About the Editors ix List of Contributors x Introduction xv Part I Historical Overview 1 1 Conceptual and Empirical Precursors of Contemporary Social Development Research 5 Gary W. Ladd Part II Disciplinary Perspectives 39 2 Behavioral Genetics 43 Darya Gaysina 3 The Brain and Social Development in Childhood 61 Erin D. Bigler 4 Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Development 84 Lance Workman, Sandie Taylor, and Jerome H. Barkow 5 Historical Developmental Psychology: Changing Conceptions of Child Development 101 Willem Koops 6 A Sociological Perspective on Social Development 119 Dimitra Hartas 7 Anthropological Perspectives on Social Development 135 Heather Montgomery Part III Ecological Contexts 151 8 Ecological Perspectives and Social Development 155 Rachel Maunder 9 The Physical Environment and Social Development 171 Sara S. Whipple and Gary W. Evans 10 Conflict, War, and Famine in Childhood: Risks and Resilience for Social Development 189 Charles N. Oberg, H. R.
Hodges, and Ann S. Masten 11 Impact of the Climate Crisis on Children''s Social Development 206 Ann Sanson, Karina V. Padilla Malca, and Judith Van Hoorn 12 Covid-19 and Children''s Social Development: Insights from the Life-Course Perspective 224 Rashmita S. Mistry, Aprile D. Benner, and Anna M. Kimura Part IV Culture and Immigration 239 13 Culture and Children''s Social Development 241 Xinyin Chen, Mengting Liu, and Qinglin Bian 14 The Social Development of Immigrant Children: A Focus on Asian and Latinx Children in the United States 260 Gustavo Carlo, Charissa S. L. Cheah, L.
Diego Conejo, and Hyun Su Cho 15 Acculturation and Children''s Social Development in Europe: Recent Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings 278 Sabahat Cigdem Bagci Part V Child Characteristics 295 16 Temperament and Social Development in Childhood 297 H. Melis Yavuz-Muren, Irem Korucu, and Ayse Bilge Selcuk 17 Gender Differences in Children''s Play 316 Karson T. F. Kung 18 Race and Ethnicity in the Context of Children''s Social Development 331 Kathryn M. Yee, Jacquelyn Glidden, and Melanie Killen Part VI Contextual Factors 347 19 Children''s Social Development within the Context of Early Childhood Education and Care Experiences 349 Linda A. White, Anika Ganness, and Michal Perlman 20 Children''s Interpersonal Skills and School-Based Relationships: Links to School Adjustment in Early and Middle Childhood 366 Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, Gary W. Ladd, and Stephanie A. Thibault 21 The Personal and Social Development of Children in Sport 386 Jean Cote, Alex Murata, and Luc J.
Martin 22 Religion and Social Development in Childhood 405 Daniel Moulin-Stozek and Michael W. James Part VII The Family and the Peer Group 423 23 Parent-Child Attachment in Early and Middle Childhood 425 Laura E. Brumariu and Kathryn A. Kerns 24 Sibling Relations in Early and Middle Childhood 443 Nina Howe, Amy L. Paine, Hildy S. Ross, and Holly Recchia 25 The Interplay of Parent and Peer Influences on Children''s Social Development 459 Amanda W. Harrist and Anuradha J. Bakshi Part VIII Social Competence and Forms of Peer Interaction 483 26 Children''s Friendships 487 Amanda J.
Rose, Sarah K. Borowski, Allie Spiekerman, and Rhiannon L. Smith 27 Social Withdrawal and Shyness 503 Julie C. Bowker, Robert J. Coplan, Kelly A. Smith, and Kenneth H. Rubin 28 Social Competence in Interactions with Peers 520 Antonius H. N.
Cillessen and Amy D. Bellmore 29 Social Play and Social Development 538 Ageliki Nicolopoulou and Peter K. Smith 30 Cooperation and Competition 555 Marta Fulop 31 Aggression in Early and Middle Childhood 573 David A. Nelson, Cara S. Swit, and Craig H. Hart 32 Bullying 591 Rosario Del Rey, Esperanza Espino, Monica Ojeda, and Joaquin A. Mora-Merchan Part IX Cognitive, Emotional, Prosocial and Moral Competencies 609 33 Social Cognition and its Main Correlates in Childhood 613 Daniela Bulgarelli, Anne Henning, and Evelyn Bertin 34 Emotions and Social Development in Childhood 631 Maria von Salisch, Katharina Voltmer, Rachel Miller-Slough, Jui-Chih Chin, and Susanne Denham 35 Prosocial Behavior 651 Hali Kil and Joan E. Grusec 36 Children''s Lies: Intersecting Cognitive Development, Theory of Mind, and Socialization 668 Laura Visu-Petra, Narcisa Prodan, and Victoria Talwar Part X Children and the Media 687 37 Media and Children''s Social Development 689 Eric E.
Rasmussen and Kathrin Karsay 38 Social Networking Sites and Children''s Social Development 707 Elisabeth Staksrud and Tijana Milosevic Part XI Intervention and Social Development 727 39 Helping Autistic Children 729 Rachael Davis, Jacquiline den Houting, Anders Nordahl-Hansen, and Sue Fletcher-Watson 40 Intervening in Childhood Social Development 747 Janis B. Kupersmidt, Alison E. Parker, and Mary Ellen Voegler-Lee 41 The Development of Social Competence in Children with Disabilities 766 Soo-Young Hong, Elizabeth A. Steed, Lori E. Meyer, and Ibrahim H. Acar 42 Interventions to Enhance Psychosocial Competence among Children in Low-and Middle-Income Countries 784 Suman Verma Author Index 803 Subject Index 850.