Handbook of Socialization, First Edition: Theory and ResearchJoan E Grusec, PhD, Paul David Hastings Bringing together leading authorities, this handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge on socialization processes from earliest childhood through adolescence and beyond. Contributors present cutting-edge theories and findings pertaining to family, peer, school, community, media, and other influences on individual development. The important, growing areas of genetics and biology, cultural psychology, and affective science are given particular attention. Essential topics include the effects on children of different parenting strategies and family structures; factors that shape gender development, emotional competence, and achievement motivation; the role of relationships in the socialization process; and strategies for intervention with antisocial youth.
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... engage in high risk - taking behaviors may be less attractive to social partners . Furthermore , individuals who engage in risky behaviors may be dead before they reach old age . A more promising mechanism to explain the positive impact ...
... engaged were predictive of the boys ' lower antiso- cial behavior after controlling for earlier levels of antisocial behavior . Criss et al . argue that in these engaged or synchronous interactions boys engage in mutual exchange with ...
... engage aids in understanding their cultural experience and prepara- tion to engage in particular settings with specific cultural practices . Attention to the social organization of routine events ( such as bedtime story telling or ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Historical Overview of Socialization Research and Theory | 13 |
Socialization and Interventions for Antisocial Youth | 42 |
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