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PEER PERCEPTIONS OF POPULAR, REJECTED, CONTROVERSIAL, NEGLECTED, AND AVERAGE CHILDREN: SIMILARITIES AND DISTINCTIONS ACROSS BEHAVIORAL AND NON-SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES

VALERIUS, KRISTIN SUNDSTROM
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022197309

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2002, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Psychology.
The purpose of this study was to replicate previous differences between the five social status groups on a variety of behavioral and non-social attributes, and to determine whether these behaviors and attributes could be combined to accurately distinguish between the groups. Data on behavioral reputation and social acceptance was collected from children in 196 elementary schools about 2,381 classroom peers. Results from discriminant function analysis called into question the five group classification system widely used in sociometric research (Newcomb, Bukowski, and Patee, 1993). The combination of social withdrawal, and low peer perceptions of attractiveness, leadership, or prosocial behavior seem to engender consistent negative responses among peers, while children who are largely liked were viewed in a consistently positive manner across multiple behavioral and non-social attributes. Thus, there was robust support for distinctions between popular and rejected children, but there was very little evidence that controversial, average, and neglected children could be distinguished on the basis of the measured behavioral or non-social attributes. A notable exception to this conclusion was aggressive-disruptive behavior. It is suggested that aggression raises visibility within the peer system and may be the only meaningful difference between controversial and neglected children.
Dr. Kathryn Vannatta (Advisor)
1 p.
social status; peer acceptance; behavioral reputation; physical appearance; aggression

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  • VALERIUS, K. S. (2002). PEER PERCEPTIONS OF POPULAR, REJECTED, CONTROVERSIAL, NEGLECTED, AND AVERAGE CHILDREN: SIMILARITIES AND DISTINCTIONS ACROSS BEHAVIORAL AND NON-SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022197309

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • VALERIUS, KRISTIN. PEER PERCEPTIONS OF POPULAR, REJECTED, CONTROVERSIAL, NEGLECTED, AND AVERAGE CHILDREN: SIMILARITIES AND DISTINCTIONS ACROSS BEHAVIORAL AND NON-SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022197309.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • VALERIUS, KRISTIN. "PEER PERCEPTIONS OF POPULAR, REJECTED, CONTROVERSIAL, NEGLECTED, AND AVERAGE CHILDREN: SIMILARITIES AND DISTINCTIONS ACROSS BEHAVIORAL AND NON-SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022197309

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