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Peer reviewedSgan, Mabel L.; Pickert, Sarah M. – Child Development, 1980
Examined assertive bids of elementary school children engaged in a cooperative task. Results from kindergarten and grade one participants support previous research regarding greater male assertiveness and attempts to influence other boys. By grade three, girls' overall assertiveness equaled that of boys. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Assertiveness, Children, Cooperation
Peer reviewedFrench, Doran C.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Observed the decision-reaching and leadership behavior of children in same- amd mixed-age triads by coding their verbalizations in arriving at a consensus for their preference ranking of eight pictures. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedDeRosier, Melissa E.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the interrelations of group contextual factors and the occurrence of aggressive behavior in 22 experimental play groups of 7- and 9-year-old African American boys. Found that negative affect, high aversion behavior, high activity level, low group cohesion, and competitiveness were related to the occurrence of aggressive behavior. (MDM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Blacks, Child Behavior
