Emotion Socialization in Children and Adolescents: The Importance of Family and Peer Relationships

This groundbreaking volume compiles and synthesizes the research on the emotion socialization of children and adolescents (ages 5 to 18 years), looking at socialization by caregivers and family, close friends, and romantic partners.

Featuring an array of chapters from expert contributors, the volume provides a foundation for understanding emotion socialization. Several chapters focus on issues relating to diversity, for example cross-cultural, race and neurodiversity in emotion socialization processes. Part 1 covers foundations underlying emotion socialization, emphasizing theory and the key related developmental constructs of biological, cognitive, and social development. Parts 2 and 3 cover emotion socialization in the family and then in close peer relationships. The volume concludes with Part 4 discussing the application of emotion socialization research, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs that facilitate the growth of youth's and their family's emotional competencies.

Including both a strong theoretical developmental perspective and applications of this theory to practice with youth and families, this seminal book will appeal to scholars in the fields of developmental and clinical psychology. It will also be useful for professionals working with children, adolescents, and families, including social work, nursing, paediatrics, education, and counselling.