Thesis advisor: Julie Paquette MacEvoyChildren’s relationships with friends during middle childhood play a vital role in shaping their interpersonal competencies as well as their general socioemotional adjustment across development (Bierman, 2004; Glick & Rose, 2011; Ladd, 2005). Children’s friendships provide a rich context in which young people begin to develop expectations for peers and first encounter experiences of disappointment in close, voluntary relationships with others (Wiseman, 1986). Previous research and theory are clear that key gender and developmental differences exist in how boys and girls conceptualize their relationships with same-gender friends (Hall, 2011; Maccoby, 1998; Rose & Rudolph, 2006; Thorne, 1993; Underwood, 2...
My research builds on the extensive literature in the field of peer victimization. Specifically, it ...
This study addressed gender differences in the developmental links among antisocial behavior, friend...
In this work we analyzed the relationships and interaction groups of 774 children in 1st grade eleme...
Although relationship expectations are thought to influence all social interactions, little is known...
Although children’s friendships have been widely studied, there is a lack of comprehensive examinati...
315 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.Results indicated that childr...
The present study takes a broad and nuanced view of gender typicality in normative populations and s...
Children spend considerable time in gender-segregated friendship groups in which they develop gender...
The review aims to outline the theoretical background, methodological issues and the grade-related ...
Research has demonstrated the importance of friendship for children’s adjustment (e.g., Ladd, 1990)....
This study examines the representation of friendship during middle childhood and its impact on aggr...
The current study examined the development of bullying and defending over a 1-year period as related...
Peer relationships are particularly important during adolescence. Two models of friendship selection...
[[abstract]]For adolescents, the harms caused by relational victimization may be more severe than ph...
To date, cross-gender friendships in childhood and adolescence have been virtually ignored in the p...
My research builds on the extensive literature in the field of peer victimization. Specifically, it ...
This study addressed gender differences in the developmental links among antisocial behavior, friend...
In this work we analyzed the relationships and interaction groups of 774 children in 1st grade eleme...
Although relationship expectations are thought to influence all social interactions, little is known...
Although children’s friendships have been widely studied, there is a lack of comprehensive examinati...
315 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.Results indicated that childr...
The present study takes a broad and nuanced view of gender typicality in normative populations and s...
Children spend considerable time in gender-segregated friendship groups in which they develop gender...
The review aims to outline the theoretical background, methodological issues and the grade-related ...
Research has demonstrated the importance of friendship for children’s adjustment (e.g., Ladd, 1990)....
This study examines the representation of friendship during middle childhood and its impact on aggr...
The current study examined the development of bullying and defending over a 1-year period as related...
Peer relationships are particularly important during adolescence. Two models of friendship selection...
[[abstract]]For adolescents, the harms caused by relational victimization may be more severe than ph...
To date, cross-gender friendships in childhood and adolescence have been virtually ignored in the p...
My research builds on the extensive literature in the field of peer victimization. Specifically, it ...
This study addressed gender differences in the developmental links among antisocial behavior, friend...
In this work we analyzed the relationships and interaction groups of 774 children in 1st grade eleme...