Learning about relationships

How do early experiences influence a person's approach to relationships later in life? What types of experiences have a lasting effect on the way in which a person conducts relationships? Focusing on the behavioral aspects of relationships, Learning About Relationships considers the lasting effects of early-life experiences on later-life relationships. Among the diverse topics explored in this illustrative volume are how parent-child relationships affect a child's feelings of self-worth and the subsequent influences on later relationships, the development of attachment styles in infancy that carry over to adult relationships, how early mother-child experiences affect one's later rearing of children, and how the ideas parents have about relationships affect their relationships with their children. This volume also offers an intriguing analysis of family effects on peer relationships. The final chapter deals with the bullying and victimization that often occurs in school playgrounds and asks the question: Why do some children become bullies and victims? An insightful analysis of the behavioral aspects of relationships, Learning About Relationships presents a compelling catalog of specific ways in which a child's social-relational learning is molded through childhood. -- Publisher description.