For decades, scholars have pointed to peer relationships as one of the most important
features of adolescence. Peers have been alternately blamed for some of the more …

Peers have a profound impact on shaping adolescents' attitudes and norms about the
consequences of engaging in health risk behaviors. However, not all adolescents are …

Developmental changes were examined in the associations among physical and relational
aggression, and sociometric and perceived popularity based on peer nominations …

Background. Trait emotional intelligence (trait EI or trait emotional self‐efficacy) refers to
individuals' emotion‐related self‐perceptions (Petrides, Furnham, & Mavroveli, 2007). The …

Background Previous research has highlighted the importance of the transition to school for
young children and their families. A child's successful adaptation to school is likely …

Aggressive behaviors in children and adolescents have undergone important conceptual
and definitional modifications in the past two decades. In particular, subtypes of aggression …

Most interventions for at-risk youth are group based. Yet, research indicates that young
people often learn to become deviant by interacting with deviant peers. In this important …

The present study examined whether adolescent loneliness would be lower within the
context of positive relationships with peers. The core conceptual model predicted that …

Growth curve modelling was used to examine developmental trajectories of sociometric and
perceived popularity across eight years in adolescence, and the effects of gender, overt …

Peer Groups and Children's Development considers the experiences of school-aged
children with their peer groups and its implications for their social, personal and intellectual …