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Examining Links between Motivations for Social Withdrawal, Time Spent Alone, and Indices of Internalizing Problems in Childhood and Early Adolescence
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Stefania Sette; Matilde Brunetti; Giulia Pecora; Fiorenzo Laghi; Emiddia Longobardi; Robert J. Coplan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
This study investigated links between motivations for social withdrawal, time spent alone, and indices of internalizing difficulties. Participants were 169 (n = 96 girls) children and early adolescents aged 8-14 years (M[subscript age] = 10.82, SD = 1.78). Children completed self-report measures of motivations for social withdrawal (shyness,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Social Isolation
Effects of Psychophysiological Reactivity to a School-Related Stressor and Temperament on Early Adolescents' Academic Performance
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Scrimin, Sara; Moscardino, Ughetta; Finos, Livio; Mason, Lucia – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
This study investigated early adolescents' psychophysiological response to a school-related stressor (SRS) as indexed by heart rate variability and examined the unique and interactive effects of heart rate variability and temperament on academic achievement. A total of 91 seventh graders watched an SRS video-clip while their heart rate variability…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Stress Variables, Video Technology, Metacognition
Behavioral, Personality, and Communicative Predictors of Acceptance and Popularity in Early Adolescence
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Wolters, Nina; Knoors, Harry; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
This study examined the behavioral, personality, and communicative predictors of acceptance and popularity in 608 early adolescents. Data were collected with sociometric methods and ratings in 30 sixth-grade classrooms. Hierarchical regressions were run to predict acceptance and popularity from prosocial, antisocial, and withdrawn behavior,…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Antisocial Behavior, Role, Extraversion Introversion
Predicting Peer Acceptance in Dutch Youth: A Multilevel Analysis
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Lubbers, Miranda; Van Der Werf, Margaretha; Kuyper, Hans; Offringa, G. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2006
This article uses an ecological approach to predict students' peer acceptance within junior high school classes. The authors investigate whether various characteristics (self-perception of physical attractiveness and athletic competence, cognitive ability, agreeableness, extraversion, age, parents education, number of siblings, siblings at same…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Peer Acceptance, Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics