Children's peer relations: A meta-analytic review of popular, rejected, neglected, controversial, and average sociometric status.

Abstract

Two-dimensional sociometric models have had a critical role in the investigation of children's peer relations in the past decade. In a meta-analysis, fitting categorical models (Hedges, 1982), sociometric group differences on behavioral and information source typologies were assessed. The broad-band behavioral analysis showed that popular children's array of competencies makes them likely recipients of positive peer nominations, whereas high levels of aggression and withdrawal and low levels of sociability and cognitive abilities are associated with rejected peer status. A consistent profile marked by less sociability and aggression emerged for neglected status. Controversial children had higher aggressive behavior than rejected children but compensated for it with significantly better cognitive and social abilities. The moderator effects of narrow-band behavioral categories and information source were also examined.

Cites (4)

1. Social Competence in Children
   Dodge, Kenneth A., Pettit, Gregory S., McClaskey, Cynthia L., Brown, Melissa M., Gottman, John M. · 1986 · Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
2. Behavioral Development and Construct Validity: The Principle of Aggregation
   Rushton, J. Philippe, Brainerd, Charles J., Pressley, Michael · 1983 · Psychological Bulletin
3. Children's loneliness: A comparison of rejected and neglected peer status.
   Asher, Steven R., Wheeler, Valerie A. · 1985 · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
4. A Behavioral Analysis of Emerging Social Status in Boys' Groups
   Coie, John D., Kupersmidt, Janis B. · 1983 · Child Development

Show all 4 references

Cited by (64)

1. Bad Is Stronger Than Good
   Baumeister, Roy F., Bratslavsky, Ellen, Finkenauer, Catrin, Vohs, Kathleen D. · 2001 · Review of General Psychology
2. School readiness and later achievement.
   Duncan, Greg J., Dowsett, Chantelle J., Claessens, Amy, Magnuson, Katherine, Huston, Aletha C., Klebanov, Pamela, Pagani, Linda S., Feinstein, Leon, Engel, Mimi, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne et al. · 2007 · Developmental Psychology
3. Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups
   Rubin, Kenneth H., Bukowski, William M., Parker, Jeffrey G. · 2007 · Handbook of Child Psychology
4. Understanding adolescence as a period of social–affective engagement and goal flexibility
   Crone, Eveline A., Dahl, Ronald E. · 2012 · Nature Reviews Neuroscience
5. One Hundred Years of Social Psychology Quantitatively Described
   Richard, F. D., Bond, Charles F., Stokes-Zoota, Juli J. · 2003 · Review of General Psychology

See all 1,377