Peer Relationships in Cultural Context

This book is devoted specifically to culture and children's peer relationships.

Xinyin Chen (Edited by), Doran C. French (Edited by), Barry H. Schneider (Edited by)

9780521842075, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 April 2006

536 pages, 10 tables
23.5 x 16 x 2.7 cm, 0.848 kg

'This book is a valuable source of needed cultural knowledge. …this is a good reference source for practitioners.' Psychologist

This book responds to the absence of a comprehensive consideration of the implications of culture for children's peer relationships. Although research in this field has burgeoned in recent years, cultural issues have often been overlooked. The chapters tap such issues as the impact of social circumstances and cultural values on peer relationships, culturally prescribed socialization patterns and processes, emotional experience and regulation in peer interactions, children's social behaviors in peer interactions, cultural aspects of friendships, and peer influences on social and school adjustment in cultural context. The authors incorporate into their discussions findings from research programs using multiple methodologies, including both qualitative (e.g., interviewing, ethnographic and observational) and quantitative (e.g., large scale surveys, standardized questionnaires) approaches, based on a wide range of ages of children in cultures from East to West and from South to North (Asia, South America, the Mid-East, Southern Europe, and ethnic groups in the US).

Introduction
1. Culture and peer relationships Xinyin Chen, Doran C. French and Barry H. Schneider
Part I. Culture and Peer Relationships: Theoretical and Methodological Issues: 2. Children's social behaviors and peer interactions in diverse cultures Carolyn Pope Edwards, Maria Rosario T. de Guzman, Jill Brown and Asiye Kumru
3. Cultural influences on peer relations: an ecological perspective Anne Marie Tietjen
4. Analytic considerations in cross-cultural research on peer relations Noel A. Card and Todd D. Little
5. Qualitative research on children's peer relations in cultural context William A. Corsaro
Part II. Temperamental and Emotional Influences on Peer Relationships: 6. Temperament, socio-emotional functioning and peer relationships in Chinese and North American children Xinyin Chen, Li Wang and Amanda DeSouza
7. Emotional aspects of peer relations among children in rural Nepal Pamela Cole, Alisha Walker and Mukta S. Lama-Tamang
8. Emotion, emotion-related regulation, and social functioning Nancy Eisenberg, Qing Zhou, Jeffrey Liew, Claire Champion and Sri Untari Pidada
Commentary I: 9. Temperamental and emotional influences on peer relationships Joan Stevenson-Hinde
Part III. Peers and Parents: 10. Parenting and peer-group behavior in cultural context David A. Nelson, Larry J. Nelson, Craig H. Hart, Chongming Yang and Shenghua Jin
11. Real and symbolic entry of children in the social world of peers and parent-child interactions: cultural and cross-cultural aspects Paul Goudena
12. Culture, family contexts and children's coping strategies in peer interactions Yiyuan Xu, Jo Ann Farver, Lei Chang, Lidong Yu and Zengxiu Zhang
Part IV. Peer Interactions and Social Behaviors: 13. The cultural organization of Yucatec Mayan children's social interactions Suzanne Gaskins
14. Cross-cultural differences in competition amongst children and adolescents Barry H. Schneider, Maria del Pilar Soteras de Toro, Sharon Woodburn, Marta Fulop, Consuelo Cervino, Seth Bernstein and Monica Sandor
15. Ethnic peer discrimination and psychological well-being among early adolescents Maykel Verkuyten
Commentary II: 16. On hand-holding, spit, and the 'big tickets': a commentary on research from a cultural perspective Kenneth H. Rubin
Part V. Friendships: 17. Friendships of Indonesian, S. Korean and United States youth: exclusivity, intimacy, enhancement of worth, and conflict Doran C. French, Okhwa Lee and Sri Pidada
18. The cultural practice of close friendships among urban adolescents in the United States Niobe Way
19. Latino-heritage adolescents' friendships Margarita Azmitia, Angela Ittel and Charlotte Brenk
20. The cultural context of children and adolescents: peer relationships and intimate friendships among Arab and Jewish children in Israel Ruth Sharabany
Commentary III: 21. Peers and culture: details, local knowledge, and essentials William M. Bukowski and Ryan Adams
Conclusion: peer relationships in cultural perspective: methodological reflections Barry H. Schneider, Doran C. French and Xinyin Chen.

Subject Areas: Child & developmental psychology [JMC]