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Reconsidering the Failure Model: Using a Genetically Controlled Design to Assess the Spread of Problems from Reactive Aggression to Internalizing Symptoms through Peer Rejection across the Primary School Years
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Sharon Faur; Olivia Valdes; Frank Vitaro; Mara Brendgen; Michel Boivin; Brett Laursen – Child Development, 2024
According to the failure model (Patterson & Capaldi, 1990), peer rejection is the intermediary link between problem behaviors and internalizing symptoms. The present study tested the model with 464 monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twin pairs (234 female, 230 male dyads). Teacher-reported reactive aggression and internalizing symptoms, and…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Genetics, Aggression, Rejection (Psychology)
Concern for Mianzi: Relations with Adjustment in Rural and Urban Chinese Adolescents
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Xinyin Chen; Jiaxi Zhou; Dan Li; Junsheng Liu; Minghao Zhang; Shujie Zheng; Xianguo Han – Child Development, 2024
The present study examined relations between concern for mianzi, or the social perception of one's prestige and standing in the group, and adjustment in Chinese adolescents. Participants were seventh- and ninth-grade students in rural and urban regions of China (n = 794, M[subscript age] = 14 years). Data were obtained from multiple sources…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Urban Schools, Rural Urban Differences, Social Status