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JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 235-284Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(03)00048-7
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friendship; social acceptance; peer networks
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This review addresses several areas of contemporary research in children's peer relationships during the elementary and middle school years, with primary foci on children's peer acceptance, the ability to make and maintain friendships, and their participation in larger peer networks. Particular attention is given to research examining the major developments and individual differences in each of these components of children's peer relations, how these different aspects of peer functioning relate to one another, and how they contribute to development more generally, including school adjustment and achievement. Finally, it is argued that children's psychosocial development may be best informed by an integration of these somewhat independent research traditions. (C) 2003 Society for the Study of School Psychology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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