Peer Relationships and Adjustment at School

Allison M. Ryan, Gary W. Ladd, Allison M. Ryan, Gary W. Ladd

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781617358074
  9781617358081
• eBook ISBN:
  9781617358098
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

This volume brings together an impressive array of respected scholars to examine the varied and complex ways in which peers influence adolescents' beliefs and behaviors in the school context. The breadth of peer influence on academic and social adjustment is evident in the wide variety of topics covered in the present volume. Throughout the chapters, scholars provide unique insights regarding the complex ways that the academic and social spheres of adolescents' lives are interconnected. Collectively, the chapters in this volume expand current knowledge and theory in peer relations research by (a) exploring different types of peer relations (e.g., close friendships, peer groups) and different peer dynamics (e.g., popularity, bullying) that emerge in the school context, (b) examining different processes that explain why and how peers influence each other in school, (c) considering developmental issues during adolescence that may be critical to understanding peers and adjustment at school and (d) providing information about how teacher practices or programs influence peer relations and school adjustment. Peer Relationships and Adjustment in School is an important volume for researchers and practitioners interested in social development, peer relationships and youth engagement and achievement in school.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Peer Relationships and Adjustment at School
• Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Peer Relationships and Adjustment at School
• Part I: Peer Relationships: Nature, Process, and Implications for School Adjustment
• Chapter 2: Classroom Peer Relations and Children’s Social and Scholastic Development
• Chapter 3: Will the Real Peer Group Please Stand Up?
• Chapter 4: Peer Relationships and Social Motivational Processes
• Chapter 5: Children’s Achievement-Related Discourse with Peers
• Chapter 6: Popularity and School Adjustment
• Chapter 7: Social Achievement Goals and Adjustment at School During Early Adolescence
• Part II: Practices and Interventions that Support Positive Peer Relationships at School
• Chapter 8: Teachers as Managers of Students’ Peer Context
• Chapter 9: Peer Cultures of Academic Effort and Achievement in Adolescence
• Chapter 10: The Coping Power Program for At-Risk Aggressive Students
• Chapter 11: KiVa Anti-Bullying Program