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Where is the child's environment? A group socialization theory of development.
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Do parents have any important long-term effects on the development of their child's personality? This article examines the evidence and concludes that the answer is no. A new theory of development is proposed: that socialization is context-specific and that outside-the-home socialization takes place in the peer groups of childhood and adolescence. Intraand intergroup processes, not dyadic relationships, are responsible for the transmission of culture and for environmental modification of children's personality characteristics. The universality of children's groups explains why development is not derailed by the wide variations in parental behavior found within and between societies.
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“Although the family fixed‐effects design rules out many sources of confounding, it is necessary to control for confounding influences that are not shared by twins, such as cognitive and behavioral differences (Beaver, 2008; Harris, 1995; Knopik, Neiderhiser, DeFries, & Plomin, 2017).”
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“Harris ' (1995) ' group socialization theory ' suggests that children identify with a peer group and adapt their own behavior to fi t in with the behavioral norms of the group, while distinguishing themselves from other groups.”
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“Social relationships are increasingly important across childhood and adolescence for healthy identity formation and mental well-being [2].”
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- Authors
- Harris, J. R.
- Corresponding author
- Harris, Judith Rich
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 1995-07
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 458-489
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W2026596343
- Cited by
- 1,885
- References
- 285
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 78 · 2020: 111 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 64 · 2017: 57 · 2016: 74 · 2015: 75 · 2014: 72 · 2013: 87 · 2012: 115
- FWCI
- 17.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- child development, personality development, peer groups, adolescent peer groups, intergroup processes, cultural transmission, parental influence
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