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Milich, Richard; And Others – 1981
In order to determine whether preschool children can successfully identify externalizing symptomatic behaviors (aggression and hyperactivity) in their male classmates, and whether children's perceptions are associated with peer-rated popularity and rejection, 154 preschool boys and girls were interviewed through the use of a peer-nominating…
Descriptors: Aggression, Hyperactivity, Identification, Males
Download full textAbecassis, Maurissa; Hartup, Willard W. – 1999
In this study, questions regarding the prevalence of mutual antipathies and their relation to the behavior of individual children were examined among preadolescents and adolescents. Mutual antipathies were defined as relationships in which children mutually nominated one another as least liked on a sociometric task. A distinction was drawn between…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Elementary Education
Remer, Rory – 1982
Social psychologists have studied interpersonal conflict by examining styles of conflict resolution such as negotiation/bargaining. Counseling psychologists have attempted to address these concerns through assertiveness and aspects of parenting training. In a previous study, a three-component confrontation model--specified behavior, emotional…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Change Strategies
Scholte, Ron H. J.; Haselager, Gerbert J. T.; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; van Lieshout, Cornelis F. M. – 1999
Noting that a child's peer competence and sociometric status not only are important indices of the child's current social functioning, but may also predict adolescent adaptation, this study examined the antecedents in peer competence and sociometric status in early and late elementary school years of five peer reputation dimensions. These five…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFrench, Doran C. – Child Development, 1990
Heterogeneity in 8- to 10-year-old girls who were rejected by their peers was investigated. Cluster analysis revealed two groups, the more deviant being characterized by withdrawal, anxiety, and low academic functioning. Aggression did not differentiate the two groups. (BC)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Aggression, Anxiety, Cluster Analysis
Peer reviewedHudley, Cynthia A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
Teacher and peer perceptions of aggression were investigated with 479 male and 420 female third through eighth graders. Teachers and students' peers reported higher levels of aggression in boys than girls, and these perceptions were relatively stable across grades. Issues relevant to identification of highly aggressive youth were identified. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; And Others – 1992
A study was conducted to test the effects of early consistent rejection by peers in early elementary school on children's social and emotional adjustment at the end of elementary school. The study used data from a longitudinal study conducted in the Netherlands between 1986 and 1991. In 1986, a total of 231 kindergarten and first-grade boys from…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Depression (Psychology)
