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peer: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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peer1 CONSTRUCTPeer groupSULLIVAN · PEER GROUP

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Developmental and social psychology

An equal-status age-mate whose group shapes behavior

Sullivan's 1953 The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry gave an early developmental account of the peer, describing how same-age companions, and the close friend he called the chum, become powerful influences during childhood and preadolescence. In this tradition a peer is a person of roughly equal age and standing, and the peer group is the set of such age-mates whose norms and approval shape a young person's behavior. Harris's 1995 group socialization theory, Where is the child's environment?, argued that these peer groups, rather than parents, do much of the work of socializing children outside the home. Here a peer is a social equal among age-mates, not a titled noble judged by fellow nobles or a node exchanging data on a network.[1][2]

Unit
A single age-mate of roughly equal standing, or the group of them
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Assessed by sociometric ratings, peer nominations, and observation of friendship and group membership

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References

  1. Sullivan, H. S. (1953). The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. W. W. Norton.
  2. Harris, J. R. (1995). Where is the child's environment? A group socialization theory of development. Psychological Review, 102(3), 458–489. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.102.3.458

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