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The Relationship between Children's Self-Reported Recess Problems, and Peer Acceptance and Friendships.
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Doll, Beth; Murphy, Patrick; Song, Samuel Y. – Journal of School Psychology, 2003
Investigates the nature of children's self-reported recess problems and the degree to which these were correlated with children's peer acceptance and mutual friendships. Modest relations were reported between inclusion recess problems and children's mutual friendships and peer acceptance. Results suggest that self-reported recess problems are a…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Friendship, Peer Acceptance
Childhood Peer Relationships: Social Acceptance, Friendships, and Peer Networks.
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Gifford-Smith, Mary E.; Brownell, Celia A. – Journal of School Psychology, 2003
This review addresses several areas of contemporary research in children's peer relationships during the elementary and middle school years, with primary foci on children's peer acceptance, the ability to make and maintain friendships, and their participation in larger peer networks. It is argued that children's psychosocial development may be…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Peer Acceptance
Context and Development in Children's School-Based Peer Relations: Implications for Research and Practice.
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Brownell, Celia A.; Gifford-Smith, Mary E. – Journal of School Psychology, 2003
Presents a response to the three commentaries on the authors' original article, "Childhood Peer Relationships: Social Acceptance, Friendships, and Peer Networks" (this issue). Highlights those features of the commentaries the authors found most instructive, and that they hope researchers from developmental psychology, educational psychology, and…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Peer Acceptance
Childhood Peer Relationships in Context.
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Sheridan, Susan M.; Buhs, Eric S.; Warnes, Emily D. – Journal of School Psychology, 2003
Presents a response to Gifford-Smith and Brownell's "Childhood Peer Relationships: Social Acceptance, Friendships, and Peer Networks" (this issue). Focuses on the interaction of context, children's social skillfulness, and the type of peer relationship targeted as central elements in conceptualizing effective interventions. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Children, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship
Promoting Social Competence in an Era of School Reform: A Commentary on Gifford-Smith and Brownell.
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Gettinger, Maribeth – Journal of School Psychology, 2003
Presents a response to Gifford-Smith and Brownell's "Childhood Peer Relationships: Social Acceptance, Friendships, and Peer Networks" (this issue). A focus on enhancing social competence within the context of classrooms designed to accommodate the needs of all students is presented as an integrated framework for applying research concerning…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer Victimization: Manifestations and Relations to School Adjustment in Kindergarten.
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Kochenderfer, Becky J.; Ladd, Gary W. – Journal of School Psychology, 1996
Four types of peer victimizations (physical, direct verbal, indirect verbal, and general) were assessed using a sample of 200 kindergartners. Peer victimization was reported by a large percentage of children, with female and males being equally at risk. Victimized children were compared to nonvictimized children on several social and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Coping
Ecological/Developmental Theory, Context-Based Best Practice, and School-Based Action Research: Cornerstones of School Psychology Training and Policy.
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Elias, Maurice J.; Dilworth, Janean E'guya – Journal of School Psychology, 2003
Presents a response to Gifford-Smith and Brownell's "Childhood Peer Relationships: Social Acceptance, Friendships, and Peer Networks" (this issue). Suggests that an ecological/developmental perspective of the development of peer relationships, the contextualization of knowledge, and the utilization of action research as essential to the future of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Children, Counselor Training, Elementary Secondary Education