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The Effects of Participation Rate on the Internal Reliability of Peer Nomination Measures
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Marks, Peter E. L.; Babcock, Ben; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Crick, Nicki R. – Social Development, 2013
Although low participation rates have historically been considered problematic in peer nomination research, some researchers have recently argued that small proportions of participants can, in fact, provide adequate sociometric data. The current study used a classical measurement perspective to investigate the internal reliability (Cronbach's…
Descriptors: Reliability, Peer Acceptance, Friendship, Aggression
Agentic or Communal? Associations between Interpersonal Goals, Popularity, and Bullying in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
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Caravita, Simona C. S.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Social Development, 2012
This study investigated whether perceived popularity mediates and/or moderates the association between agentic goals and bullying, and whether sociometric popularity mediates and/or moderates the association between communal goals and bullying. Age and gender differences were also examined. Participants were 276 fourth and fifth graders (middle…
Descriptors: Bullying, Early Adolescents, Grade 4, Grade 5
The Impact of Clique Membership on Children's Social Behavior and Status Nominations
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Kwon, Kyongboon; Lease, A. Michele; Hoffman, Lesa – Social Development, 2012
The impact of children's clique membership on their peer nominations for social behaviors and status was examined in a sample of 455 third- through fifth-grade children. Social identity theory (SIT) and children's peer group affiliation and context served as primary conceptual frameworks for this investigation. As suggested by SIT, results…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Peer Relationship, Peer Groups, Grade 5
Teacher-Child Relationship Quality and Children's Peer Victimization and Aggressive Behavior in Late Childhood
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Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Kopp, Jessica – Social Development, 2011
This investigation examines the extent to which characteristics of the teacher-child relationship (closeness, dependency, and conflict) are predictive of changes in children's peer victimization and aggressive behavior over the course of a school year. Relational and physical forms of victimization and aggression were studied, and changes in peer…
Descriptors: Bullying, Aggression, Peer Relationship, Risk
With a Little Help from Your Friends: The Importance of High-Quality Friendships on Early Adolescent Adjustment
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Waldrip, Amy M.; Malcolm, Kenya T.; Jensen-Campbell, Lauri A. – Social Development, 2008
The unique contributions of peer acceptance, friendship, and victimization to adjustment were examined. How these relational systems moderate the influence of one another to influence adjustment was also investigated. Friendship quality, a unique aspect of friendship, was expected to be especially important for adjustment when other relational…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Adjustment (to Environment), Grade 8
They're Cool: Social Status and Peer Group Supports for Aggressive Boys and Girls
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Rodkin, Philip C.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Pearl, Ruth; Van Acker, Richard – Social Development, 2006
This study examined who among the 526 fourth to sixth graders are nominated as among the coolest kids in their class. There were two questions: (1) Are popular-aggressive (tough) children nominated as cool by a broad spectrum of their peers, or only by a select few? (2) Does variability in children's cool nominations more closely follow their…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Social Status, Aggression, Peer Acceptance