Publications of Steven R Asher     :recent first  combined  bibtex listing:

Journal Articles

  1. Asher, S.R. & Allen, V.L. (1969). Racial preference and social comparison processes. Journal of Social Issues, 25(1), 157-166. (reprinted in four volumes).
  2. Asher, S.R. & Gottman, J.M. (1973). Sex of teacher and student reading achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 65, 168-171.
  3. Asher, S.R. & Markell, R.A. (1974). Sex differences in comprehension of high- and low-interest reading material. Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 680-687.
  4. Asher, S.R. & Parke, R.D. (1975). The influence of sampling and comparison processes on the development of communication effectiveness. Journal of Educational Psychology, 67, 64-75.
  5. Asher, S.R. (1976). Children's ability to appraise their own versus another person's communication performance. Developmental Psychology, 12, 24-32.
  6. Asher, S.R. & Oden, S.L. (1976). Children's failure to communicate: An assessment of comparison and egocentrism explanations. Developmental Psychology, 12, 132-139.
  7. Asher, S.R., Oden, S. L. & Gottman, J. M (1977). Children's friendships in school settings. Current topics in early childhood education, 1, 33-61. (reprinted in one volume).
  8. Oden, S. & Asher, S.R. (1977). Coaching children in social skills for friendship making. Child Development, 48, 495-506.
  9. Singleton, L.C. & Asher, S.R. (1977). Peer preferences and social interaction among third-grade children in an integrated school district. Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 330-336.
  10. Zahavi, S. & Asher, S.R. (1978). The effect of verbal instructions on preschool children's aggressive behavior. Journal of School Psychology, 16, 143-153.
  11. Asher, S.R. (1978). Children's peer relations. Social and personality development, 91-113.
  12. Asher, S.R. & Singleton, L.C. (1978). Cross-race acceptance in integrated schools. Integrateducation, 16(6), 17-20.
  13. Asher, S.R., Hymel, S. & Wigfield, A. (1978). Influence of topic interest on children's reading comprehension. Journal of Reading Behavior, 10, 35-47.
  14. Asher, S.R., Singleton, L.C., Tinsley, B.R. & Hymel, S. (1979). A reliable sociometric measure for preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 15, 443-444.
  15. Asher, S.R. (1979). Referential communication. The functions of language and cognition, 175-197.
  16. Asher, S.R. (1979). Influence of topic interest on black children's and white children's reading comprehension. Child Development, 50, 686-690.
  17. Singleton, L.C. & Asher, S.R. (1979). Racial integration and children's peer preferences: An investigation of developmental and cohort differences. Child Development, 50, 936-941.
  18. Asher, S.R. (1980). Topic interest and children's reading comprehension. Theoretical issues in reading comprehension, 525-534.
  19. Asher, S.R., Renshaw, P.D. & Geraci, R.L. (1980). Children's friendships and social competence. International Journal of Psycholinguistics, 7, 27-39.
  20. Asher, S.R. & Wigfield, A. (1981). Training referential communication skills. Children's oral communication skills, 105-126.
  21. Asher, S.R. & Taylor, A.R. (1981). Social outcomes of mainstreaming: Sociometric assessment and beyond. Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1(4), 13-30. (reprinted in one volume).
  22. Asher, S.R. & Renshaw, P.D. (1981). Children without friends: Social knowledge and social skill training. The development of children's friendships, 273-296.
  23. Asher, S.R. & Wigfield, A. (1981). Influence of comparison training on children's referential communication. Journal of Educational Psychology, 73, 232-241.
  24. Asher, S.R. & Hymel, S. (1981). Children's social competence and peer relations: Sociometric and behavioral assessment. Social competence, 125-157.
  25. Asher, S.R., Markell, R.A. & Hymel, S. (1981). Identifying children at risk in peer relations: A critique of the rate-of-interaction approach to assessment. Child Development, 52, 1239-1245.
  26. Asher, S.R., Renshaw, P.D. & Hymel, S. (1982). Peer relations and the development of social skills. The young child: Reviews of research, 3, 137-158.
  27. Renshaw, P.D. & Asher, S.R. (1982). Social competence and peer status: The distinction between goals and strategies. Peer relationships and social skills in childhood, 375-395.
  28. Parke, R.D. & Asher, S.R. (1983). Social and personality development. Annual review of psychology, 34, 465-509.
  29. Asher, S.R. & Taylor, A.R. (1983). Social skill training with children: Evaluating processes and outcomes. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 8, 237-245.
  30. Renshaw, P.D. & Asher, S.R. (1983). Children's goals and strategies for social interaction. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 29, 353-374.
  31. Asher, S.R. (1983). Social competence and peer status: Recent advances and future directions. Child Development, 54, 1427-1434.
  32. Wigfield, A. & Asher, S.R. (1984). Social and motivational influences on reading achievement. Handbook of reading research, 423-452.
  33. Taylor, A.R. & Asher, S.R. (1984). Children's goals and social competence: Individual differences in a game-playing context. Friendship in normal and handicapped children, 53-78.
  34. Asher, S.R., Hymel, S. & Renshaw, P.D. (1984). Loneliness in children. Child Development, 55, 1456-1464.
  35. Markell, R.A. & Asher, S.R. (1984). Children's interactions in dyads: Interpersonal influence and sociometric status. Child Development, 55, 1412-1424.
  36. Renshaw, P.D. & Asher, S.R. (1985). The study of children's goals: A reply to Gresham's commentary. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 31, 105-109.
  37. Asher, S.R. (1985). Social skill training and children's peer relations. Handbook of social skills training and research, 219-244.
  38. Asher, S.R. & Wheeler, V.A. (1985). Children's loneliness: A comparison of rejected and neglected peer status. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53, 500-505.
  39. Parkhurst, J.T. & Asher, S.R. (1985). Goals and concerns: Implications for the study of children's social competence. Advances in clinical child psychology, 8, 201-228.
  40. Asher, S.R. (1985). An evolving paradigm in social skill training research with children. Children's peer relations: Issues in assessment and intervention, 157-171.
  41. Bursuck, W.D. & Asher, S.R. (1986). The relationship between social competence and achievement in elementary school children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 15, 41-49.
  42. Asher, S.R. & Hymel, S. (1986). Coaching in social skills for children who lack friends in school. Social Work in Education, 8, 205-218.
  43. Asher, S.R. & Dodge, K.A. (1986). Identifying children who are rejected by their peers. Developmental Psychology, 22, 444-449.
  44. Asher, S.R. & Williams, G.A. (1987). Helping children without friends in home and school contexts. Children's social development: Information for teachers and parents. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 283 625).
  45. Parker, J.G. & Asher, S.R. (1987). Peer relations and later personal adjustment: Are low-accepted children at risk?. Psychological Bulletin, 102, 357-389. (reprinted in two volumes including a Chinese translation).
  46. Taylor, A.R., Asher, S.R. & Williams, G.A. (1987). The social adaptation of mainstreamed mildly retarded children. Child Development, 58, 1321-1334.
  47. Dodge, K.A., Asher, S.R. & Parkhurst, J.T. (1989). Social life as a goal coordination task. Research on motivation in education, 3, 107-135.
  48. Asher, S.R. & Parker, J.G. (1989). The significance of peer relationship problems in childhood. Social competence in developmental perspective, 5-23.
  49. Asher, S.R. (1990). Recent advances in the study of peer rejection. Peer rejection in childhood, 3-14.
