This new Major Work, in five volumes, captures the key conceptual issues and findings in research covering social development in early childhood, through to adolescence. Childhood social development is an enormous field of research addressing issues to do with emotional development, peer relations, self-esteem and bullying amongst other topics, and through the inclusion of both contemporary and classic papers, these volumes skilfully outline the development of the area, our current conceptions, and growing points and controversies.
Volume One: Social development within the family
Volume Two: Peer relations - friendship and play
Volume Three: Peer relations - dominance, aggression and bullying
Volume Four: Emotional intelligence and moral development
Volume Five: Cultural differences and theoretical perspectives
Peter Smith is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and founder of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research interests are in social development, school bullying, and children′s play. He is author of Children and Play (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) and co-author of Understanding Children′s Development (Wiley-Blackwell, 5th ed. 2011). He is co-editor of Bullying in Schools: How Successful can Interventions be? (Cambridge University Press, 2004), The nature of play: Great apes and humans (Guilford Publications, 2005), Global Perspectives in Early Childhood Education: Diversity, Challenges and Possibilities (Frankfurt: Peter Land 2011), the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development (Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd ed. 2011), and Cyberbullying in the Global Playground: Research from International Perspectives (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). He was Chair of COST Action IS0801 on Cyberbullying (2008=2012) and is PI of an Indian-European Research Network on Bullying, Cyberbullying, Pupil Safety and Wellbeing (2012-2015).
Adam Rutland is Professor of Social Developmental Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research focuses on social-cognitive development; including the development of social exclusion and prejudice, group processes in childhood and adolescence, social-moral reasoning about group dynamics, cross-ethnic friendships and the reduction of prejudice via inter-group contact. He has contributed widely to various books and journals (including Child Development, Developmental Psychology and Perspectives on Psychological Science) and is the co-author of Children and Social Exclusion: Morality, Prejudice, and Group Identity (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). He is also co-editor of the forthcoming Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Group Processes in Children and Adolescents and a member of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Committee on Equity and Justice in Childhood.
