"Popular examines why popularity plays such a key role in our development and, ultimately, how it still influences our happiness and success today. In many ways -- some even beyond our conscious awareness -- those old dynamics of our youth continue to play out in every business meeting, every social gathering, in our personal relationships, and even how we raise our children. Our popularity even affects our DNA, our health, and our mortality in fascinating...

"The book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how peer influence operates, its role in adolescent development and socialization, and implications for intervention and prevention. Presenting compelling theoretical and empirical advances -- and identifying important directions for future research -- this authoritative book belongs on the shelves of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in developmental, clinical, and social psychology;...