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The Role of Cross-Racial/Ethnic Friendships in Social Adjustment
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Kawabata, Yoshito; Crick, Nicki R. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency and correlates of cross-racial/ethnic friendships. The sample consisted of 509 (188 African American, 135 European American, 106 Asian American, and 80 Latino) children in 4th grade from 39 classrooms in several public elementary schools. The authors hypothesized that (a) the frequency of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Friendship, Social Adjustment, Grade 4
The Role of Overt Aggression, Relational Aggression, and Prosocial Behavior in the Prediction of Children's Future Social Adjustment.
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Crick, Nicki R. – Child Development, 1996
Examined 245 third- through sixth-graders' relational aggression, overt aggression, prosocial behavior, and social adjustment at three points during the academic year. Found that individual differences in relational aggression were relatively stable over time, and that relational aggression and prosocial behavior contributed to the prediction of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence
Relational Aggression, Gender, and Social-Psychological Adjustment.
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Crick, Nicki R.; Grotpeter, Jennifer K. – Child Development, 1995
Used peer nomination and self-report instruments to assess relational aggression, overt aggression, and social adjustment for 491 third through sixth graders. Found that girls were more relationally aggressive than boys and that relationally aggressive children were more rejected by peers and reported more loneliness, depression, and isolation…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Depression (Psychology), Peer Evaluation
Relational and Physical Forms of Peer Victimization in Preschool.
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Crick, Nicki R.; Casas, Juan F.; Ku, Hyon-Chin – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Assessed relational and physical peer victimization among 3- to 5-year olds. Found that boys were significantly more physically victimized than girls, whereas girls were more relationally victimized. Both types of victims experienced greater adjustment problems than did their peers. Relational victimization contributed unique information about…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Bullying, Emotional Adjustment
An Observational Study of Delivered and Received Aggression, Gender, and Social-Psychological Adjustment in Preschool: ''This White Crayon Doesn't Work ...''
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Ostrov, Jamie M.; Woods, Kathleen E.; Jansen, Elizabeth A.; Casas, Juan F.; Crick, Nicki R. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2004
A semi-structured observational study investigated gender differences in delivered and received relational, physical, verbal, and nonverbal aggression in a young preschool sample (N=60). Findings revealed that gender differences in subtypes of aggression may be apparent as early as 3 years of age. Specifically, girls were found to deliver and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Aggression, Observation, Social Adjustment
Children's Perceptions of Their Peer Experiences: Attributions, Loneliness, Social Anxiety, and Social Avoidance.
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Crick, Nicki R.; Ladd, Gary W. – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Assessed third and fifth graders' feelings of loneliness, social anxiety, and social avoidance and their attributions for social outcomes. Compared with peers, rejected children reported more loneliness and were more likely to attribute relationship failures to external causes. Among socially distressed children, attribution patterns varied with…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5
Relational and Overt Aggression in Preschool.
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Crick, Nicki R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Developed measures of relational aggression for young children. Found that relational aggression appears at young ages and can be distinguished from overt aggression. Preschool girls are more relationally and less overtly aggressive than boys. Relational aggression is related to social-psychological maladjustment. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Bullying, Child Behavior