Children's Personal and Social Development

Children's Personal and Social Development

1. Parenting & Attachment

   • Introduction
   • Animal Studies
   • Attachment Theory
   • Influences on Attachment
   • Baumrind's Model of Parenting Styles
   • Parent-Child Relationships and Later Child Development
   • Adolescence
   • Diversity in Family Patterns & Relationships
   • Conclusion

2. Disturbed & Disturbing Behaviour

   • Introduction
   • Problem Behaviour
   • Parents' Roles in Problem Behaviour
   • Conclusion

3. Children's Interactions: Siblings & Peers

   • Introduction
   • The Nature and Features of Peer & Sibling Interactions
   • Conflicts, disputes & disagreements: Playful & Real
   • Co-operation, collaboration & Participation
   • The Limitations of Psychologists' Accounts of Peer & Sibling Interactions
   • Conclusion

4. The Early Development of Identity

   • Introduction
   • An Emerging Sense of Identity
   • Taking Stock & Looking Forwards
   • Conclusion

5. Gender Identity and the Development of Gender Roles

   • Introduction
   • Key Concepts in Gender Development Research
   • Key Methods of Gender Development Research
   • Approaches to Gender Development
   • Gender Development: An Integration
   • Gender in Context
   • Conclusion

6. National Identities in Children and Young People

   • Introduction
   • Empirical Findings on National Self-Categorization in Childhood & Adolescence
   • Children's Views About Other People's Membership of National Groups
   • Other Aspects of the Sense of National Identity in Children
   • Theoretical Explanations of the Development of National Identity in Childhood & Adolescence
   • Conclusion

7. Young Consumers

8. Themes & Issues