The Development of Social Networks from Early to Middle Childhood: Gender Differences and the Relation to School Competence.

Feiring, Candice; Lewis, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ433975

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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The Development of Social Networks from Early to Middle Childhood: Gender Differences and the Relation to School Competence.

Feiring, Candice; Lewis, Michael

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v25 n3-4 p237-53 Aug 1991

Examines gender differences in social network (SN) development from early to middle childhood and the relation of network characteristics to school competence through mothers' reports of the SNs of 38 sons and 37 daughters. For girls, SN characteristics correspond to teacher ratings of social competence in school. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Child Development, Children, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Sex Differences, Social Development, Social Networks, Student Development, Teacher Attitudes, White Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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