  50. Asher, S.R., Parkhurst, J.T., Hymel, S. & Williams, G.A. (1990). Peer rejection and loneliness in childhood. Peer rejection in childhood, 253-273.
  51. Parkhurst, J.T. & Asher, S.R. (1992). Peer rejection in middle school: Subgroup differences in behavior, loneliness, and interpersonal concerns. Developmental Psychology, 28, 231-241.
  52. Williams, G.A. & Asher, S.R. (1992). Assessment of loneliness at school among children with mild mental retardation. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 96, 373-385.
  53. Cassidy, J. & Asher, S.R. (1992). Loneliness and peer relations in young children. Child Development, 63, 350-365.
  54. Parker, J.G. & Asher, S.R. (1993). Beyond group acceptance: Friendship and friendship quality as distinct dimensions of peer adjustment. Advances in personal relationships, 4, 261-294.
  55. Asher, S.R. & Gabriel, S.W. (1993). Using a wireless transmission system to observe conversation and social interaction on the playground. Children on playgrounds, 184-209.
  56. Parker, J.G. & Asher, S.R. (1993). Friendship and friendship quality in middle childhood: Links with peer group acceptance and feelings of loneliness and social dissatisfaction. Developmental Psychology, 29, 611-621. (reprinted in two volumes).
  57. Wentzel, K. & Asher, S.R. (1995). The academic lives of neglected, rejected, popular, and controversial children. Child Development, 66, 754-763.
  58. Asher, S.R., Parker, J.G. & Walker, D.L. (1996). Distinguishing friendship from acceptance: Implications for intervention and assessment. The company they keep: Friendship during childhood and adolescence, 366-405.
  59. Erdley, C.A. & Asher, S.R. (1996). Children's social goals and self-efficacy perceptions as influences on their responses to ambiguous provocation. Child Development, 67, 1329-1344.
  60. Chung, T. & Asher, S.R. (1996). Children's goals and strategies in peer conflict situations. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 42, 125-147.
  61. Erdley, C.A. & Asher, S.R. (1998). Linkages between children's beliefs about the legitimacy of aggression and their behavior. Social Development, 7, 321-329.
  62. Rose, A.J. & Asher, S.R. (1999). Children's goals and strategies in response to conflicts within a friendship. Developmental Psychology, 35, 69-79.
  63. Asher, S.R. & Gazelle, H. (1999). Loneliness, peer relations, and communicative competence in childhood. Topics in Language Disorders, 19(2), 16-33.
  64. Troop, W.P. & Asher, S.R. (1999). Teaching peer relationship competence in schools. Teaching in American schools, 141-171.
  65. Erdley, C.A. & Asher, S.R. (1999). A social goals perspective on children's social competence. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 7, 156-167.
  66. Parker, J.G. Saxon, J.L., Asher, S.R. & Kovacs, D.M. (1999). Dimensions of children's friendship adjustment: Implications for understanding loneliness. Loneliness in childhood and adolescence, 201-221.
  67. Rose, A.J. & Asher, S.R. (2000). Children's friendships. Close relationships: A sourcebook, 47-57.
  68. Asher, S. R., & Paquette, J. A. (2003). Loneliness and peer relations in childhood. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 75-78. (Reprinted in two volumes).
  69. Rose, A. J., & Asher, S.R. (2004). Children's strategies and goals in response to help-giving and help-seeking tasks within a friendship. Child Development, 75, 749-763.
  70. Guerra, V.S. Asher, S.R. & DeRosier, M.E. (2004). Effect of children’s perceived rejection on physical aggression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 551-563.
  71. Troop-Gordon, W. & Asher, S.R. (2005). Modifications in children’s goals when encountering obstacles to conflict resolution. Child Development. (in press).
  72. Troop-Gordon, W., & Asher, S. R. (2005). Modifications in children's goals when encountering obstacles to conflict resolution. Child Development, 76, 568-582.

