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I like Me if You like Me: On the Interpersonal Modulation and Regulation of Preadolescents' State Self-Esteem
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Thomaes, Sander; Reijntjes, Albert; Orobio de Castro, Bram; Bushman, Brad J.; Poorthuis, Astrid; Telch, Michael J. – Child Development, 2010
This experiment tested whether peer approval and disapproval experiences can cause immediate change in children's state self-esteem. Children's narcissistic traits and evaluator perceived popularity were examined as potential moderators. A total of 333 preadolescents (M = 10.8 years) completed personal profiles on the Internet that were ostensibly…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Preadolescents, Self Esteem, Peer Acceptance
Peer Status and Self-Perception among Early Elementary School Children: The Case of the Rejected Children.
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Boivin, Michel; Begin, Guy – Child Development, 1989
This study evaluated the relations of peer status, self-perceptions, and other-perceptions of social competence among 9- and 11-year-old children. Self-esteem, self-perception in different domains, and teachers' assessments were examined along with peer status. (PCB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance
Traits and Relationship Status: Stranger versus Peer Group Inhibition and Test Intelligence versus Peer Group Competence as Early Predictors of Later Self-Esteem.
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Asendorpf, Jens B.; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Child Development, 1994
Examined the hypothesis that young children's social behavior in stable groups of peers becomes relationship specific to some extent with increasing group socialization and predicts important developmental outcomes beyond these relationships, such as social self-esteem in middle childhood when children attend different peer groups. The hypothesis…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Friendship, Peer Acceptance
The Internal Working Model of Self, Attachment, and Competence in Five-Year-Olds.
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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
Children's Peer Relationships: Longitudinal Prediction of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems from Middle to Late Childhood.
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Hymel, Shelley; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Predictive links between social difficulties in early childhood and problems in middle childhood were examined. Peer, teacher, and self-assessments of behaviors and difficulties were obtained. Early peer rejection and aggression predicted later externalizing difficulties. Early poor peer acceptance, social isolation, and social incompetence…
Descriptors: Aggression, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 2