In recent years, dating and romantic partners have been recognized as important peer relations within adolescence and research in this area is just emerging. Peer groups and peer pressure are more well established areas of research into adolescence, with recent studies focusing on peer groups and anti-social behaviour.The book will be the first in a series of three that examines the latest research in key areas of developmental psychology, edited by Rutger Engels and Hakan Stattin.This volume will present four areas of peer research: the ‘deviancy training’ mechanism of peer influence; behavioural genetic analytical techniques in understanding peer selection; romantic partners as peer relationships; and in-school and out-of-school peers studies.
Author(s): Rutger C. M. E. Engels (editor), Margaret Kerr (editor), Håkan Stattin (editor)
Series: Hot Topics in Developmental Research
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 190
Friends, Lovers and Groups......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
About the Editors......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
Introduction and Overview......Page 13
1 Male Adolescent Friendships: Relationship Dynamics that Predict Adult Adjustment......Page 23
2 Peer Influence and the Development of Antisocial Behavior......Page 45
3 Peers and Adolescent Substance Use......Page 59
4 The Rocky Road of Adolescent Romantic Experience: Dating and Adjustment......Page 73
5 Individual Differences in Adolescent Dating and Adjustment......Page 93
6 Three Perspectives on Gender Differences in Adolescent Sexual Development......Page 105
7 Peers, Parents, and Processes of Adolescent Socialization: A Twin-Study Perspective......Page 117
8 Peers and Problem Behavior: Have We Missed Something?......Page 137
9 Peers Among Immigrants – Some Comments on ‘Have We Missed Something?’......Page 167
10 Understanding the Place of Place in Developmental Psychology......Page 179
Index......Page 187
