The importance of the family and nonfamily networks and social support relationships of children and adolescents for their development and socialization, for their well-being and health has long been hypothesized. Nonetheless, childhood and adolescence - compared to adulthood and old age - have remained phases of the life cycle that have received little attention from support research. In turn, research on childhood and adolescence has been slow to take up the concepts of social networks and social support. For a long time, they remained unconsidered in concepts of friendship and the peer group. The authors of this volume have tried to overcome these deficits in these original papers, to link together the often uncoordinated and parallel lines of research, and to clarify the status of social support in childhood and adolescence theoretically, empirically, and with reference to practical intervention.

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Klaus Hurrelmann lehrt in den Bereichen Gesundheits- und Bildungspolitik. Er gehört zu den bekanntesten Kindheits- und Jugendforschern in Deutschland und leitete von 1986 - 98 das Kooperationszentrum 'Health Behavior in School Children' der WHO. Nach langjähriger Tätigkeit an der Universität Bielefeld arbeitet er seit 2009 als Professor of Public Health and Education an der Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Dr. phil. habil. Frank Nestmann ist Professor für Beratung und Rehabilitation am Institut für Sozialpädagogik, Sozialarbeit und Wohlfahrtswissenschaften an der TU Dresden. Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte: Neue psychosoziale Beratungskonzepte und die Professionalisierung von Beratung, Soziale Netzwerke und Soziale Unterstützung, Alltägliche Helfer, Sozialpädagogik und Psychiatrie.

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Frontmatter -- 1. Child and Adolescent Research as a Challenge and Opportunity for Social Support Theory, Measurement, and Intervention: And Vice Versa / Nestmann, Frank / Hurrelmann, Klaus -- Part I Social Support in Childhood and Adolescence - Theoretical Perspectives -- 2. How Does Social Support Function in Childhood? / Bryant, Brenda K. -- 3. Convoys of Attachment and Social Relations in Children, Adolescents, and Adults / Antonucci, Toni C. / Akiyama, Hiroko -- 4. Social Support in the Relationships Between Older Adolescents and Adults / Gottlieb, Benjamin H. / Sylvestre, John C. -- 5. Children's Friendships and Peer Culture: Implications for Theories of Network and Support / Youniss, James -- 6. Social Support During Adolescence: Methodological and Theoretical Considerations / Cauce, Ana Mari / Mason, Craig / Gonzales, Nancy / Hiraga, Yumi / Liu, Gloria -- Part II Social Support, Social Competence, and Prosocial Behavior -- 7. Social Support and Social Competences: Some Theoretical and Empirical Contributions to Their Relationship / Röhrle, Bernd / Sommer, Gert -- 8. The Transactional Relations Between Social Support and Children's Competence / Aken, Marcel A.G. van -- 9. Socialization, Social Support, and Social Competence in Adolescence: The Individual in Perspective / Jackson, Sandy -- 10. On the Interface Between Social Support and Prosocial Behavior: Methodological and Theoretical Implications / Bierhoff, Hans W. -- Part III Supportive Functions of Parents and Peers -- 11. Social Relationships and Support Among Peers During Middle Childhood / Oswald, Hans / Krappmann, Lothar / Uhlendorff, Hans / Weiss, Karin -- 12. Children's Social Networks and the Development of Social Competence: A Longitudinal Analysis / Gödde, Mechthild / Engfer, Anette -- 13. The Role of Parents and Peers in the Sexual and Relational Socialization of Adolescents / Bois-Reymond, Manuela du / Ravesloot, Janita -- 14. Psychosocial Problems and Social Support in Adolescence / Meeus, Wim -- 15. Analyzing the Strength of Supportive Ties in Adolescent Social Supports / Cotterell, John L. -- Part IV Social Support in Stressful Family Conditions -- 16. Family Socialization of Threat Appraisal and Coping: Coaching, Modeling, and Family Context / Kliewer, Wendy / Sandler, Irwin / Wolchik, Sharlene -- 17. Social Support Issues for "Latchkey" and Supervised Children / Belle, Deborah -- 18. The Social Networks of Adolescents and Their Mothers: Influences on Blacks and Whites in Single- and Two-Parent Families / Hirsch, Barton J. / Boerger, Rebecca / Levy, Alexis Engel / Mickus, Maureen -- 19. Social Support in Single-Parent Families: Children as Sources of Support / Nestmann, Frank / Niepel, Gabriele -- 20. Social Support in Chronically Sick Children and Their Families / Eiser, Christine -- Part V Cultural and Sociocultural Backgrounds of Social Support -- 21. The Sociocultural Environment as a Source of Support / Bö, Inge -- 22. Family and Peer Support of Israeli and German Adolescents / Neubauer, Georg / Mansel, Jürgen / Avrahami, Arza / Nathan, Michael -- 23. Supportive Interactions in Cultural Context / Tietjen, Anne Marie -- 24. Parentless Friends: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Networks Among Street Children and Street Youth / Ennew, Judith -- Part VI Conclusion -- 25. Issues Concerning Social Support in Childhood and Adolescence / Aken, Marcel A.G. van / Coleman, John C. / Cotterell, John L.