Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 62-70.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.01.09

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The Development of Peer Relationship in Childhood

ZHOU Zongkui, SUN Xiaojun, ZHAO Dongmei, TIAN Yuan, FAN Cuiying   

  1. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University; Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079
  • Online:2015-01-15 Published:2015-01-15

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Abstract: Peer relationship has been valued extensively by researchers due to its important role in individual psychological adjustment. This review introduced the authors and their team's long-term research work in the area of peer relationship in childhood, which has been based on 13 years project of the Children's Peer Relationship Database in China and Unite States. Main topics discussed including the developmental characteristics of peer relationship and the influence factors and effects, longitudinal study, China-American comparison and the internet communication. Through description of the peer relationship's characteristics, developmental tendency and cultural diversity during childhood, some significant results were summarized from main indicators. Finally, feasible advices were offered for further research direction based upon the perspective of internet communication, social network analysis and individual centered analysis.

Key words: peer relationship, longitudinal study, cross-culture study, internet peer relationship

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  • B844
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