Social Skills and Social Competence in Interactions with Peers

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 393-412

  Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b,c   Bellmore, Amy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's behavior in critical social tasks and peer acceptance; Children's peer relations focused on children with problematic peer relations; Children's relationships with their peers important aspect of social development; Cultural differences in play behavior receiving much attention; Perceptions of liking and disliking studies on accuracy children's perceptions of liking and disliking in peer group; Role of peer relationships in social development; Social competence, a much debated and complex issue; Social skills and social competence in interactions with peers; Social skills of sociometrically popular, accepted, and preferred children; Sociometric and perceived popularity unique dimensions of the peer group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886360756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444390933.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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