Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

Rubin, Kenneth H.; Bukowski, William M.; Parker, Jeffrey G.

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“…Members of various categories were compared on a host of personal characteristics or indicators of well -being, usually demonstrating a distinct advantage for popular youth, especially in comparison to rejected peers. These studies have faded, mostly because the paradigm has been pushed to its limits in providing new insights (Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006 ), but also because of two problems in applying the paradigm to adolescent samples. First, the structure of middle schools in North American and several other nations was not well suited to standard sociometric techniques.…”

Section: Peer -Related Characteristics Of Individualsmentioning

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Peer Relationships in Adolescence

Brown

Larson

2009

Handbook of Adolescent Psychology

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Section: Peer -Related Characteristics Of Individualsmentioning

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Peer Relationships in Adolescence

Brown

Larson

2009

Handbook of Adolescent Psychology

836

829

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“…With the increase in concern for peer acceptance peaking throughout middle-childhood (Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006), an increased role for loneliness also becomes more likely (Fontaine et al, 2009).…”

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Prosocial Behavior as a Protective Factor for Children’s Peer Victimization

Griese

Buhs

2013

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Lower social skills may in turn predispose children to experiencing teasing and social rejection as social skills and establishing and maintaining close relationships is learned through interactions with peers. 51,52 Research on physical activity has demonstrated an association with a wide range of health benefits, including less symptoms of emotional concern. 53 Physical activity interventions have furthermore been associated with benefits observed in symptoms of emotional concern.…”

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Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

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Objectives: The first objective was to determine the prevalence of psychological maladjustment (emotional and behavioural problems), low academic competencies and teasing/social rejection among obese Icelandic children enrolling in a family-based behavioural treatment. A second objective was to explore the degree to which teasing/social rejection specifically contributes to children's psychological adjustment and academic competencies when controlling for other variables, including demographics, children's physical activity, parental depression and life-stress. Methods: Participants were 84 obese children (mean body mass index-standard deviation score ¼ 3.11, age range ¼ 7.52-13.61 years). Height and weight, demographics and measures of children's psychological adjustment, academic competencies, teasing/social rejection and physical activity were collected from children, parents and teachers. Parental depression and life-stress was self-reported. Results: Over half the children exceeded cutoffs indicating concern on at least one measure of behavioural or emotional difficulties. Children endorsed significant levels of teasing/social rejection, with almost half acknowledging they were not popular with same-gender peers. Parent reports of peer problems were even higher, with over 90% of both boys and girls being rated by their parents as having significant peer difficulties. However, rates of low academic competencies as reported by teachers were not different from those of the general population. In regression analyses controlling for other variables, self-reported teasing/social rejection emerged as a significant contributor to explaining both child psychological adjustment and academic competencies. Conclusions:The results indicate that among obese children enrolled in family-based treatment, self-reported teasing/social rejection is quite high and it is associated with poorer psychological adjustment as well as lower academic competencies. Parent reports corroborate the presence of substantial peer difficulties, supporting the need to address peer relations with overweight children both in clinical practice and in public health interventions.

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Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

Cited by 1,661 publications

References 434 publications

Peer Relationships in Adolescence

Peer Relationships in Adolescence

Prosocial Behavior as a Protective Factor for Children’s Peer Victimization

Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

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