Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Middle Childhood: Contexts of Development
- 2 The Significance of Middle Childhood Peer Competence for Work and Relationships in Early Adulthood
- 3 Aggression and Insecurity in Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Antecedents and Developmental Pathways
- 4 Middle Childhood Family-Contextual and Personal Factors as Predictors of Adult Outcomes
- 5 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Continuity and Change in Reading Achievement in the Colorado Adoption Project
- 6 Reciprocal Effects of Mothers' Depression and Children's Problem Behaviors from Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
- 7 Middle Childhood Life Course Trajectories: Links Between Family Dysfunction and Children's Behavioral Development
- 8 The Contribution of Middle Childhood Contexts to Adolescent Achievement and Behavior
- 9 Educational Tracking Within and Between Schools: From First Grade Through Middle School and Beyond
- 10 School Environments and the Diverging Pathways of Students Living in Poverty
- 11 The Relations of Classroom Contexts in the Early Elementary Years to Children's Classroom and Social Behavior
- 12 Out-of-School Time Use During Middle Childhood in a Low-Income Sample: Do Combinations of Activities Affect Achievement and Behavior?
- 13 Low-Income Children's Activity Participation as a Predictor of Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- 14 Healthy Mind, Healthy Habits: The Influence of Activity Involvement in Middle Childhood
- 15 Media Effects in Middle Childhood
- 16 Continuity and Discontinuity in Middle Childhood: Implications for Adult Outcomes in the UK 1970 Birth Cohort
- 17 Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs and Preschool-Age Children: Do Impacts Persist into Middle Childhood?
- 18 Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Middle-Childhood School Performance: Do They Vary by Race/Ethnicity and, If So, Why?
- 19 Effects of a Family Poverty Intervention Program Last from Middle Childhood to Adolescence
- 20 Experiences in Middle Childhood and Children's Development: A Summary and Integration of Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
2 - The Significance of Middle Childhood Peer Competence for Work and Relationships in Early Adulthood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Middle Childhood: Contexts of Development
- 2 The Significance of Middle Childhood Peer Competence for Work and Relationships in Early Adulthood
- 3 Aggression and Insecurity in Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Antecedents and Developmental Pathways
- 4 Middle Childhood Family-Contextual and Personal Factors as Predictors of Adult Outcomes
- 5 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Continuity and Change in Reading Achievement in the Colorado Adoption Project
- 6 Reciprocal Effects of Mothers' Depression and Children's Problem Behaviors from Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
- 7 Middle Childhood Life Course Trajectories: Links Between Family Dysfunction and Children's Behavioral Development
- 8 The Contribution of Middle Childhood Contexts to Adolescent Achievement and Behavior
- 9 Educational Tracking Within and Between Schools: From First Grade Through Middle School and Beyond
- 10 School Environments and the Diverging Pathways of Students Living in Poverty
- 11 The Relations of Classroom Contexts in the Early Elementary Years to Children's Classroom and Social Behavior
- 12 Out-of-School Time Use During Middle Childhood in a Low-Income Sample: Do Combinations of Activities Affect Achievement and Behavior?
- 13 Low-Income Children's Activity Participation as a Predictor of Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- 14 Healthy Mind, Healthy Habits: The Influence of Activity Involvement in Middle Childhood
- 15 Media Effects in Middle Childhood
- 16 Continuity and Discontinuity in Middle Childhood: Implications for Adult Outcomes in the UK 1970 Birth Cohort
- 17 Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs and Preschool-Age Children: Do Impacts Persist into Middle Childhood?
- 18 Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Middle-Childhood School Performance: Do They Vary by Race/Ethnicity and, If So, Why?
- 19 Effects of a Family Poverty Intervention Program Last from Middle Childhood to Adolescence
- 20 Experiences in Middle Childhood and Children's Development: A Summary and Integration of Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Middle childhood is a period of rapidly intensifying transitions. Between age 5 and adolescence, transitions occur in physical maturity, cognitive abilities and learning, the diversity and impact of relationships with others, and exposure to new settings, opportunities, and demands. These changes inevitably alter the amount, kind, content, and significance of children's interactions with a rapidly expanding social network (Collins, Madsen, & Susman-Stillman, 2002). This chapter addresses the impact of one feature of that network – increasingly salient relationships with other children – and the significance of these challenges and achievements for work-related attitudes and relationship competence in early adulthood.
The chapter is divided into four sections. The first outlines several possible reasons for links between the development of competence in relations with peers in middle childhood and competence in work and close relationships in early adulthood. The second describes our approach to testing these linkages in data from a longitudinal study following children from birth to age 23. The third section outlines findings regarding links between middle childhood development and functioning in early adult work roles and social relationships. The chapter ends with a discussion of the impact of middle childhood experiences on functioning in later periods of life and identifies possible implications of the findings for children's lives.
DEVELOPMENT DURING MIDDLE CHILDHOOD: WHY EXPECT LINKS TO LATER LIFE?
Competence has been defined in varied ways, but the common thread is an emphasis on the capacity to draw upon personal and environmental resources to achieve good developmental outcomes.
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