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Wu TCH, Maughan B, Moreno-Agostino D, Barker ED. Not in education, employment and training: pathways from toddler difficult temperament. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2022; 63:1234-1242. [PMID: 36001767 PMCID: PMC9403166 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Youths disengaged from the education system and labour force (i.e. 'Not in Education, Employment, or Training' or 'NEET') are often at reduced capacity to flourish and thrive as adults. Developmental precursors to NEET status may extend back to temperamental features, though this - and possible mediators of such associations such as attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms and antisocial behaviours (ASB) - have yet to be directly tested. This study investigates if i) difficult temperament in toddlerhood associates with NEET status in adulthood and ii) different subdomains of ADHD (i.e. hyperactivity-impulsivity vs. inattention) in late childhood and ASB in adolescence partially explain this pathway. METHODS Participants were 6,240 mother-child dyads (60.7% female) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Mothers reported on their child's (a) difficult temperament (i.e. mood, intensity and adaptability) at age 2 and (b) ADHD symptoms at ages 8 and 10. Participants reported their own ASB at age 14 and NEET status in adulthood (ages 18, 20, 22 and 23). RESULTS First, higher levels of difficult temperament in toddlerhood directly associated with an increased probability of being NEET in adulthood. Second, this effect was carried through hyperactivity-impulsivity, but not inattention, in late childhood, and ASB in adolescence; this demonstrates differential contribution to the pathway between the ADHD dimensions, with symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity playing a prominent role. CONCLUSIONS Early difficult temperament is a vulnerability factor for NEET status in adulthood. Our findings suggest that one developmental pathway for this vulnerability manifests through increased hyperactivity-impulsivity in childhood and ASB in adolescence. Of note, difficult temperament, as measured here, reflects difficulties in emotional and behavioural self-control (e.g. low adaptability and high intensity negative emotional expressions). Our results, therefore, suggest a prominent developmental role for lack of self-control from toddlerhood onwards in increasing risk for NEET.
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- Tom C.-H. Wu
- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, United Kingdom
- ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Aydoğdu F. Developing a Peer Relationship Scale for Adolescents: a validity and reliability study. CURRENT ISSUES IN PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 10:164-176. [PMID: 38013922 PMCID: PMC10653559 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.109461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aims to develop a valid and reliable tool to measure adolescents' peer relationships. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE The research was carried out with 543 adolescents aged 11-18 studying in secondary schools and high schools. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to determine the construct validity of the scale. Based on the results of the exploratory factor analysis, a structure consisting of four sub-dimensions and 29 items was obtained. The sub-dimensions of the scale are named as intimacy, popularity, trust, and insightfulness. RESULTS As a result of the confirmatory factor analysis, the model fit indices were found to have a good fit. Significant relationships were found with the Peer Support Scale and the Stirling Children's Well-being Scale during the analysis of the scale's criterion validity. Cronbach's α internal consistency, split half reliability, and the test-retest method were used to assess the reliability of the scale. Cronbach's α internal consistency coefficient for the total score was found to be .93, the split-half reliability was .85, and the test-retest reliability value was .82. CONCLUSIONS It can be inferred that the scale, which was developed based on the results obtained from validity and reliability studies, is a measurement tool that can be used in studies involving adolescents studying at the level of secondary and high school.
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- Fatih Aydoğdu
- Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Erzincan, Turkey
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The Effects of Father’s Warm Parenting Behavior on Children’s Academic Achievement and School Adjustment During The Transition to Elementary School: The Mediating Role of Children’s Peer Play Behavior. ADONGHAKOEJI 2021. [DOI: 10.5723/kjcs.2021.42.3.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objectives: Children’s "Play" plays a central role in their development, and a father’s participation in raising children is as important as a mother's. This study examined the extent to which fathers’ parenting behavior with their preschool children influenced their academic achievement and school adjustment through children’s’ peer play behavior during the period of transition to elementary school.Methods: Using the Panel Study of Korean Children (PSKC), the present study included data on a total of 1,526 children and their father from 2013 (Time 6) to 2015 (Time 8). The hypothesized model was analyzed using structural equation modeling in Mplus 7.31.Results: Findings indicated that warmth of father’s parenting behavior at age five positively influenced children’s peer play behavior at age six, increasing interaction and reducing disconnection. It also influenced children’s school adjustment at age seven. Results indicated that the effects of the role of father’s warm parenting behavior on children’s academic achievement and school adjustment were mediated through peer play behavior. These results suggest the importance of father’s warm parenting behavior and children’s peer play behavior for their academic achievement and school adjustment during the transition to elementary school.Conclusion: These findings support the proposition that fostering a father’s parental warmth and encouraging children’s peer play would be a fruitful avenue to promote academic achievement and school adjustment during the transition to elementary school. In other words, this study explains the continuity of development from infancy to early school age and verifies that fathers’ parental warmth and children’s peer play in infancy are not limited to infancy through a series of long-term developmental pathways. Therefore, to improve school adaptation that affects social and cognitive development after entering elementary school, measures should be presented to support children’s play, and to support fathers’ warm parenting behavior in the future.
