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Rudolph, Karen D.; Caldwell, Melissa S.; Conley, Colleen S. – Child Development, 2005
This research examined the hypothesis that a tendency to base one's self-worth on peer approval is associated with positive and negative aspects of children's well-being. A sample of 153 fourth through eighth graders (9.0 to 14.8 years) reported on need for approval, global self-worth, social-evaluative concerns, anxiety and depression, and…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Social Adjustment, Depression (Psychology), Preadolescents

McHale, Susan M.; Pawletko, Terese M. – Child Development, 1992
Examined differential treatment of siblings in families with a disabled child and other families. Assessed connections between differential treatment, both children's adjustment, and sibling relationships. Results revealed greater levels of differential treatment in families with disabled children but no context differences in the correlations…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes