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Bahar, Mustafa; Ugur, Hasan; Asil, Mustafa – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
Social motivations of young adolescents are strongly influenced by differing levels of social achievement goals, which in turn are affected by a number of factors. Specifying these factors, especially those effective on achievement, can help improve conditions for learning. A thorough approach would include a generalisable pattern of behaviour to…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Classroom Communication, Socioeconomic Status, Urban Areas
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Shin, Huiyoung; Ryan, Allison M. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2012
This study investigated individual differences in sixth-grade students (N = 181; 47% girls, ethnically diverse) use of friends as a coping resource when dealing with a social stressor with another peer at school. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized three factor structure of coping with friends: mastery, avoidance, and…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Self Efficacy, Social Adjustment, Coping
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Nelson, Larry J. – Social Development, 2013
Scholars have distinguished conceptually between multiple forms of social withdrawal among children and adolescents, but this distinction has yet to be investigated fully during emerging adulthood. Therefore, the overarching goal of this study was to employ a person-oriented approach to examine differences between subtypes of withdrawal on…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Withdrawal (Psychology), Social Development, Behavior Problems
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Berg, Juliette K.; Aber, J. Lawrence – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Increasing attention is being given to the role of a positive school interpersonal climate in children's school functioning and social-emotional development. Children's perceptions are commonly used to measure the interpersonal school climate, but the individual and contextual characteristics that contribute to variation in children's perceptions…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Educational Environment, Interpersonal Relationship, Child Development
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Vaught, Glen M.; Solomon, Warren – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Comparative Testing, Factor Analysis