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Uzefovsky F, Paz Y, Davidov M. Young infants are pro‐victims, but it depends on the context. Br J Psychol 2020; 111:322-334. [DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 04/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Florina Uzefovsky
- Department of Psychology Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva Israel
- Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva Israel
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- School of Social Work and Social Welfare The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
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- School of Social Work and Social Welfare The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
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Paulus M. How to Dax? Preschool Children's Prosocial Behavior, But Not Their Social Norm Enforcement Relates to Their Peer Status. Front Psychol 2017; 8:1779. [PMID: 29163247 PMCID: PMC5675892 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The current study examined correlates of preschool children's (n = 82) peer status. In particular, we assessed children's prosocial behavior, social problem behavior, norm enforcement, language abilities, and temperament. Children's prosocial behavior, pragmatic language abilities, and gender correlated with peer status. A regression analysis revealed that prosocial behavior and gender were independent predictors. There was some evidence for a mediation effect: The link between pragmatic language and peer status was mediated by prosocial behavior. Children's norm enforcement was not related to peer status, neither was it related to any other factor such as temperament or language. Overall, the study supports approaches claiming that prosocial behavior plays a role in children's social functioning and are in line with social-interactionist accounts to social and social-cognitive development.
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- Markus Paulus
- Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Cadman T, Diamond PR, Fearon P. Reassessing the validity of the attachment Q-sort: An updated meta-analysis. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/icd.2034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research Unit, School of Public Health; Imperial College London; London UK
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Chen BB, Santo JB. The relationships between shyness and unsociability and peer difficulties. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2016; 40:346-358. [DOI: 10.1177/0165025415587726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The main purpose of the study was to examine the moderating role of the insecure mother–child attachment in the relations between social withdraw and peer difficulties. Participants were 487 urban children (247 boys, 240 girls) in elementary schools in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China. Data on attachment-relevant coping styles in insecure relationships with mother were collected from children’s self-reports. Information concerning social withdrawal (i.e., shyness and unsociability) and peer difficulties (i.e., peer victimization and rejection) was obtained from peer nomination. Among the results, both shyness and unsociability were positively related to peer victimization and rejection. However, several interaction effects were also observed. Both avoidant and ambivalent attachment served an exacerbating role for peer difficulties for shy and unsociable children, with these patterns differing by gender. Implications for the contributions of attachment to socially withdrawn children’s peer adjustment are discussed.
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Groh AM, Fearon RP, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, van Ijzendoorn MH, Steele RD, Roisman GI. The significance of attachment security for children's social competence with peers: a meta-analytic study. Attach Hum Dev 2014; 16:103-36. [PMID: 24547936 DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.883636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This meta-analytic review examines the association between attachment during the early life course and social competence with peers during childhood, and compares the strength of this association with those for externalizing and internalizing symptomatology. Based on 80 independent samples (N = 4441), the association between security and peer competence was significant (d = 0.39, CI 0.32; 0.47) and not moderated by the age at which peer competence was assessed. Avoidance (d = 0.17, CI 0.05; 0.30), resistance (d = 0.29, CI 0.09; 0.48), and disorganization (d = 0.25, CI 0.10; 0.40) were significantly associated with lower peer competence. Attachment security was significantly more strongly associated with peer competence than internalizing (but not externalizing) symptomatology. Discussion focuses on the significance of early attachment for the development of peer competence versus externalizing and internalizing psychopathology.
