Download or read book Exploring Negative Peer Experiences Among Children written by Natalie Zervas and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of Adverse Peer Experiences Among Elementary school Children written by Annada Wheat Hypes and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined how adverse peer experiences relate to socioemotional and academic outcomes among children. Specifically, peer victimization, rejection and aggression were investigated as related to objective academic indicators (i.e., quarterly grades and end-of-grade tests), child-reported outcomes (i.e., anxiety/withdrawal and school interest), and teacher-reported outcomes (i.e., peer social skills). Measures were administered at four time points. Gender differences in patterns of associations among variables were examined in 141 (105 female, 37 male) third through fifth grade students. Results indicate that peer rejection and peer victimization were experienced by about one-third of the children; peer victimization and peer rejection were associated with higher anxiety/withdrawal; and aggression was associated with lower math achievement and teacher-reported peer social skills. Significant gender differences were found among two of four academic indicators, indicating that girls performed better on reading EOGs and reading quarterly grades. Findings support the notion that adverse peer experiences can affect children negatively in the socioemotional and academic domains.

Download or read book Peer Pressure written by Lorraine Savage and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This must-have volume explores the issues surrounding peer pressure. It presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. The sequences of essays guides readers through topics such as brain development, eating and exercise, popularity, parents, individuality, drugs and alcohol, and teacher influence in relation to peer pressure. Do sturdier brain networks help children resist peer pressure? Can organized activities deter negative peer pressure? Readers find answers to questions like these in this guidebook.

Download or read book Biosocial Interplay During Elementary School written by Pol A.C. van Lier and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the effects of social relations during primary school on children’s neurobiology and pathways to maladaptation. It explores the ways in which after the transition to primary education children, supervised by teachers, need to function with their peers. The volume addresses issues affecting 10% to 20% of children who become poorly accepted or victimized by peers, receive low support by teachers or even have conflictual relations with teachers, and may perceive the classroom as a whole as nonsupportive. Key areas of coverage include: Detrimental effects of such social experiences, providing an overview of how such experiences affect children’s neurobiology factors to understand why these children develop maladaptive outcomes. Manifestations of social relations, their complexity, interrelations, and pathways leading to the maladaptive outcomes. How genetic factors may evoke children’s social environment and make them susceptible to its impact (e.g., findings on DNA methylation at both epigenome-wide level as well as on particular loci on candidate genes). Links between social environmental stressors and the psychophysiology of elementary school children and reviews both links with the autonomic nervous system as well as with the HPA-axis. The impact of social experiences on neurocognitive function development, decision making, and structural and functional brain development and discusses implications for research, prevention, and intervention. Biosocial Interplay During Elementary School is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians and other professionals in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, educational psychology/policy and politics, social work, neuroscience, public health, and all related disciplines.

Download or read book Psychosocial Correlates of Negative Peer Experiences and Rejection Expectation written by Jasmine Ghannadpour and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Peer Interactions Relationships and Groups Second Edition written by William M. Bukowski and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive handbook on peer relations has now been significantly revised with 55% new material. Bringing together leading authorities, this volume presents cutting-edge research on the dynamics of peer interactions, their impact on multiple aspects of social development, and the causes and consequences of peer difficulties. From friendships and romance to social withdrawal, aggression, and victimization, all aspects of children's and adolescents' relationships are explored. The book examines how individual characteristics interact with family, group, and contextual factors across development to shape social behavior. The importance of peer relationships to emotional competence, psychological well-being, and achievement is analyzed, and peer-based interventions for those who are struggling are reviewed. Each chapter includes an introductory overview and addresses theoretical considerations, measures and methods, research findings and their implications, and future directions. New to This Edition *Chapters on neuroscience, social media, social inequality, prosocial behavior with peers, and sociological approaches. *Expanded coverage of applied issues: chapters on interventions for socially withdrawn children, activity programs that promote positive youth development, and policy initiatives. *Chapters on same- and other-sex peer relationships, peer influence, educational environments, evolutionary models, the self-concept, personality, and animal studies. *Increased attention to variations in peer relations due to culture, gender, and race. *Many new authors and topics reflect a decade's worth of theoretical and methodological advances, including the growing use of complex longitudinal methods.

