The Social Maps of Children Approaching Adolescence: Studying the Ecology of Youth Development.

Autor/inn/en	Garbarino, James; und weitere
Titel	The Social Maps of Children Approaching Adolescence: Studying the Ecology of Youth Development.
Quelle	(1977), (22 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adjustment (to Environment); Adolescents; Behavior Patterns; Cartography; Children; Developmental Psychology; Individual Development; Interaction Process Analysis; Interpersonal Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Maturation; Neighborhoods; Peer Groups; Physical Development; Social Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kartenkunde; Kartografie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Entwicklungspsychologie; Individuelle Entwicklung; Prozessanalyse; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Körperliche Entwicklung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten
Abstract	This paper reports the first results of a three-year longitudinal study of the social maps of children beginning the transition to adolescence. This exploratory study is guided by Bronfenbrenner's conception of the ecology of human development stressing the importance of a phenomenological orientation to development in the context of ecological transitions. The study focuses on characteristics of children's social networks (the web of relationships in which the individual is involved) as a function of the neighborhood type, socioeconomic status and level of physical maturation. The social heterogeneity of the social network (e.g., the relative salience of peers vs. adults) is a primary concern. The child's and parent's perceptions of the network, of the people available to help the child and the child's friends, are compared within the context of ecological, socioeconomic and maturational factors. The results (for 111 sixth grade children from three contrasting neighborhood schools) shed some light on age segregation and the overall heterogeneity of children's social environments as they face the transition to adolescence. They provide a context and a baseline for the longitudinal study. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01