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Berger, Christian; Rodkin, Philip C. – Social Development, 2012
The present study addresses the influence that group norms exert on individual aggressive and prosocial behavior. The study hypothesis is that for early adolescents who change their peer group affiliations, the characteristics of the group they are leaving (departing-group influence) are not as influential as those of the group that they are…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Social Status, Aggression, Peer Relationship
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Kwon, Kyongboon; Lease, A. Michele; Hoffman, Lesa – Social Development, 2012
The impact of children's clique membership on their peer nominations for social behaviors and status was examined in a sample of 455 third- through fifth-grade children. Social identity theory (SIT) and children's peer group affiliation and context served as primary conceptual frameworks for this investigation. As suggested by SIT, results…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Peer Relationship, Peer Groups, Grade 5
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Petrides, K. V.; Sangareau, Yolanda; Furnham, Adrian; Frederickson, Norah – Social Development, 2006
Trait emotional intelligence ("trait EI" or "trait emotional self-efficacy") is a constellation of emotion"related self"perceptions and dispositions comprising the affective aspects of personality. The present study investigated the role of trait EI in children's peer relations at school. One hundred and sixty pupils (83 girls; mean age = 10.8…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Self Efficacy, Construct Validity, Peer Relationship
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Barnett, Mark A.; Burns, Susan R.; Sanborn, Fred W.; Bartel, Jeffrey S.; Wilds, Stacey J. – Social Development, 2004
Two studies examined fifth- and sixth-grade students' perceptions of antisocial and prosocial teasing among peers and potential correlates of individual differences in their tendencies to engage in both forms of teasing. The children were rated as showing a greater tendency to be prosocial teasers than antisocial teasers by both teachers and…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Gender Differences