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Who Do Students Ask for Help with Classwork? Sources of Help and Changes in Help-Seeking from Peers during Early Adolescence
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Kilday, Jessica E.; Ryan, Allison M. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
This study used peer nominations to identify who students ask for help in class. We describe the level of friendship affiliation that students' share with their peer helpers, and their classroom behavior reputations. Participants were 1037 fifth (49%) and sixth (51%) graders with varied gender and ethnic-racial backgrounds (51% girls; 43% White,…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Student Behavior, Peer Relationship, Friendship
Using Social Network Position to Understand Early Adolescents' Power and Dominance within a School Context
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Andrews, Naomi C. Z.; McDowell, Hannah; Spadafora, Natalie; Dane, Andrew V. – School Psychology, 2022
In social groups, such as school-based peer networks, youth often vie for power and dominance over others. Different strategies may be used to gain power (i.e., coercive and/or cooperative strategies), and with varying levels of success. Using a social networks approach, we examined whether and how social network centrality and social network…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Early Adolescents, Power Structure, Peer Relationship