Peter K. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is co-author of the textbook Understanding Children's Development and co-editor of Bullying, Cyberbullying and Pupil Well-being in Schools: Comparing European, Australian, and Indian Perspectives, and The Cambridge Handbook of Play: Developmental and Disciplinary Perspectives.

Craig H. Hart is a Professor of Human Development in the School of Family Life and Director of the Faculty Center at Brigham Young University. He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters on parenting/familial linkages with children's social development from a multicultural and US Asian immigration perspective, with an emphasis on Asian children. Dr. Hart has served in numerous university administrative capacities as well as on the Biobheavioral and Behavioral Sciences subcommittee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

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