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Direct linkVisconti, Kari Jeanne; Troop-Gordon, Wendy – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
The objective of this investigation was to examine whether children's responses to peer victimization predict subsequent changes in their social and emotional well-being. Also investigated was whether these associations vary as a function of children's sex and level of victimization. Participants included 420 4th- and 5th-grade students (197…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Social Adjustment, Adjustment (to Environment), Victims of Crime
Cavanagh, Shannon E.; Huston, Aletha C. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
This study extends the growing literature of family instability by investigating the significance of its timing for children's social adjustment. We find that more than a third of the 1,364 elementary school children in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development experienced some family structure change. Their cumulative level of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Family Life, Social Adjustment, Family Structure
An Exploration of Young Adolescents' Social Achievement Goals and Social Adjustment in Middle School
Ryan, Allison M.; Shim, S. Serena – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Two studies investigated the proposition that social achievement goals (different orientations toward social competence) are an important aspect of young adolescents' social motivation. Study 1 (N = 153 6th-grade students) established that different orientations toward developing or demonstrating social competence can be seen in young adolescents'…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Social Adjustment, Social Development, Interpersonal Competence
Efrati-Virtzer, M.; Margalit, M. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2009
The objectives of the study were to examine the characteristics of non-referred children with behaviour difficulties (BD) (such as verbal and physical aggression towards children and objects), aged 9-12 years and attending mainstream schools, and to compare them with children with no BD. The second objective was to evaluate the contribution of a…
Descriptors: Social Status, Aggression, Females, Social Adjustment
Cadwallader, Tom W.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Cairns, Beverley D. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
This chapter explores the relationship between childhood aggressive behavior and later adjustment, with a focus on the transition to high school. Pattern-oriented prodigal analysis is used to identify four homogeneous groups, based on stability or change in risk and nonrisk status over time. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Student Behavior, Student Adjustment
Download full textParrila, Rauno K.; Ma, Xin; Fleming, Darcy; Rinaldi, Christina – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
In part, this focus is a result of substantial research demonstrating strong links between early social competence and later life adjustment and healthy development. The close connection between prosocial skills and a wide variety of future developmental outcomes provides a compelling rationale to examine what factors are associated with…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Ecology, Interpersonal Competence, Child Development
