The relationships children form with each other are important not only to childhood happiness but also to healthy adult functioning. Originally published in 1998, Phillip Slee and Ken Rigby presented an up-to-date overview of the latest findings in this area at the time, with reviews of current theory, research and intervention strategies across a wide range of topics from an international group of researchers and clinicians.
Children’s Peer Relations includes sections on peer status, gender and ethnicity, disability, illness and loneliness with particular attention to the question of how children’s peer relations can best be described and evaluated. There is also critical examination of methods of intervention to improve children’s relations with others in school, family and community. Children’s Peer Relations provided social researchers, school counsellors, psychologists and students of child development with a comprehensive handbook on this crucial topic. Today it can be read in its historical context.
The relationships children form with each other are important not only to childhood happiness but also to healthy adult functioning. First published in 1998, the editors presented an up-to-date overview of the findings in this area at the time, with reviews of current theory, research and intervention strategies across a range of topics.
List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Culture and
Family
1. Peer Contact Patterns, Parenting Practices, and Preschoolers
Social Competence in China, Russia, and the United States Craig H. Hart,
Chongming Yang, David A. Nelson, Shenghua Jin, Nina Bazarskaya, Larry Nelson,
Xinzi Wu and Peixia Wu
2. Further Explorations of Family-Peer Connections:
The Role of Parenting Practices and Parenting Style in Childrens Development
of Social Competence Jacquelyn Mize, Alan Russell and Gregory S. Pettit Part
II: Gender and Ethnicity
3. Gender and Bullying in Schools Ken Rigby
4.
Aggression in the Social Relations of School-Aged Girls and Boys Christina
Salmivalli, Ari Kaukianen and Kirsti Lagerspetz
5. The Impact of Race and
Ethnicity on Childrens Peer Relations Julie Ann Robinson Part III:
Disability/Illness/Isolation
6. The Development of Friendships and the Puzzle
of Autism Verity Bottroff
7. Social Skills and Peer Relationships of Siblings
of Children with Disabilities: Parental and Family Linkages Barbara L.
Mandleco, Susanne Frost Olsen, Clyde C. Robinson, Elaine Sorensen Marshall
and Mary Kay McNeilly-Choque
8. Aggression at School. Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder and Peer Relations Peter Randall
9. Peer Relationships of Children
with Chronic Illness Rosalyn H. Shute
10. Isolated Children, Bullying and
Peer Group Relations Keith Sullivan Part IV: Peer Status
11. The Location and
Arrangement of Peer Contacts: Links with Friendship Initiation Knowledge in
4- to 7-Year-Olds Kym Irving
12. Who Says? Associations Among Peer Relations
and Behaviour Problems as a Function of Source of Information, Sex of Child
and Analytic Strategy Ann Sanson, Sue Finch, Elizabeth Matjacic and Gregor
Kennedy
13. Bullying Amongst Australian Primary School Students: Some
Barriers to Help-Seeking and Links with Sociometric Status Phillip T. Slee
14. Australian Schoolchildrens Perceptions of Television Representations of
Bullying and Victimization Marian Tulloch Part V: Intervention
15. An
Overview of Prevention and Treatment Programmes for Developing Positive Peer
Relations Helen McGrath
16. Developing a Social Skills Programme for Use in
School Colin MacMullin
17. Pride, Shame and Empathy Among Peers: Community
Conferencing as Transformative Justice in Education David B. Moore
18.
Childrens Comments About Their Social Skills Training Barry H. Schneider and
Roland W. B. Blonk. References. Name Index. Subject Index.
Phillip T. Slee is Professor in Human Development (Emeritus) in the School of Education in the College of Education Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University of South Australia. He is a trained teacher and registered psychologist. His publications are in the fields of child development, bullying, school violence and wellbeing. He has extensive research and statistical analysis skills including multi-level modelling and qualitative data analysis. He has a particular interest in the practical and policy implications of his research. His research teams have undertaken national and international consultancies. His website is http://www.caper.com.au
Ken Rigby, BSc. (Econ) PhD, OAM, is an adjunct professor of social psychology at the University of South Australia, engaged since 1969 as a lecturer in Psychology and as a social researcher. Before that, he was employed in schools for 10 years as a schoolteacher, first in England and then in Australia. For his research into school bullying and engagement with schools, he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2021. He has published widely in academic journals (over 100 publications) and 23 books including an autobiography, Oddly Enough, in 2023.
