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Weyns, Tessa; Colpin, Hilde; Verschueren, Karine – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Relationships with peers and teachers are keys for children's psychosocial development. However, it is unclear whether this also applies for high-ability children. This study adds to the literature by longitudinally examining the role of interpersonal relationships in the educational context for high- and average-ability students.…
Descriptors: Well Being, Peer Acceptance, Teacher Student Relationship, Conflict
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Danneel, Sofie; Colpin, Hilde; Goossens, Luc; Engels, Maaike; Van Leeuwan, Karla; Van Den Noorgate, Wim; Verschueren, Karine – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2019
In this study, the effects of peer acceptance and rejection on global self-esteem and emotional school engagement in adolescents were investigated. Moreover, in line with the differential susceptibility hypothesis, we examined the potential moderating effect of a polymorphism in the serotonin receptor gene (i.e., 5-HTTLPR). The sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Genetics, Rejection (Psychology), Self Esteem, Student School Relationship
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Petry, Katja – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
Students with a disability in inclusive classes often face problems with peer acceptance, friendships and peer interactions. In this paper, the relationship between these difficulties in social participation and the attitudes that typically developing adolescents hold towards peers with a disability at the level of the class was explored. A…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Friendship, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Wegge, Denis; Vandebosch, Heidi; Eggermont, Steven; Pabian, Sara – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2016
The present study examines the reciprocal associations between cyberbullying behavior and young adolescents' social status. For this purpose, a two-wave panel study with an 8-month time interval was conducted among an entire grade of 154 secondary school pupils (age 12-14). The survey featured items on traditional bullying and cyberbullying as…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Longitudinal Studies, Early Adolescents
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Bossaert, Goele; de Boer, Anke A.; Frostad, Per; Pijl, Sip Jan; Petry, Katja – Irish Educational Studies, 2015
Yearly data are collected describing progress in inclusive education. Frequently used criteria are the percentages of students attending special schooling or percentages of students officially labelled as having special educational needs (SEN). However, both criteria have pitfalls. In this study, the social participation of students was used as a…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Inclusion, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Participation
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Demanet, Jannick; Van Houtte, Mieke – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
We examine the association between grade retention and the number of same-grade friendships. Moreover, we investigate the effect of a school's proportion of retained students on these friendships and the moderating effect of this school characteristic on the relationship between retention and the number of same-grade friendships. Multilevel…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Grade Repetition, Friendship, Peer Acceptance
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Leflot, Geertje; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Onghena, Patrick; Colpin, Hilde – Journal of School Psychology, 2013
The role of children's on-task behavior in the prevention of aggressive behavior was assessed among 570 Dutch speaking children followed from second- to third-grade elementary school in Flanders, Belgium. A first objective was to investigate whether individual level variation of on-task behavior moderated the impact of a universal preventive…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Prevention, Program Effectiveness
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De Laet, Steven; Colpin, Hilde; Vervoort, Eleonora; Doumen, Sarah; Van Leeuwen, Karla; Goossens, Luc; Verschueren, Karine – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The present longitudinal study examined how relationships with teachers and peers jointly shape the development of children's behavioral engagement in late elementary school. A sample of 586 children (46% boys; M[subscript age] = 9.26 years at Wave 1) was followed throughout Grades 4, 5, and 6. A multidimensional approach was adopted,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Leflot, Geertje; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Verschueren, Karine; Onghena, Patrick; Colpin, Hilde – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
The links between children's externalizing behaviors and two characteristics of children's social interactions within the classroom, namely, peer social preference and received support from the teacher, were studied in 570 children followed from their 2nd- to 3rd-grade years of elementary school. Data consisted of peer and teacher reports of…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Correlation, Teacher Student Relationship, Behavior Problems
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Larouche, Marie-Noelle; Galand, Benoit; Bouffard, Therese – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
This paper reports results from two studies aimed at examining whether perception of social acceptance and actual social acceptance differ according to the presence of an illusion of scholastic incompetence. Results of both studies conducted in Belgium and in Quebec (respectively 179 and 543 participants) show that children's illusion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance, Academic Ability, Student Attitudes
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Brutsaert, Herman – Gender and Education, 2006
Drawing on survey data, this paper explores the association between early adolescents' gender-role identity and sense of peer group acceptance, and how this association may vary as a function of the gender context of the school. Two indicators of gender-role identity were included in the analysis: in one measure the items reflect features of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Peer Groups, Peer Acceptance, Early Adolescents
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Verschueren, Karine; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Two studies examined young children's internal working model of self and their competence, social acceptance, behavioral adjustment, and behavioral manifestations of self-esteem. Results indicated significant and positive relations of the positiveness of self with competence and social acceptance, with behavioral adjustment to school, and with…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Kindergarten Children