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Language Skills as Predictors of Social Skills and Behaviors in Preschool Children
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Mulvey, Nichole; Jenkins, Lyndsay – Contemporary School Psychology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether language skills can predict teacher reports of social skills (empathy and assertion) and social behavior (prosocialness, aggression, and victimization) in preschool children. Relationships among social skills and behaviors were also examined. Ninety-eight preschool children were administered…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Predictor Variables, Interpersonal Competence, Empathy
Examining the Effect of Sports Participation Motive on Aggression
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Toktas, Sermet – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
This study aims to investigate the relationship between aggression and sports participation motives of Sports High School students in Adiyaman, Kahramanmaras, and Malatya provinces in Turkey. 575 Sports High School students, including 385 males and 190 females, participated in our research. Surveys used to measure variables included a 30-item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aggression, Athletics, Participation
Popularity and Acceptance as Distinct Dimensions of Social Standing for Chinese Children in Hong Kong
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Schwartz, David; Tom, Shelley R.; Chang, Lei; Xu, Yiyuan; Duong, Mylien T.; Kelly, Brynn M. – Social Development, 2010
This study attempted to validate distinctions between popularity and social acceptance in the cultural context of Hong Kong. We recruited 280 Chinese children (132 girls, 148 boys, mean age = 9.5) from Hong Kong primary schools. These children completed a peer nomination inventory assessing popularity, social acceptance, social rejection,…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Assertiveness, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context
Correlates of Victimization in Hong Kong Children's Peer Groups
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Tom, Shelley R.; Schwartz, David; Chang, Lei; Farver, Jo Ann M.; Xu, Yiyuan – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study reports two separate cross-sectional investigations that focus on bully/victim problems among Hong Kong school children. Study 1 included 1361 children (670 boys, 691 girls; mean age = 12.6 years) and Study 2 included 288 children (153 boys, 135 girls; mean age = 9.6 years). Children's social and academic functioning was assessed with…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Correlation
Religion and Wellbeing: Concurrent Validation of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale.
Bufford, Rodger K.; Parker, Thomas G., Jr. – 1985
This study was designed to explore the concurrent validity of the Spiritual Well-being Scale (SWB). Ninety first-year student volunteers at an evangelical seminary served as subjects. As part of a larger study, the students completed the SWB and the Interpersonal Behavior Survey (IBS). The SWB Scale is a 20-item self-report scale. Ten items…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Measures, Aggression, Assertiveness
Correlates of Victimization in Chinese Children's Peer Groups.
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Schwartz, David; Chang, Lei; Farver, JoAnn M. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Reports a cross-sectional investigation of the behavioral and academic correlates of victimization in Chinese children's peer groups. Structural equation models indicated that peer victimization was associated with poor academic functioning, submissive-withdrawn behavior, aggression, and low levels of assertive-prosocial behavior. Findings suggest…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Assertiveness, Children