Peer Rejection in Childhood
“Peer Rejection in Childhood” by Steven R. Asher is a comprehensive collection published by CUP Archive on April 27, 1990. This first edition spans 417 pages and is presented in English. The book compiles significant research focused on children who struggle to gain acceptance and form friendships with their peers, highlighting the psychological processes that contribute to peer rejection during childhood.
Readers will find a thorough exploration of various topics, including the reasons certain children may be disliked, the factors that perpetuate their rejection, and the consequences of poor peer relationships. The contributors, who are development and clinical psychologists with extensive research experience, also discuss intervention strategies for different subgroups of rejected children. This volume not only details advancements in the understanding of peer rejection but also offers organizing models that suggest directions for future research in the fields of family relationships, psychology, and social development.
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This important collection brings together topical research on children who encounter difficulty in gaining acceptance and having friendships among their peers. The volume’s contributors, development and clinical psychologists who have been involved in research in this area for over a decade, seek to advance the study of peer rejection by giving careful attention to the psychological processes that create and maintain peer rejection in childhood. Topics addressed include how certain children come to be disliked by their peers; the factors that maintain their rejection; the consequences of poor peer relations; and the results of intervention with various subgroups of rejected children. The volume describes the many advances that have been made in the study of peer rejection, and provides organizing models that point to avenues for future inquiry.
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