Download or read book Using a Daily Diary Approach to Understand Children s Emotional Responses to Negative Peer Experiences written by Rachael D. Reavis and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case study describes a daily diary design to examine children's emotional responses to negative peer experiences and the roles friends and classmates can play. The researcher describes the first study she conducted as an independent researcher. The case study highlights some challenges and considerations for research with children and for doing research at an undergraduate institution. Respect for participants will be emphasized through discussion of informed consent and of "giving back" to participants. The reader will also be introduced to multilevel modeling. The case study will address value of research as a teaching tool, opportunity to connect to the community, and context for mentorship.

Download or read book Peer Groups written by SunWolf, and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I enjoyed the book, learned a LOT, and LOVE her creativity in discussing different examples that help group constructs some to life. It represents the breadth of the new Group Communication Division in NCA better than any book I have seen." —David Seibold, University of California, Santa Barbara "I can unequivocally state that the proposed text is LONG overdue! Over the years I have reviewed several text proposals. SunWolf′s proposal ranks in the 99th percentile. . . . This is one of the most innovative, heuristic, pragmatic, and engaging proposals I have ever perused." —Jim L. Query, Jr., University of Houston "Peer Groups is different from the run-of-the-mill group text book. I can see that my students will learn so much more from Dr. SunWolf′s orientation than they have from the other books I′ve used. The benefits are that the topics related to [students′] practical world and that there is so much to foster in-class discussion. Although many students are familiar with the ′work world,′ they are not yet there. Dr. SunWolf provides them with what is relevant in their lives now!" —Audrey E. Kali, Framingham State College Clans, cliques, clubs, or classmates: Students of group communication should be encouraged to think critically about concepts to the groups that matter to them most—peers. Peer Groups is the first textbook to explore group communication dynamics with this vital group. Drawing on a combination of traditional and new theories, Dr. SunWolf uses an inviting writing style, shares the words and provocative thinking of real world group members, and draws on research from social psychology, communication, and group dynamics. This innovative book offers suggestions for critical thinking and new behaviors in students′ own peer groups and will inspire further exploration of small group dynamics. Features and Benefits Introduces students and researchers to cutting-edge cross-disciplinary thinking with new theories that explain group dynamics and member behaviors: Symbolic-Interpretive Perspective, Group Dialectics, Decisional Regret Theory, Social Comparison Theory, and the Bona Fide Group Perspective Examines the dynamics of real world peer groups: children′s play groups, adolescence cliques, street gangs, elite hot task groups, and decision-making juries Generates readers′ interest in studying group behaviors by drawing upon students′ personal experiences with groups Brings marginalized groups and ethnicities to the stage, from African American cowboys to multi-ethnic street gangs, including the painful issue of those left out of peer groups Offers a student-friendly reference guide with an extensive and easy-to-read table that summarizes group concepts and theories Guides classroom discussion, triggers critical thinking, and suggests useful written assignments and tools for break-out discussions with end-of-chapter sections Intended Audience This accessible and innovative text is designed for undergraduate students of Communication, Social Psychology, and Sociology. It is designed to supplement and partner with any current group textbook, as well as act as a stand-alone text. Dr. SunWolf is a scholar of unusual breadth and depth. She is a cross-disciplinary scholar in the fields of legal communication, persuasion, multicultural storytelling, social exclusion, and group decision making. Her national award-winning productivity in the past five years has been astonishing: the publication of five books, 22 journal articles or book chapters, a published educational DVD, and serving on the editorial board of five journals. Dr. SunWolf broke new ground by publishing in a top journal a new theory of communication (Decisional Regret Theory), expanding the field of small group communication to include the study of childhood group processes, gathering data from 680 adolescents in the Bay Area, as well as being the first author in trial advocacy to devote sustained attention to jurors′ religious beliefs and the role of empathy and compassion in jury deliberations.

Download or read book From Neurons to Neighborhoods written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-11-13 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.

