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The Role of Norm Salience in Aggression Socialization among Friends: Distinctions between Physical and Relational Aggression
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Correia, Stephanie; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Socialization among aggressive friends is believed to play a critical role in the development of aggressive behavior. This study examined the moderating effect of norm salience in the classroom on the association between reciprocal friends' and children's own physical, relational, and general aggression. A total of 713 children (M = 10.32 years,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Is There a Dark Side of Positive Illusions? Overestimation of Social Competence and Subsequent Adjustment in Aggressive and Nonaggressive Children
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Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Turgeon, Lyse; Poulin, Francois; Wanner, Brigitte – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2004
This study examined (a) the links between children's overly positive perceptions about the relations with the peer group and with their best friend to subsequent behavioral, emotional, and social adjustment, and (b) whether these links are moderated by children's aggression. Using a short-term longitudinal design, the study was based on a sample…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Interpersonal Competence, Social Adjustment, Friendship
"Accept Me, or Else...": Disputed Overestimation of Social Competence Predicts Increases in Proactive Aggression
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de Castro, Bram Orobio; Brendgen, Mara; Van Boxtel, Herman; Vitaro, Frank; Schaepers, Linda – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
It has been proposed that aggressive behavior may result from unrealistically positive self-evaluations that are disputed by others (Baumeister, Smart, & Boden, 1996). The present three studies tested this proposition concurrently and longitudinally for the domain of self-perceived social competence (SPSC) in 3-6th grade children on two…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Patterns, Rejection (Psychology), Aggression