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- Ashley M Groh
- a Center for Developmental Science , University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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Zaccagnino M, Cussino M, Preziosa A, Veglia F, Carassa A. Attachment Representation in Institutionalized Children: A Preliminary Study Using the Child Attachment Interview. Clin Psychol Psychother 2014; 22:165-75. [DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Maria Zaccagnino
- Department of Psychology; University of Turin; Turin Italy
- Faculty of Communication Sciences, Institute for Public Communication; University of Lugano; Lugano Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology; University of Turin; Turin Italy
- Faculty of Communication Sciences, Institute for Public Communication; University of Lugano; Lugano Switzerland
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- Faculty of Communication Sciences, Institute for Public Communication; University of Lugano; Lugano Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology; University of Turin; Turin Italy
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- Faculty of Communication Sciences, Institute for Public Communication; University of Lugano; Lugano Switzerland
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Manuela Veríssimo, António J. Santos, Carla Fernandes, Nana Shin, Brian E. Vaughn. Associations Between Attachment Security and Social Competence in Preschool Children. MERRILL-PALMER QUARTERLY-JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.60.1.0080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rudasill KM, Niehaus K, Buhs E, White JM. Temperament in early childhood and peer interactions in third grade: The role of teacher–child relationships in early elementary grades. J Sch Psychol 2013; 51:701-16. [PMID: 24295144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Goldner L, Scharf M. Attachment Security, Personality, and Adjustment of Elementary School Children. The Journal of Genetic Psychology 2013; 174:473-93. [DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2012.709201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Torres N, Veríssimo M, Monteiro L, Santos AJ, Pessoa e Costa I. Father involvement and peer play competence in preschoolers: The moderating effect of the child's difficult temperament. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.783426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chen BB. The Association Between Self-Reported Mother–Child Attachment and Social Initiative and Withdrawal in Chinese School-Aged Children. The Journal of Genetic Psychology 2012; 173:279-301. [DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2011.609847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The Effect of a Child's Temperament, Child-mother Goodness of Fit and a Child's Self-perception. ADONGHAKOEJI 2011. [DOI: 10.5723/kjcs.2011.32.3.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Attachment, Temperament, and Adaptation. MINNESOTA SYMPOSIA ON CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118036600.ch3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Davenport E, Yap MBH, Simmons JG, Sheeber LB, Allen NB. Maternal and adolescent temperament as predictors of maternal affective behavior during mother-adolescent interactions. J Adolesc 2011; 34:829-39. [PMID: 21396701 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2010] [Revised: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 02/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This study examined maternal and early adolescent temperament dimensions as predictors of maternal emotional behavior during mother-adolescent interactions. The sample comprised 151 early adolescents (aged 11-13) and their mothers (aged 29-57). Adolescent- and mother-reports of adolescent temperament and self-reports of maternal temperament were collected. Mother-adolescent dyads participated in event-planning and problem-solving interactions, which were coded for frequency of aggressive, dysphoric, and positive interpersonal maternal behavior. Analyses indicated that adolescents who are higher in temperamental Negative Affectivity and lower in Effortful Control are generally exposed to more frequent aggressive and less frequent positive interpersonal maternal behavior. Furthermore, mothers lower in Effortful Control engaged in more frequent dysphoric behavior toward their adolescent. Given the associations between parental emotional behavior and the development of adolescent emotion regulation, these findings suggest that temperamental dispositions, particularly of early adolescents, may influence their ongoing socialization of emotion regulation skills, and thus their emotional well being.
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- Emily Davenport
- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Langevin M, Packman A, Onslow M. Peer responses to stuttering in the preschool setting. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY 2009; 18:264-276. [PMID: 19332523 DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2009/07-0087)] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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PURPOSE This study investigated peer responses to preschoolers' stuttering in preschool and sought to determine whether specific characteristics of participants' stuttering patterns elicited negative peer responses. METHOD Four outdoor free-play sessions of 4 preschoolers age 3-4 years who stutter were videotaped. Stutters were identified on transcripts of the play sessions. Peer responses to stuttered utterances were judged to be negative or neutral/positive. Thereafter, participants' stuttering behaviors, durations of stutters, and judgments of the meaningfulness of peer-directed stuttered utterances were analyzed. RESULTS Between 71.4% and 100% of peer responses were judged to be neutral/positive. In the negative responses across 3 participants, peers were observed to react with confusion or to interrupt, mock, walk away from, or ignore the stuttered utterances. Utterances that elicited negative responses were typically meaningless and contained stutters that were behaviorally complex and/or of longer duration. Other social interaction difficulties also were observed-for example, difficulty leading peers in play, participating in pretend play, and resolving conflicts. CONCLUSIONS Results indicate that the majority of peer responses to stuttered utterances were neutral/positive; however, results also indicate that stuttering has the potential to elicit negative peer responses and affect other social interactions in preschool.
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- Marilyn Langevin
- Institute for Stuttering Treatment & Research, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 1500, 8215-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2C8, Canada.
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Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of ladd and profilet child behavior scale victimization scale and picture sociometry scale to measure peer relations of 5-6 years- old turkish children. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bacchini D, Affuso G, Trotta T. Temperament, ADHD and peer relations among schoolchildren: the mediating role of school bullying. Aggress Behav 2008; 34:447-59. [PMID: 18512705 DOI: 10.1002/ab.20271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The goal of the study is to investigate the link between temperament, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, social preference, bullying and victimization. The study sample consisted of 195 children attending the fourth and fifth grade (age 8-10), their mothers and their teachers. A multiinformant approach was used: mothers were interviewed about the temperament of their children; teachers were asked about ADHD symptoms; children responded to a peer nominations inventory designed to investigate their roles as bullies and/or victims and their social preferences (liked and disliked peers). A Structural Equation Model multigroup analysis (males and females) was used to test the relationships among variables hypothesized by the authors. The analysis showed that temperamental variables have a direct relation to ADHD symptoms, that ADHD has a direct relation to bullying behavior in males and to victimization in females and that bullies and victims are less well accepted than peers who belong to neither category. ADHD has only an indirect relation to social preference through the mediating role of school bullying.
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- Dario Bacchini
- Department of Psychology, II University of Naples, Caserta, Italy.
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Goodvin R, Carlo G, Torquati J. The Role of Child Emotional Responsiveness and Maternal Negative Emotion Expression in Children's Coping Strategy Use. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00359.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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