The Development of Children's Friendships

Editorial preface 1. The roots of current peer interaction research: a historical analysis of the 1930s Peter D. Renshaw Part I. Group Processes: 2. Friends, impression management and preadolescent behavior Gary Alan Fine 3. Complementary and conflicting identities: images and interaction in an interracial school Janet Ward Schofield 4. Recent advances in sociometry Maureen T. Hallinan 5. Social skills and group acceptance Martha Putallaz and John M. Gottman 6. Friendship between mentally retarded and nonretarded children Jay Gottlieb and Yona Leyser 7. Self, social group, and social structure: surmises about the study of children's friendships Vernon L. Allen Part II. Social-cognitive Processes: 8. Friendship in the nursery school: social organization in a peer environment William A. Corsaro 9. The child as a friendship philosopher Robert L. Selman 10. Children without friends: social knowledge and social skill training Stephen R. Asher and Peter D. Renshaw 11. Children's knowledge about social situations: from causes to consequences Nancy L. Stein and Susan R. Goldman 12. Social-cognitive processes in children's friendships Carol S. Dweck Indices.