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Backer-Grøndahl, Agathe; Naerde, Ane; Idsoe, Thormod – Child Development, 2019
This study examined differential and mediating relations between hot and cool self-regulation (M[subscript age] = 48.2 months; N = 1,155, 48% girls), first-grade (M[subscript age] = 77.5 months) maladjustment (externalizing [EXT] and internalizing [INT] behavior), and first- and second-grade (M[subscript age] = 89.5 months) academic competence…
Descriptors: Self Control, Student Adjustment, Correlation, Behavior Problems
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Kiuru, Noona; Laursen, Brett; Aunola, Kaisa; Zhang, Xia; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2016
This longitudinal study, conducted among a sample of Finnish primary-school children, examined the proposition that a single high-quality relationship (either with a teacher or a parent) can buffer against adjustment problems. Teachers rated the externalizing problems and prosocial behaviors of 378 children in Grade 1 and again in Grade 2.…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Betts, Lucy R.; Rotenberg, Ken J.; Trueman, Mark; Stiller, James – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Children's social interactions with their peers influence their psychosocial adjustment; consequently, the relationship between class-wide peer liking, same-gender peer liking, and school adjustment was explored in two age groups. Peer liking was analysed using the social relations model (SRM). In Study 1, 205 children (103 female and 102 male,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Rating Scales, Path Analysis, Student Adjustment
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Greenman, Paul S.; Schneider, Barry H.; Tomada, Giovanna – School Psychology International, 2009
Poor school adjustment is a known correlate of peer rejection in childhood. However, the impact of change in sociometric status on children's academic performance over time is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether improvement or decline in children's sociometric status would predict corresponding changes in their academic…
Descriptors: Sociometric Techniques, Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, Program Effectiveness
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Leadbeater, Bonnie J.; Hoglund, Wendy L. G. – Child Development, 2009
Three models of the prospective relations between child maladjustment and peer victimization are examined: (a) internalizing results directly from victimization, (b) internalizing leads to victimization, and (c) physical aggression fuels retaliatory victimization that leads to increases in internalizing over time. Data came from assessments of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Adjustment (to Environment), Victims of Crime
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Laursen, Brett; Bukowski, William M.; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Child Development, 2007
This longitudinal study investigated prospective links between social isolation and adjustment problems among 166 (77 girls, 89 boys) Finnish children ages 7 to 9. Peer nominations for social engagement and self-reports of internalizing and externalizing problems were collected in the spring of the 1st and 2nd grade. Friendship moderated…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 1, Friendship, Social Isolation