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The Moderating Role of Peer Norms in the Associations of Social Withdrawal and Aggression with Peer Victimization
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Guimond, Fanny-Alexandra; Brendgen, Mara; Correia, Stephanie; Turgeon, Lyse; Vitaro, Frank – Developmental Psychology, 2018
This study examined the moderating role of classroom injunctive norms salience regarding social withdrawal and regarding aggression in the longitudinal association between these behaviors and peer victimization. A total of 1,769 fourth through sixth graders (895 girls, M = 10.25 years, SD = 1.03) from 23 schools (67 classrooms) completed a peer…
Descriptors: Correlation, Peer Relationship, Victims, Withdrawal (Psychology)
The Role of Popularity Goal in Early Adolescents' Behaviors and Popularity Status
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Dawes, Molly; Xie, Hongling – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The effect of popularity goal on the use of 3 popularity-related behaviors and later popularity status was examined in a diverse sample of 314 6th-grade students (176 girls and 138 boys) in both fall (Time 1) and spring (Time 2) semesters. Popularity goal and the use of popularity-driven behaviors (e.g., "I change the way I dress in order to…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Peer Acceptance, Goal Orientation, Role
Aggressive versus Nonaggressive Antisocial Behavior: Distinctive Etiological Moderation by Age
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Burt, S. Alexandra; Neiderhiser, Jenae M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Research has supported the existence of distinct behavioral patterns, demographic correlates, and etiologic mechanisms for aggressive (AGG) versus nonaggressive but delinquent (DEL) antisocial behavior. Though behavioral genetic studies have the potential to further crystallize these dimensions, inconsistent results have limited their…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Genetics, Environmental Influences
Aggression Anxiety, Perception of Aggressive Cues, and Expected Retaliation
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Hebda, Mary Ellen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Authors investigated the hypothesis that differences in aggressive behavior may partly be a function of differences (a) in the perception of aggressive cues, or (b) in the degree in which retaliation is expected. (Authors)
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Cues
Stability of Aggression Over Time and Generations.
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Huesman, L. Rowell; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Studies the aggressiveness of over 600 subjects, their parents, and their children over a 22-year period. Subjects who were more aggressive 8-year-olds were more aggressive 30-year-olds, exhibiting serious antisocial behavior as adults. The stability of aggression across generations within a family was also high. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Children's Observation and Integration of Aggressive Experiences
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Cohen, Stewart – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The acquisition of aggressive responses may likely be a function of the environment's copious provision of imitative models. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Grade 4
Gender Labeling and the Adoption of Sex-Typed Behaviors
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Fagot, Beverly I.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Tests the ability of 43 children, ranging in age from 20 months to 40 months, to discriminate between pictures of boys and girls and male and female adults. Compares children who passed this gender-task with those who failed it on three behaviors most often categorized as sex-typed: toy choice, aggression, and peer playmate selection. (HOD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development
Age-Related Differences in Children's Perceptions of Social Deviance: Changes in Behavior or in Perspective?
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Younger, Alastair J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines the roles of age of rater and age of children rated in grade-related shifts in children's perceptions of aggression and withdrawal. Shows that differences across grade level reported in children's peer rating largely reflect differences in the child raters' view of behavior. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns