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Understanding peer influence in children and adolescents /

Contributor(s): Prinstein, Mitchell J, 1970- | Dodge, Kenneth A.
Series: Publisher: New York : Guilford Press, c2008Description: xiv, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781593853976 (hardcover); 9781593853976 :; 1593853971 (hardcover); 9781606236475 (paperback); 1606236474 (paperback).Subject(s): Interpersonal relations in children | Peer pressure in children | Interpersonal relations in adolescence | Peer pressure in adolescenceDDC classification: 303.327083
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction -- Current issues in peer influence research / Mitchell J. Prinstein and Kenneth A. Dodge -- pt. 2. Peer influence mechanisms -- A comprehensive conceptualization of the peer influence process in adolescence / B. Bradford Brown ... [et al.] -- Cognitive social influence : moderation, mediation, modification, and ... the media / Frederick X. Gibbons, Elizabeth A. Pomery, and Meg Gerrard -- Dynamics and ecology of adolescent peer influence / Thomas J. Dishion, Timothy F. Piehler, and Michael W. Myers -- Deviance regulation theory : applications to adolescent social influence / Hart Blanton and Melissa Burkley -- pt. 3. Altering peer influence effects : moderators and interventions -- Variation in patterns of peer influence : considerations of self and other / William M. Bukowski, Ana Maria Velasquez, and Mara Brendgen -- Adolescent peer influences beyond the dark side / Joseph P. Allen and Jill Antonishak -- Mobilizing and weakening peer influence as mechanisms for changing behavior : implications for alcohol intervention programs / Deborah A. Prentice -- Identity signaling, social influence, and social contagion / Jonah Berger -- pt. 4. Underexplored contexts for potential peer influence effects -- Homophily in adolescent romantic relationships / Wyndol Furman and Valerie A. Simon -- Peer influence in involuntary social groups : lessons from research on bullying / Jaana Juvonen and Adriana Galván.
Summary: Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth. This volume explores how and why adolescents emulate their peers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- Current issues in peer influence research / Mitchell J. Prinstein and Kenneth A. Dodge -- pt. 2. Peer influence mechanisms -- A comprehensive conceptualization of the peer influence process in adolescence / B. Bradford Brown ... [et al.] -- Cognitive social influence : moderation, mediation, modification, and ... the media / Frederick X. Gibbons, Elizabeth A. Pomery, and Meg Gerrard -- Dynamics and ecology of adolescent peer influence / Thomas J. Dishion, Timothy F. Piehler, and Michael W. Myers -- Deviance regulation theory : applications to adolescent social influence / Hart Blanton and Melissa Burkley -- pt. 3. Altering peer influence effects : moderators and interventions -- Variation in patterns of peer influence : considerations of self and other / William M. Bukowski, Ana Maria Velasquez, and Mara Brendgen -- Adolescent peer influences beyond the dark side / Joseph P. Allen and Jill Antonishak -- Mobilizing and weakening peer influence as mechanisms for changing behavior : implications for alcohol intervention programs / Deborah A. Prentice -- Identity signaling, social influence, and social contagion / Jonah Berger -- pt. 4. Underexplored contexts for potential peer influence effects -- Homophily in adolescent romantic relationships / Wyndol Furman and Valerie A. Simon -- Peer influence in involuntary social groups : lessons from research on bullying / Jaana Juvonen and Adriana Galván.

Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth. This volume explores how and why adolescents emulate their peers.

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