TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of peer relationships in the development of early school-age externalizing problems.
AU - Sturaro, C.
AU - van Lier, P.A.C.
AU - Cuijpers, P.
AU - Koot, H.M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This study investigated the role of peer rejection and best friend's externalizing behavior in the development of externalizing behavior in 740 children followed annually from kindergarten (mean age=6.2, SD=0.46) to 3rd grade. Consistently across time, children's externalizing problems predicted peer rejection. Peer rejection, in turn, added to the prediction of externalizing problems above and beyond prior levels of problem behavior. Having a best friend with externalizing problems did not add to the prediction of children's externalizing problems. All findings were similar for boys and girls. These results suggest that in early elementary school peer rejection, but not yet best friend's behavioral characteristics, has an additive effect on children's externalizing problem development. © 2011 The Authors. Child Development © 2011 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
AB - This study investigated the role of peer rejection and best friend's externalizing behavior in the development of externalizing behavior in 740 children followed annually from kindergarten (mean age=6.2, SD=0.46) to 3rd grade. Consistently across time, children's externalizing problems predicted peer rejection. Peer rejection, in turn, added to the prediction of externalizing problems above and beyond prior levels of problem behavior. Having a best friend with externalizing problems did not add to the prediction of children's externalizing problems. All findings were similar for boys and girls. These results suggest that in early elementary school peer rejection, but not yet best friend's behavioral characteristics, has an additive effect on children's externalizing problem development. © 2011 The Authors. Child Development © 2011 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01532.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01532.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 2011
SP - 758
EP - 765
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
IS - 82
ER -