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Keil, Vivien; Price, Joseph M. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study examined relations among social information-processing (SIP) variables in the domains of peer provocation and peer group entry. Using Crick and Dodge's [Crick, N. R., & Dodge, K. A. (1994). "A review and reformulation of social information-processing mechanisms in children's social adjustment." "Psychological Bulletin," 115, 74-101]…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Peer Relationship, Social Adjustment, Peer Groups
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Ward, Caryn Sabourin; Haskett, Mary E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: Cluster analysis was used to enhance understanding of heterogeneity in social adjustment of physically abused children. Method: Ninety-eight physically abused children (ages 5-10) were clustered on the basis of social adjustment, as measured by observed behavior with peers on the school playground and by teacher reports of social…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Social Adjustment, Child Abuse, Social Behavior
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Bolger, Kerry E.; Patterson, Charlotte J.; Kupersmidt, Janis B. – Child Development, 1998
Used longitudinal design to assess risks associated with maltreatment in maltreated and nonmaltreated children. Found that heightened difficulties in peer relationships and self-esteem were associated with greater severity and chronicity of maltreatment. The best predictions of specific aspects of adjustment considered timing, type, and severity…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Emotional Adjustment
Stoddart, Rebecca M. – 1993
This study investigated the social cognitive abilities, social adjustment, and self-esteem of maltreated preschoolers and those at risk for abuse. Subjects were 12 maltreated children, 22 children at risk for abuse, and 22 control children. Children completed the Social Problem Solving Test--Revised, a test of Attributed Intentions and Aggressive…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Bias, Child Abuse, Child Behavior
Howe, Tasha R.; And Others – 1996
This study compared the social adjustment of abused and nonabused children, ages 4 to 11 years, and examined whether sociometric status and friendship quality differentially predict children's loneliness and teacher ratings of peer behavior. Thirty-five abused children from a structured residential treatment center and 43 nonabused children from…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Conflict Resolution
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Levendosky, Alytia A.; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
Depression and maltreatment were analyzed as predictors of childhood adjustment problems, with 68 children (ages 8 through 12) at high risk due to poverty, physical abuse, and neglect. Depression and maltreatment predicted parents' and teachers' ratings of social competence. Depression also predicted parents' ratings of peer rejection, children's…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Depression (Psychology)