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Direct linkCrumly, Brianna; Thomas, Jillian; McWood, Leanna M.; Troop-Gordon, Wendy – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Although a number of social--cognitive and contextual correlates of defending against bullying have been identified, research on the personality traits associated with defending have yielded weak and inconsistent results. The current study provided a novel examination as to whether a tendency toward social withdrawal is associated with less…
Descriptors: Bullying, Withdrawal (Psychology), Social Influences, Personality Traits
Pinto, Cynthia; Baines, Ed; Bakopoulou, Ioanna – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background and aims: Children with special educational needs (SEN) are generally less accepted by peers in school and have fewer friendships than those without SEN. However, little research has examined peer relations across multiple dimensions, relative to severity of need and in relation to classroom experiences and individual behavioural…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Special Education, Children, Foreign Countries
Steffensen, Tom; Havgaard, Merete Hull – Ethnography and Education, 2020
Within the tradition of ethnographic classroom research, this paper studies how pupils with a minority background are disciplined and participate in different school subjects such as Danish, English, math and science in Danish primary and lower secondary school settings. Whereas most research on minority children in classroom contexts focuses…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Minority Group Students, Student Participation
Peer reviewedGresham, Frank M. – Theory into Practice, 1982
Social skills instruction is one way of increasing the likelihood that exceptional children will interact more positively and be accepted by nonhandicapped children. Several social skill training techniques are described. (CJ)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Exceptional Persons, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedSiperstein, Gary N.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1996
A study of 43 children with mental retardation working with peers on a cooperative task found that different factors influence peer acceptance and rejection. Acceptance was influenced by overall quantity of a child's interactions and peer perceptions of positive behavior; rejection was influenced by positive behavior of the target child and peer…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Elementary Education, Influences
Peer reviewedGreener, Susan Hayes – Journal of Moral Education, 2000
Examines 8-12 year olds' peer assessment of prosocial behavior and their relationship to self-assessment, teacher assessments, and peer acceptance. Reports that popular children were rated as significantly more prosocial, while rejected children were rated as significantly less prosocial than all other groups. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Children, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDeRosier, Melissa E.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined academic and behavioral problems as a function of two dimensions by which rejection may vary over time: chronicity and temporal proximity. Suggests that all levels of rejection were associated with greater absenteeism from school, and more chronic and proximal experiences of rejection were associated with elevated externalizing behavior…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Children, Friendship
Download full textGottlieb, Jay; Budoff, Milton – 1973
Twenty-two educable mentally retarded (EMR) and 41 mentally typical students, 7 to 13 years of age, in an inner city school setting, were observed for six 5-minute period sessions on a 12 category schedule and were given a sociometric test to determine whether specific classroom behaviors of EMR children are related to social rejection and whether…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Exceptional Child Research
VAN EGMOND, ELMER; ZANDER, ALVIN – 1957
THE EFFECTS OF TWO DETERMINANTS, INTELLIGENCE AND DEGREE OF A PERSON'S SOCIAL POWER, WHICH AFFECT SOCIAL RELATIONS WERE EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY. THE LATTER REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIOR AND BELIEFS OF OTHERS. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE WAS TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN CAUSES FOR THE TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS USED BY CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Females, Group Testing
Peer reviewedRodkin, Philip C.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Pearl, Ruth; Van Acker, Richard – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined subtypes of "popular" among 452 fourth- through sixth-grade boys. Found that peers perceived popular-prosocial boys as cool, athletic, leaders, cooperative, studious, not shy, and nonaggressive. They perceived popular-antisocial boys as cool, athletic, and antisocial. Findings suggested that highly aggressive boys can be among…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Black Students, Child Behavior
Gest, Scott D.; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Welsh, Janet A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
The developmental significance of children's academic reputation among peers was examined in a longitudinal study of 400 children in Grades 3, 4, and 5. In the fall of Year 1, teachers rated children's academic skills and behavior, and peers provided nominations describing classmates' academic skills, social acceptance versus rejection, and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Reputation, Prediction, Aggression
Juvonen, Jaana, Ed.; Graham, Sandra, Ed. – 2001
Many children are targets of verbal and physical abuse or social ostracism at some point during their school careers, and a minority are repeatedly victimized by their peers. This volume brings together leading investigators to present the latest psychological research on chronically victimized children and adolescents. The book's introduction…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Nolin, Mary Jo; And Others – 1997
Recent research on middle and senior high school students showed a reversal of previous decline in smoking marijuana and using drugs other than marijuana, a decline in students' personal disapproval of marijuana, and a high prevalence of alcohol use. Student reports of peer approval, availability, and use at school of alcohol, marijuana, and other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Children, Drinking