Download or read book Peers Getting Under the Skin written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies in the first part of this thesis explored the association between peer environmental influences and the stress system. In chapter 2, we tested the association of peer social experiences within the early elementary school classroom with individual differences in cortisol concentration across a day. In chapter 3, we explored acute stress responses to a psychosocial stress task among elementary school children, who either had a history of prolonged negative or positive peer experiences in the earlier years of elementary school. A psychosocial stress task induces stress during a laboratory procedure, in our case through a conversation with unknown peers, who gradually exclude the child. In Chapter 4, we explored whether warmth in the teacher-student relationship influences the association of (lower) peer acceptance among classroom peers with daytime cortisol levels. Warmth was measured by asking children about their experiences of teacher support. Finally, in Chapter 5 we further dove into the role of the broader context, i.e., living in a war-conflict area, on the link between peer relations, (perceived) stress activity and internalizing (anxiety) symptoms. Do peer relationships go under the skin? Overall, the results of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 suggest that already in the elementary school period, adverse social experiences like low peer preference get “under the skin”. Both studies emphasized that peer relationships are an important factor in the development of children’s stress (re)activity. The combined results of the two studies thus suggest that already in late elementary school period, adverse social experiences like low peer preference affect the stress system (re)activity of children. Our findings suggest that low peer preference represents a social stressor that impacts both major stress systems as early as during childhood. As a response to social stressors, stress system activity is altered, which comes at costs.

Download or read book Adolescents with Chronic Pain and Their Peer Relationships written by Caitlin H. Slotter (Psy.D. candidate at the University of Hartford) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pediatric chronic pain conditions have become more prevalent over the past 25 years, particularly among adolescents. Chronic pain is associated with changes in biological, psychological, and social domains of functioning. It is especially important to better understand these adolescents’ social functioning in the realm of peer relationships, as adolescence is a developmental period during which peers become primary sources of support and attachment needs and can serve as a buffer against stressors. An increased understanding of how adolescents with chronic pain perceive their peer relationships is necessary to set a foundation for future research and increase providers’ knowledge of social factors associated with chronic pain. To explore the perspective of adolescents with chronic pain on their peer relationships, 18 adolescents with chronic pain and nine caregivers participated in focus groups as part of a larger study at Connecticut Children’s hospital. Several questions targeted adolescents’ experiences with peer relationships. Qualitative grounded theory analysis indicated four main categories to encompass the changes and reactions adolescents with chronic pain experience regarding their peer relationships. Adolescents with chronic pain and their caregivers described social disruptions, positive friendship features, peer victimization, and reactions to peer relationship changes. Across focus groups, adolescents provided a nuanced understanding of changes to their peer relationships, including both negative and positive aspects. Caregivers tended to provide more insight into their children’s emotional and behavioral reactions to changes in their peer relationships. Underlying the categories was a sense that adolescents with chronic pain experience significant complications to their lives, which impacts their ability to receive and seek out support from peers. Exacerbating this pattern is the consensus that healthy peers do not understand chronic pain, which impacts their ability to provide support to adolescents with chronic pain and may increase activities such as isolation, misunderstanding, and peer victimization. Further, as adolescents with chronic pain feel they will not be adequately supported by peers, they may increase their isolation from peers, which in turn reduces peers’ opportunity to learn more about chronic pain. Despite these limitations in peer interactions, adolescents with chronic pain identified sources of resiliency within themselves and ways in which their peers have provided them with support. The knowledge gained from this study regarding both negative and positive peer interactions among adolescents with chronic pain will inform future clinical practice and research, when study limitations are taken into consideration.

Download or read book Peer Victimization and Psychosocial Outcomes in Adolescents Role of Social Support and Disclosure written by Lisa Danielle Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During adolescence, peer relationships become increasingly important in various aspects of development, such as self-esteem and emotional adjustment. Unfortunately, a number of adolescents experience peer victimization, placing them at increased risk of emotional and behavioral problems. Research has consistently demonstrated the link between peer victimization and poor outcomes. However, exploration of the mechanisms underlying this link, including potential buffers of negative outcomes, is needed. The current study examined social support as a moderator of the relationship between peer victimization and maladjustment in order to assess whether social support from adults and peers protects adolescents from developing emotional and/or behavioral problems. The current study also examined disclosure of victimization to explore the role of a specific type of enacted social support in the link between peer victimization and poor outcomes. Adolescents (N = 633) in grades 10 through 12 completed a background questionnaire, the Revised Peer Experiences Questionnaire, the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale, the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents, and the Youth Self-Report. Regression analyses were used to evaluate social support as a moderator of the relationship between peer victimization and internalizing and externalizing behaviors and to explore the role of disclosure. Overall, peer victimization predicted higher levels of social anxiety, anxiety/depression, and aggressive and delinquent behaviors. Strength and direction of moderation effects varied according to the type of peer victimization and source of social support and type of disclosure. The results of this study further our understanding of mechanisms underlying the link between peer victimization and maladjustment and can be used to inform prevention and intervention efforts.

Download or read book Family Peer Relationships written by Ross D. Parke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1992, this volume provided an up-to-date overview of recent research concerning the links between family and peer systems. Considerable work in the past had focused on family issues or peer relationships, but these systems had typically been considered separately. This volume bridges the gap across these two important socialization contexts and provides insights into the processes that account for the links across the systems – the ways in which the relationships between these systems shift across development. In addition, the variations in the links between family and peers are illustrated by cross-cultural work, studies of abused children, and research on the impact of maternal depression. In short, the volume provides not only a convenient overview of recent progress at the time but lays out an agenda for future research.

Download or read book Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence written by Nejra Van Zalk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth insight into what is currently known and relatively unknown about youths’ online peer engagement. It delivers state-of-the-art current reviews of the literature in the field, with a strong coverage of methodological issues in studying online friendships and an emphasis on moving towards a new, less dichotomic, view of online peer interaction in adolescence. With a focus on what spending time with online-exclusive peers entails – in terms of both potential positive as well as negative consequences for friendship quality, intimacy, and well-being – this book offers a more nuanced commentary on youths’ online peer engagement. Including coverage of the evolution of online friendships, cyberbullying, cyberdating, sexting, online abuse, smartphones, social networks, as well as their impact on adolescent social interaction online, Van Zalk and Monks consider implications for future research directions and practical applications. Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence is important reading for undergraduate and master students studying social and developmental psychology, education, relationships and health, as well as advanced researchers and academics working in these fields.

Download or read book Peer Pressure Gauge written by Julia Cook and published by Boys Town Press. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norbert feels the full weight of unwanted peer pressure when his friends scream at him to go along with the class. Can he resist and make the choice he should?

Download or read book Preschoolers Attitudes Toward a Peer who Uses AAC written by Erica L. Scott and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children may begin to develop negative or rejecting attitudes toward individuals with disabilities by four years of age (Gerber, 1977). Unfortunately, children who use AAC may reject their communication systems if they feel the system makes them appear different or if peers display negative attitudes toward them. Without access to AAC, a child may become isolated. There can be detrimental effects on the child's development of language, social relationships with peers, and self-confidence (McCarthy and Light, 2005). The current study was designed to explore issues related to preschoolers' attitudes toward children with disabilities who use AAC. Primarily, the study explored the attitudes that were specifically related to the use of an AAC device. Additionally, the study investigated whether providing a personal experience with the device influenced preschoolers' attitudes. Finally, the study measured the children's performance on a false-belief test to investigate the possible relationship between theory of mind and attitudes toward peers who use AAC. Results suggested that the use of an AAC system did not negatively affect preschoolers' attitudes toward the user. Furthermore, personal experience with the device made the children more aware of the use of the device but did not influence their opinions.

Download or read book Exploring the Nature Impact and Outcome Specificity of Stressors in the Lives of Highly Stressed Children written by Bethany Sue Cockburn and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated the stressful life experiences of children with SED and their siblings, as well as how the siblings adjusted to the stressors in their lives. Caregivers of 90 children ages 5 to 16, completed an indicator of life stress, the Life Events Checklist (LEC); an indicator of family context, the relationship dimension of the Family Environment Scale (FES-R); and indicators of adjustment, the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS), and the Parent-Child Rating Scale (P-CRS). Caregivers reported that their children with SED and their siblings experienced a profound number of stressors (M = 11.62, SD = 6.43) on the LEC subscales family turmoil, family separation, family illness, poverty, and unsafe/violent neighborhood. For siblings, higher levels of stress exposure related to poorer adjustment, with stressors relating to family separation and unsafe/violent neighborhood having the strongest impact on adjustment (as measured by the BERS strength quotient and the P-CRS total score, respectively). Stressors reflecting family turmoil and unsafe/violent neighborhood were significantly, negatively related to the P-CRS subscale Negative Peer Social Skills (NPSS). However, contrary to expectations, family environment, as measured by the FES-R, did not mediate the relationship between poverty and NPSS, nor did the FES-R mediate the relationship between unsafe/violent neighborhood and NPSS. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed.