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Interpersonal Trust Consistency and the Quality of Peer Relationships during Childhood
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Rotenberg, Ken J.; Boulton, Michael – Social Development, 2013
Five hundred five children (267 female) enrolled in school years 5 and 6 in the UK (M = 9 years and 9 months) completed measures of trust beliefs in peers, best friendships, ascriptions of trustworthiness, and trustworthiness toward peers. Children's social disengagement, peer preference, and peer victimization were assessed by sociometric…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Friendship, Social Development
Social Competence with Peers in Third Grade: Associations with Earlier Peer Experiences in Childcare
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Social Development, 2008
The early developmental antecedents of individual differences in children's social functioning with peers in third grade were examined using longitudinal data from the large-scale National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) study of early child care. In a sample of 1,364 children, with family and child factors controlled, the…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Grade 3, Interpersonal Competence, Child Care
Reported Peer Conflicts of Children in the United States and Indonesia
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French, Doran C.; Pidada, Sri; Denoma, Jill; McDonald, Kristina; Lawton, Allison – Social Development, 2005
U.S. and Indonesian 9- to 11-year-old children (N = 147) reported on multiple occasions conflicts that they experienced with peers. The precursors of conflict, behavior during conflict episodes, and resolutions were coded. Teacher ratings of aggression and social preference were obtained. The conflicts of children in both countries most often…
Descriptors: Conflict, Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries, Aggression
Peer Experience: Common and Unique Features of Number of Friendships, Social Network Centrality, and Sociometric Status.
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Gest, Scott D.; Graham-Bermann, Sandra A.; Hartup, Willard W. – Social Development, 2001
Conceptually distinct dimensions of classroom social position (number of mutual friendships, social network centrality, sociometric status) were examined in relation to each other and to peer-nominated behavioral reputation. Findings showed that number of friendships associated with prosocial skills; network centrality associated with prosocial…
Descriptors: Friendship, Group Experience, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Groups
Aggressive Behaviors in Social Interaction and Developmental Adaptation: A Narrative Analysis of Interpersonal Conflicts during Early Adolescence.
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Xie, Hongling; Swift, Dylan J.; Cairns, Beverley D.; Cairns, Robert B. – Social Development, 2002
Investigated interactional properties and developmental functions of the following four types of aggressive behaviors in adolescents: social aggression, direct relational aggression, physical aggression, and verbal aggression. Found that the majority of conflict interactions involved more than a dyad, and that social aggression was an initiating…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Aggression, Conflict
Friendship and Gender Differences in Task and Social Interpretations of Peer Collaborative Problem Solving.
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Strough, JoNell; Berg, Cynthia A.; Meegan, Sean P. – Social Development, 2001
Examined how social aspects of a peer collaborative context related to differences in adolescents' interpretations of task and social problems while collaborating with peers in a naturalistic classroom setting. Found that salience of social problems, gender, and friendship were important for understanding project performance. Explored the value of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students