Distance from Peers in the Group's Perceived Organizational Structure: Relation to Individual Characteristics.

Lease, A. Michele; McFall, Richard M.; Viken, Richard J.

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ERIC Number: EJ671981

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Publication Date: 2003

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Distance from Peers in the Group's Perceived Organizational Structure: Relation to Individual Characteristics.

Lease, A. Michele; McFall, Richard M.; Viken, Richard J.

Journal of Early Adolescence, v23 n2 p194-217 May 2003

Examined the relation between perceived dissimilarity to peers and several peer-reported characteristics in 478 students from 26 fourth- through sixth-grade classrooms. Found that perceived dissimilarity was related positively to perceptions that a student was odd, socially excluded and withdrawn, bullying, and inattentive; dissimilarity related negatively with being fun to hang around. Peer-rejected students who were on the group periphery were behaviorally discriminable from more proximal peer- rejected students. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Early Adolescents, Group Dynamics, Group Membership, Group Structure, Individual Characteristics, Multidimensional Scaling, Peer Acceptance, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship

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Language: English

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