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Adolescence 9/e Book Cover
Adolescence, 9/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas

Peers

Web Links (Referenced in Text Margins)

Adolescent Peer Relationships
(http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/n/x/nxd10/adolesce.htm)

Explore many aspects of adolescent peer relationships, including cliques and crowds, parental/peer influences, peer pressure, peer statuses, and other topics.
Peer Pressure
(http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed372874.html)

Examine various dimensions of peer pressure, including its positive aspects and how to handle it.
Peer Conflicts
(http://askeric.org/Eric/)

An ERIC Digest paper on peer conflicts in the classroom, including ideas about the structure of peer conflicts.
Aggressive Boys, Friendships, and Adjustment
(http://www.gospelcom.net/narramore/bk_114_delinq2.htm)

Prevention program designed to reduce externalizing problems and prevent delinquency including the impact of the program on friends' behavioral characteristics.
Cooperative Learning and Conflict Resolution
(http://www.newhorizons.org/trm_johnson.html)

The program of Roger and David Johnson that uses cooperative groups to reduce conflict.
Reducing Bullying
(http://www.ncpc.org/10adu3.htm)

Strategies for reducing bullying are explored.
Friendships
(http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/eece/pubs/digests/1992/hartup92.html)

This article by Willard Hartup evaluates having friends, making friends, and keeping friends with a special focus on friendship in educational contexts.
Youth Programs
(http://www.youthservice.org/)

Youth-Serving Organizations
(http://www.search-institute.org/youthserving/index.htm)

The Search Institute's site that discusses opportunities for growth and caring in youth-serving organizations, types of youth development programs, the impact of youth programs, and strategies for strengthening them.
Boys & Girls Clubs
(http://www.bgca.org)

This web site provides information about Boys & Girls Clubs across the United States.
Exploring Dating
(http://www.cios.org/concept$$TARGET=dating&MIN;=1&MAX;=20)

Examine common questions about relationships and some answers to these questions.
Exploring Dating
(http://www.phatstart.com/dating3.shtml)

Examine common questions about relationships and some answers to these questions.
Teen Chat
(http://www.chatspot.net/TeenChat)

On this web site you can examine what adolescents have to say about dating, romance, and love.
Types of Love
(http://eee.oac.uci.edu/96s/class/p121da/love_rel.html)

Read about different types of love and some research studies on love and close relationships.
Love
(http://www.socialpsychology.org/social.htm)

Exploring Close Relationships
(http://www.otterbein.edu/dept/psyc/isspr)

On this web site you can examine relationships in the popular media, research studies, relevant journals, and other related topics.