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Sijtsema, Jelle J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
In the current study, associations between individual and friends' direct and indirect aggression and depressive problems were examined. It was expected that social status would moderate these associations such that low-status preadolescents would be more similar to their unilateral friends with regard to indirect, but not direct, aggression.…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Friendship, Aggression, Depression (Psychology)
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Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Kretschmer, Tina; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Veenstra, René – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
This study examined to what extent motives for behavior differentiated between popular, accepted, and rejected adolescents. Based on goal-framing theory, three types of motives were distinguished: hedonic (aimed at short-term gratification), instrumental (aimed at improvement of one's situation), and normative (aimed at acting in accordance with…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Rejection (Psychology), Goal Orientation, Adolescents
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Thomaes, Sander; Sedikides, Constantine; Reijntjes, Albert; Brummelman, Eddie; Bushman, Brad J. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
When children experience habitual peer difficulties, adults often remind them that many people care about them. How do such reminders of support impact children's emotional responses to acute experiences of peer disapproval? Intuitively, support reminders would exert compensatory effects attenuating the emotional impact of acute disapproval.…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Emotional Response
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Zwaan, Michiel; Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Veenstra, Rene – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
The moderating effects of three specific conditions (status hierarchy, attractiveness hierarchy and sex ratio) on the link between status (popularity) and physical and relational aggression were examined in a large sample of adolescent boys ("N" = 1,665) and girls ("N" = 1,637) ("M" age = 13.60). In line with the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Status, Peer Relationship
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Timmermans, Maartje; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Koot, Hans M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
Adolescent delinquency and academic underachievement are both linked with child and adolescent behavior problems. However, little is known about behavioral pathways leading to these adverse outcomes. Children's aggression, opposition, status violations, and property violations scores were collected at ages 5, 10, and 18. Delinquency and academic…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Aggression, Underachievement
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van Outsem, Ron; Beckett, Richard; Bullens, Ruud; Vermeiren, Robert; van Horn, Joan; Doreleijers, Theo – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2006
In this paper, the Adolescent Sexual Abuser Project (ASAP) assessment pack-Dutch Revised Version (ASAP-D) is presented. The ASAP-D is an assessment instrument which measures the personality characteristics that are generally considered relevant in the literature for the development and perpetuation of sexually abusive behaviour in juveniles. After…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Institutionalized Persons, Personality Traits, Program Effectiveness