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The Role of Preschool Relational and Physical Aggression in the Transition to Kindergarten: Links with Social-Psychological Adjustment
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Gower, Amy L.; Lingras, Katherine A.; Mathieson, Lindsay C.; Kawabata, Yoshito; Crick, Nicki R. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The transition to kindergarten has important ramifications for future achievement and psychosocial outcomes. Research suggests that physical aggression may be related to difficulty during school transitions, yet no studies to date have examined the role of relational aggression in these transitions. This article examines how…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship, Preschool Children
Reactive and Proactive Subtypes of Relational and Physical Aggression in Middle Childhood: Links to Concurrent and Longitudinal Adjustment
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Mathieson, Lindsay C.; Crick, Nicki R. – School Psychology Review, 2010
Peer aggression in children is a serious issue that school psychologists often encounter on a daily basis. To develop a better understanding of aggression, it is important to look at specific subtypes of aggression and how they are related to adjustment difficulties. Past research has examined the links between reactive and proactive physical…
Descriptors: Aggression, School Psychologists, Student Adjustment, Correlation
The Antecedents of Friendships in Moderately Diverse Classrooms: Social Preference, Social Impact, and Social Behavior
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Kawabata, Yoshito; Crick, Nicki R. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
The aim of this study was to examine the antecedents of cross-racial/ethnic friendships and same-racial/ethnic friendships. The sample consisted of 444 (161 African American, 108 European American, 100 Asian American, and 75 Latino) children who were in the fourth grade from 39 classrooms in 10 public elementary schools. Results of Mixed Linear…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Friendship, Grade 4, Asian American Students
Gender Differences in Children's Normative Beliefs about Aggression: How Do I Hurt Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.
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Crick, Nicki R.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Evaluated whether children view relationally manipulative behaviors as "aggressive." In study one, relational aggression was the most frequently cited angry behavior for girls' interactions; physical aggression was most frequently cited for boys. In study two, relational aggression and verbal insults were the most frequently cited harmful…
Descriptors: Aggression, Childhood Attitudes, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship
Social Information-Processing Mechanisms in Reactive and Proactive Aggression.
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Crick, Nicki R.; Dodge, Kenneth A. – Child Development, 1996
Social information-processing patterns in 9- through 12-year olds at least partially supported 3 hypotheses: only reactive-aggressive children would demonstrate hostile biases in their attributions of intentions in provocation situations; only proactive-aggressive children would evaluate aggression in positive ways; and proactive-aggressive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Intention
Engagement in Gender Normative versus Nonnormative Forms of Aggression: Links to Social-Psychological Adjustment.
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Crick, Nicki R. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Studied the adjustment status associated with engagement in gender normative versus gender nonnormative aggression for boys and girls. Teacher and self-reports were used to assess internalizing and externalizing difficulties. Found that 9- to 12-year olds who engaged in gender nonnormative aggression were more maladjusted than children who engaged…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Standards, Bullying, Child Behavior
Understanding the Effects of Physical and Relational Victimization: The Utility of Multiple Perspectives in Predicting Social-Emotional Adjustment
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Cullerton-Sen, Crystal; Crick, Nicki R. – School Psychology Review, 2005
Current tools for assessing children's social behavior in school psychology research and practice typically do not adequately measure issues most salient for young girls (e.g., experiences of relational victimization). The relation among teacher, peer, and self-reports of relational and physical peer victimization was examined for 119 fourth grade…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Prediction, Peer Relationship, Emotional Adjustment
Relational and Overt Aggression in Preschool.
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Crick, Nicki R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Developed measures of relational aggression for young children. Found that relational aggression appears at young ages and can be distinguished from overt aggression. Preschool girls are more relationally and less overtly aggressive than boys. Relational aggression is related to social-psychological maladjustment. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Bullying, Child Behavior