1. Critical issues and theoretical viewpoints / Willard W. Hartup
2. Trends, travails, and turning points in early research on children's peer relationships : legacies and lessons for our time? / Gary W. Ladd
3. Children's behaviors and interactions with peers / Richard A. Fabes ... [et al.]
4. Methods for investigating children's relationships with friends / Thomas J. Berndt and Melissa A. McCandless
5. Sociometric methods / Antonius H. N. Cillessen
6. Assessment of the peer group : identifying naturally occurring social networks and capturing their effects / Thomas A. Kindermann and Scott D. Gest
7. The beginnings of peer relations / Dale F. Hay ... [et al.]
8. Peer interactions and play in early childhood / Robert J. Coplan and Kimberley A. Arbeau
9. Social-emotional competence in early childhood / Linda Rose-Krasnor and Susanne Denham
10. Friendship in early childhood / Carollee Howes
11. Structural descriptions of social transactions among young children : affiliation and dominance in preschool groups / Brian E. Vaughn and Antonio José Santos
12. Friendship as process, function, and outcome / William M. Bukowski ... [et al.]
13. The behavioral basis of acceptance, rejection, and perceived popularity / Steven R. Asher and Kristina L. McDonald
14. Social exclusion in childhood and adolescence / Melanie Killen ... [et al.]
15. Conflict in peer relationship / Brett Laursen and Gwen Pursell
16. Aggression and peer relationships in school-age children : relational and physical aggression in group and dyadic contexts / Nicki R. Crick ... [et al.]
17. Avoiding and withdrawing from the peer group / Kenneth H. Rubin ... [et al.]
18. Bullies, victims, and bully-victim relationships in middle childhood and early adolescence / Christina Salmivalli and Kätlin Peets
19. Adolescent romantic relationships and experiences / Wyndol Furman and W. Andrew Collins
20. Informal peer groups in middle childhood and adolescence / B. Bradford Brown and Erin L. Dietz
21. Sex differences in peer relationships / Amanda J. Rose and Rhiannon L. Smith
22. Race and ethnicity in peer relations research / Sandra Graham ... [et al.]
23. Neighborhood contexts of peer relationships and groups / Håkan Stattin and Margaret Kerr
24. Peer interactions and relationships from a cross-cultural perspective / Xinyin Chen, Janet Chung and Celia Hsiao
25. Genetic factors in children's peer relations / Mara Brendgen and Michel Boivin
26. Temperament, self-regulation, and peer social competence / Nancy Eisenberg ... [et al.]
27. Child-parent attachment relationships, peer relationships, and peer-group functioning / Cathryn Booth-LaForce and Kathryn A. Kerns
28. Family influences on children's peer relationships / Hildy Ross and Nina Howe
29. Peers and academic functioning at school / Kathryn R. Wentzel
30. Peer reputations and psychological adjustment / Mitchell J. Prinstein ... [et al.]
31. The role of friendship in child and adolescent psychosocial development / Frank Vitaro ... [et al.]
32. Deviant by design : peer contagion in development, interventions, and schools / Thomas J. Dishion and Timothy F. Piehler
33. Social skills training to improve peer relations / Karen L. Bierman and C. J. Powers
Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups. ISBN 9781593854416. Published by Guilford Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.