Introduction: are peers an essential resource for children's development?
The founding of the peer relations discipline : early agendas and research endeavors
The emergence of peer interaction and sociability
Defining and describing children's peer relationships
Making friends and becoming accepted in peer groups : the processes of relationship formation
Social competence and the search for its origins
Contributions of peer relationships to children's development and adjustment
New evidence about children's peer relationships and the processes of relationship formation, maintenance, and change
The search for the origins of social competence revisited
New directions in research on the contributions of peer relationships to children's development and adjustment
Peer victimization is investigated as another aspect of children's peer relations
The role of gender, emotion, and culture in children's social competence and peer relationships
Conclusion: appraising the scientific study of children's peer relations and social competence.
