The Role of Conflict in Children's Friendship Development.

Rizzo, Thomas A.

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ERIC Number: EJ461729

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Role of Conflict in Children's Friendship Development.

Rizzo, Thomas A.

New Directions for Child Development, n58 p93-111 Win 1992

A five-month ethnographic study of friendship development identified major issues in first graders' disputes with friends. Examined consequences of the disputes for children's relationships. Stressed the importance of detailed, historical investigations of specific interactive events for an accurate understanding of human development and relational processes. (MM)

Descriptors: Child Development, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Elementary School Students, Ethnography, Friendship, Grade 1, Naturalistic Observation, Peer Relationship, Primary Education, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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