HAVING FRIENDS, KEEPING FRIENDS, MAKING FRIENDS, AND BEING LIKED BY PEERS IN THE CLASSROOM - PREDICTORS OF CHILDRENS EARLY SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT
HAVING FRIENDS, KEEPING FRIENDS, MAKING FRIENDS, AND BEING LIKED BY PEERS IN THE CLASSROOM - PREDICTORS OF CHILDRENS EARLY SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT
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DOI:
10.2307/1130877
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发表时间:
1990-08-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
LADD, GW
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作者:
LADD, GW
The potential role that children''s classroom peer relations play in their school adjustment was investigated during the first 2 months of kindergarten and the remainder of the school year. Measures of 125 children''s classroom peer relationships were obtained on 3 occasions: at school entrance, after 2 months of school, and at the end of the school year. Measures of school adjustment, including children''s school perceptions, anxiety, avoidance, and performance, were obtained during the second and third assessment occassions. After controlling mental age, sex, and preschool experience, measures of children''s classroom peer relationships were used to forecast later school adjustment. Results indicated that children with a larger number of classroom friends during school entrance developed more favorable school perception by the second month, and those who maintained these relationships liked school better as the year progressed. Making new friends in the classroom was associated with gains in school performance, and early peer rejection forecasted less favorable school perceptions, higher levels of school avoidance, and lower performance levels over the school year.