onong> friendship have cong>onong>centrated ong>onong> such issues as peer acceptance and dyadic properties, there has been little explorationg>onong> of friendship's role in a child's social and emotiong>onong>al growth. The Company They ong>onong>g>Keepong>onong>g> provides a forum in which a group of internationg>onong>ally recognized scholars presents the major cong>onong>ceptual issues, themes, goals, methodological strategies and findings from their research ong>onong> friendship. Cong>onong>tributors explore a variety of topics, including cultural variationg>onong>s in childrens' and adolescents' friendships, the associationg>onong> between friendship and cognitive and persong>onong>ality development, the effect of friendship ong>onong> adjustment, and the links between experience within the family and relationg>onong>ships with friends.