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Peer reviewedKochenderfer-Ladd, Becky; Skinner, Karey – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Examined the role of coping strategies as moderators of the effects of peer victimization on children's adjustment among 9- and 10-year-olds. Found that strategies such as problem solving that were beneficial for non-victimized children exacerbated difficulties for victimized children. Social support seeking buffered victimized girls but not boys.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Children, Coping, Defense Mechanisms
Peer reviewedCummings, E. Mark; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Influence of others' emotions on the emotions and aggression of 2-year-olds was examined. Dyads of familiar peers were exposed during play to a sequence of experimental manipulations of background emotions of warmth and anger. Theoretical and practical implications of sensitivity to others' conflicts and interpersonal problems in toddlers are also…
Descriptors: Aggression, Coping, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Response
Peer reviewedLopez, David F.; Little, Todd D. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
A short-term longitudinal study of 314 U.S. military-dependent children (grades 2-6) in Berlin, Germany, examined whether children's coping strategies mediate relations between their action-control beliefs and anxiety. Consistent with previous literature, boys reported using antisocial coping more than did girls, and younger children reported…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Coping, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedUnderwood, Marion K.; Schockner, Alyssa E.; Hurley, Jennifer C. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Compared how 8-, 10-, and 12-year-olds responded to provocation by a same- or an other-gender peer in a laboratory play session. Found that responses to other-gender peer were more negative than to same-gender peer during baseline and provocation periods. With other-gender partners, participants reported liking them less, trying less to get along,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis, Conflict
Peer reviewedCummings, E. Mark; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Children from 5 to 19 years of age viewed videotaped segments of resolved, partially resolved, and unresolved conflicts. The negativity of children's responses corresponded to the degree that fights were unresolved. Numerous age and sex effects were found. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Anger, Children
Peer reviewedMiller, Patrice M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Explores the differences between boys and girls (5- and 7-year-olds) in their use of two kinds of strategies with interpersonal conflict: (1) active persuasion and negotiation, and (2) mitigation without disrupting social harmony between the interactors. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conflict Resolution, Coping, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedGe, Xiaojia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
This 4-year study of 191 girls and 185 boys living in intact families in the rural Midwest examined the trajectories of life events and depressive symptoms during adolescence. Compared with boys, girls experienced a greater number of depressive symptoms after age 13. Changes in uncontrollable events were associated with increases in girls'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
