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Direct linkOdom, Samuel L.; Zercher, Craig; Li, Shouming; Marquart, Jules M.; Sandall, Susan; Brown, William H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Eighty children with disabilities enrolled in a nationally distributed set of inclusive preschool programs participated in this study. The average age of the participants was 3.9 years, and 60% were male. The children exhibited a range of disabilities and developmental levels. Using a mixed-method approach, the authors established quantitative…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Age, Rejection (Psychology), Preschool Children
Wilson, Beverly J. – Social Development, 2006
This study investigated the entry behavior and temperamental characteristics of aggressive/rejected and nonaggressive/popular kindergarten and first-grade children. An analog entry situation was used to assess children's entry skills. Aggressive/rejected children had more difficulty than nonaggressive/popular children delivering their entry bids…
Descriptors: Aggression, Rejection (Psychology), Peer Acceptance, Behavior Problems
Download full textRoberts, Jillian; MacMath, Sheryl; English, Margot; Martin, Joan; Hayashi, Al; Sigalet, David L. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2006
This article takes a comprehensive look at the effects of pectus excavatum, a congenital deformity with psychosocial and physical ramifications, and the Nuss procedure on the quality of life of adolescents. The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive corrective surgery. Twenty-five participants from Calgary, Alberta were interviewed (10 adolescents…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Surgery, Adolescents, Congenital Impairments
Kelty, Ellen – 1985
Many clinical observations of child witnesses of violence have been made, yet there has been little systematic research on the relationship between observing violence and perceived self-competence. Possible correlates of observing wife battering in the self-perceptions of young children were examined by administering the Pictorial Scale of…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Cognitive Ability, Interpersonal Competence, Observation
Peer reviewedStrichart, Stephen S. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Imitation, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedLadd, Gary W.; Golter, Beckie S. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Investigated the relationship between parents' efforts to initiate and monitor children's peer contacts and the qualities of children's peer relations in nonschool and school settings. (PCB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Parent Influence
Peer reviewedFactor, David C.; Frankie, Gary H. – Child Study Journal, 1985
Preschool children observed during periods of free play were assessed on two measures: Parten Scale for social participation and teachers' rating of children's social behavior. Discussion of results includes implications of relationship of positive and negative behaviors, inverse relationship between teacher-directed and group positive behaviors,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship
Peer reviewedDodge, Kenneth A.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
A reliable measure of children's skills in discriminating intention cues was developed to test the hypothesis that such skills are related to social competence. The instrument was administered to 176 kindergarten, second-grade, and fourth-grade children who were identified as being popular, average, socially rejected, or socially neglected.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cues, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedGulley, S. Beverly; Fairchild, Phyllis A. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Reports a moderate association between preschool children's gross motor skills and their status with peers, with peer status appearing to be more a function of sex than of age. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Research, Females, Interpersonal Competence
Choi, Dong Hwa – 2000
This study explored the effects of a model of social skills training on 4- to 5-year-old children with low peer acceptance. The cognitive-social learning model aims to improve children's social behaviors through teaching effective cognitive social strategies and providing opportunities for children to practice social behaviors and monitor them…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Models, Peer Acceptance
Peer reviewedEnglish, Kris; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
A study of four children with disabilities and six children without disabilities in an integrated preschool investigated the effects of pairing children with disabilities with trained peers for school activities and teaching interaction skills to all the children. Results found interactions between the children significantly increased after…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedVaughn, Sharon; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
Ten learning-disabled elementary students experiencing peer rejection participated in a 20-week intervention with a contextualist training model. Five of the 10 students' social status was classified as unrejected at the postintervention measure, and there were significant increases in positive peer nominations for males at posttest and 6-month…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
Peer reviewedLandau, Steven; Milich, Richard; Diener, Mary Beth – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1998
Explores explanations for interpersonal problems experienced by children with attention-deficit hyperactivity. Presents potentially relevant social skills training programs. Suggests that multimodal programs that rely on parent training, school-based anger-control, medication, academic skills tutoring, attributional retraining and perspective…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Hyperactivity
Powell, Gwynn – Camping Magazine, 1999
Presents research findings from a 1998 study on predictors of friendship quality and peer acceptance at summer camp. Discusses implications for two core areas of camp: staff training issues (management of group dynamics and providing social-skill-building opportunities for individual campers) and program philosophy as the backdrop for formation of…
Descriptors: Camping, Counselor Training, Early Adolescents, Friendship
Peer reviewedMacKinnon-Lewis, Carol; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Assessed mothers' and their seven- to nine-year-old sons' hostile attributions about one another and the coerciveness of their relationships. Obtained ratings of the sons' aggression and peer acceptance and of family life events. Subjects' hostile attributions were related to the coerciveness of their interactions. Boys who reported more stressful…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, Children, Hostility
