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Wurster, Tabitha; Xie, Hongling – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
This study examined the social functioning of bistrategic youths (i.e., those who employ both aggressive and prosocial behavior) in order to further understand their social competence in peer social networks. Within our sample of 318 fifth-grade participants recruited from an urban school district in the northeastern US, bistrategic preadolescents…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Grade 5, Urban Schools, Social Behavior
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Shi, Bing; Xie, Hongling – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Using peer nominations of physical aggression and perceived popularity in the spring semester of fifth grade, we identified 54 popular aggressive and 42 nonpopular aggressive preadolescents in a diverse sample of 318 participants recruited from an urban school district. Physical aggression in the spring semester of sixth grade was included to…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Social Status, Aggression, Developmental Continuity
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Xie, Hongling; Shi, Bing – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
The Social Cognitive Mapping procedure was used to identify peer social groups in 26 fifth-grade classrooms from six elementary schools in a northeastern urban school district. Four group structural features were examined: size, the number of subcliques, cohesion, and salience hierarchy. Ethnic diversity index was calculated for each group. An…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Grade 5, Cognitive Mapping, Gender Differences