The Company they keep: friendship in childhood and adolescence

1. Friendships and their significance in childhood and adolescence: introduction and comment William M. Bukowski, Andrew F. Newcomb and Willard W. Hartup Part I. The Nature of Friendship, its Measurement and Development: 2. Amicitia, drujba, shin-yu, philia, freund, friendship: on the cultural diversity of a human relationship Lothar Krappmann 3. The measurement of friendship perceptions: conceptual and methodological issues Wyndol Furman 4. The earliest friendships Carollee Howes 5. Determinants of friendship selection and quality: developmental perspectives Frances E. Aboud and Morton J. Mendelson Part II. Interdependence of Relationship Systems: 6. Parents' interpersonal relationships and children's friendships Anna Beth Doyle and Dorothy Markiewicz 7. Individual differences in friendship quality: links to child-mother attachment Kathryn A. Kerns 8. Need fulfilment, interpersonal competence, and the developmental contexts of early adolescent friendship Duane Buhrmester 9. Closeness and conflict in adolescent peer relationships: interdependence with friends and romantic partners Brett Laursen Part III. Friendship and its Relations to Other Aspects of Development: 10. Cooperation, close relationships, and cognitive development Willard W. Hartup 11. Friendship and morality: (how) are they related? William M. Bukowski and Lorrie K. Sippola 12. Friendships of maltreated children and adolescents: contexts for expressing and modifying relationship history Joseph M. Price Part IV. Friendship and Adaption: 13. The developmental significance of children's friendship relations Andrew F. Newcomb and Catherine L. Bagwell 14. Linkages between friendship and adjustment during early school transitions Gary W. Ladd and Becky J. Kochenderfer 15. Exploring the effects of friendship quality on social development Thomas J. Berndt 16. Distinguishing friendship from acceptance: implications for intervention and assessment Steven R. Asher, Jeffrey G. Parker and Diane Walker.