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Children's social networks and social supports / edited by Deborah Belle.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley series on personality processesPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Wiley, 1989Description: x, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0471628794
  • 9780471628798
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23 19
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.9 .C456 1989
Contents:
Children's Social Networks and Supports in Historical Context -- Historical Changes in Children's Network in the Family and Community / T. Hareven -- The Ecology of Children's Support Networks / A. Tietjen -- Cultural and Universal Aspects of Social Support for Children: Evidence from the Abaluyia of Kenya / T. Weisner -- Work, Play, and Social Relationships Among Children in a Giriama Community / M. Wenger -- Characteristics of Children's Social Networks -- The Social Networks of Girls and Boys from Early Through Middle Childhood / C. Feiring & M. Lewis -- The Development of Children's Social Networks / W. Furman -- Gender Differences in Children's Social Networks and Supports / D. Belle -- Measurement Issues -- Mapping Children's Support Networks: Conceptual and Methodological Issues / S. Wolchik, et al -- Parents and Children as Informants Concerning Children's Social Networks / P. Zelkowitz -- Building Supportive Networks -- Parents as Managers of Children's Peer Relationships / R. Parke & N. Bhavnagri -- The School--Nonschool Ecology of Early Adolescent Friendships / B. Hirsch& D. Dubois -- Implications of Supportive Involvements -- Social Support as a Protective Factor for Children in Stress / I. Sandler, et al -- Obtaining Support from Friends During Childhood and Adolescence / T. Berndt -- The Need for Support in Relation to the Need for Autonomy / B. Bryant.
Summary: "This new work integrates emerging ideas on children's social networks and supports with developmental theory and research. Researchers and clinicians, armed with new methodological tools, synthesize theoretical and clinical work and suggest implications for supportive interventions for children. The periods from infancy to adolescence are covered, considering social networks inside and outside of the child's household, institutional connections, and even pets."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Children's Social Networks and Supports in Historical Context -- Historical Changes in Children's Network in the Family and Community / T. Hareven -- The Ecology of Children's Support Networks / A. Tietjen -- Cultural and Universal Aspects of Social Support for Children: Evidence from the Abaluyia of Kenya / T. Weisner -- Work, Play, and Social Relationships Among Children in a Giriama Community / M. Wenger -- Characteristics of Children's Social Networks -- The Social Networks of Girls and Boys from Early Through Middle Childhood / C. Feiring & M. Lewis -- The Development of Children's Social Networks / W. Furman -- Gender Differences in Children's Social Networks and Supports / D. Belle -- Measurement Issues -- Mapping Children's Support Networks: Conceptual and Methodological Issues / S. Wolchik, et al -- Parents and Children as Informants Concerning Children's Social Networks / P. Zelkowitz -- Building Supportive Networks -- Parents as Managers of Children's Peer Relationships / R. Parke & N. Bhavnagri -- The School--Nonschool Ecology of Early Adolescent Friendships / B. Hirsch& D. Dubois -- Implications of Supportive Involvements -- Social Support as a Protective Factor for Children in Stress / I. Sandler, et al -- Obtaining Support from Friends During Childhood and Adolescence / T. Berndt -- The Need for Support in Relation to the Need for Autonomy / B. Bryant.

"This new work integrates emerging ideas on children's social networks and supports with developmental theory and research. Researchers and clinicians, armed with new methodological tools, synthesize theoretical and clinical work and suggest implications for supportive interventions for children. The periods from infancy to adolescence are covered, considering social networks inside and outside of the child's household, institutional connections, and even pets."--Publisher description.

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