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Nesdale, Drew; Lambert, Anne – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
Children (n = 88) aged 8 and 10 years participated in a minimal group study in which their rejection versus acceptance, by one other person versus a group of three people, was experimentally manipulated. Analysis of their self-reported negative affect, self-esteem, and maladaptive social behavior, revealed that, regardless of the source of the…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Affective Behavior, Rejection (Psychology), Peer Relationship
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Nesdale, Drew; Maass, Anne; Kiesner, Jeff; Durkin, Kevin; Griffiths, Judith; Ekberg, Andreas – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
This study examined the effects on 6- and 8-year old children (n = 160) of rejection versus acceptance by an initial group, the reason for the rejection or acceptance (personal versus category-based), and the norms (inclusion versus exclusion) of a new group to which the children were assigned, on their negative affect and attitudes towards the…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Peer Groups, Group Membership, Rejection (Psychology)