Books

  1. Asher, S.R. & Gottman, J.M. (1981). The Development of Children's Friendships.. New York: Cambridge University Press.  (Named as an outstanding book in the behavioral and social sciences by Choice, May, 1982.)
  2. Asher, S.R. & Coie, J. D., Eds (1990). Peer rejection in childhood.. New York: Cambridge University Press.  (translated into Japanese, 1996.)

Chapters in Books

  1. Asher, S.R., Hymel, S., & Wigfield, A. "Children's comprehension of high- and low-interest material and a comparison of two cloze scoring methods."  Technical Report No. 17University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1976
  2. Asher, S.R. "Sex differences in reading achievement."  Reading Education Report No. 2University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1977
  3. Asher, S.R. "Referential communication."  Technical Report No. 90University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1978
  4. Wigfield, A. & Asher, S.R. "Age differences in children's communication accuracy: The effects of task familiarity."  Technical Report No. 96University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1978
  5. Asher, S.R. "Influence of topic interest on black children's and white children's reading comprehension."  Technical Report No. 99University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1978
  6. Asher, S.R. & Wigfield, A. "Influence of comparison training on children's referential communication."  Technical Report No. 139University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1979
  7. Asher, S.R. & Wigfield, A. "Training referential communication skills."  Technical Report No. 175University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1980
  8. Wigfield, A. & Asher, S.R. "Social and motivational influences on reading."  Technical Report No. 288University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 1983
  9. Asher, S.R. & Parker, J.G. "Peer rejection: An indicator of risk."  1988: 3, 8.
  10. Williams, G.A. & Asher, S.R. "Children without friends, Part 1: Their problems."  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, 1993: 6(7).
  11. Willilams, G.A. & Asher, S.R. "Children without friends, Part 2: The reasons for peer rejection."  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, 1993: 5-6.
  12. Willilams, G.A. & Asher, S.R. "Children without friends, Part 4: Improving social skills."  1993: 3-4.
  13. Asher, S.R. & Hopmeyer, A. "Peer relationship problems in childhood."  1993: 10. a publication of the National Association of School Psychologists
  14. Asher, S.R., Erdley, C.A. & Gabriel, S. "Peer relations." Development through life: A handbook for clinicians. Ed. M. L. Rutter & D. F. Hay London: Blackwell, 1994: 456-487.
  15. Asher, S. R., Parker, J. G., & Walker, D. L. "Distinguishing friendship from acceptance: Implications for intervention and assessment." The company they keep: Friendship during childhood and adolescence. Ed. W. M. Bukowski, A. F. Newcomb, & W. W. Hartup New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996: 366-405.
  16. Asher, S.R. & Rose, A.J. "Promoting children's social-emotional development with peers." Emotional development and emotional literacy. Ed. P. Salovey & D. Sluyter New York: Basic Books, 1997: 196-224.
  17. Asher, S. R., & Hopmeyer, A. "Loneliness in childhood." Children's needs II: Development, problems and alternatives. Ed. G. G. Bear, K. M. Minke, & A. Thomas Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists, 1997: 279-292.
  18. Rudolph, K.D., & Asher, S. R. "Adaptation and maladaptation in the peer system." Handbook of developmental psychopathology,. Ed. . J. Sameroff, M. Lewis, & S. M. Miller 2nd Ed.New York: Plenum Press, 2000: 157-175.
  19. Asher, S.R., Rose, A.J. & Gabriel, S.W. "Peer rejection in everyday life." Interpersonal rejection. Ed. M. Leary New York: Oxford University Press, 2001: 105-142.

Contributions to Professional Newsletters

  1. Asher, S.R. & McDonald, K.L. "Intervening to promote friendship: Experimental tests of hypotheses about fundamental skills and processes. A commentary on “Research on Friendship among Children and Adolescents: Findings, Problems, and Future Directions” (Joan G. Miller and Xinyin Chen, Eds.)."  Number 2, Serial No. 462004 Supplement to International Journal of Behavoral Development, 28, 6, November, 2004

Book Reviews

  1. Asher, S.R. (1971). [Review of "Reach, Touch, and Teach: Student Concerns and Process Education," by Terry Borton]. Journal of Experimental Education, 39, 21.
  2. Asher, S.R. (1979). [Review of Social competence. symptoms. and under-achievement in childhood: A longitudinal perspective, by Martin Kohn]. Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 53, 72-74.
  3. Asher, S.R. (1981). [Review of Social competence: Interventions for children and adults, by Diana P. Rathjen and John P. Foreyt (Eds.)]. Contemporary Psychology, 26(10), 800.

Other

  1. Willilams, G.A. & Asher, S.R. (1993). Children without friends, Part 3: Learning about a child's strengths and weaknesses. School-Age Connections, 5(5), 4-5.