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Peer reviewedSroufe, L. Alan; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Rated gender boundary violation and maintenance of 47 preadolescents participating in a summer day camp. Found that children who violated gender boundaries tended to be unpopular with peers; and children who maintained boundaries were judged by camp counselors to be more competent socially than children who violated boundaries. (MDM)
Descriptors: Friendship, Group Behavior, Peer Relationship, Preadolescents
Peer reviewedSherman, Lawrence W. – Child Development, 1975
Presents a description and analysis of group glee (joyful screaming, laughing and intense physical acts occurring in simultaneous bursts or in a contagious fashion), studied by means of videotapes of 596 formal lessons in a preschool. Information collected concerned occurrence, location, frequency and duration, teachers' responses, incidence of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedSolomon, Daniel; And Others – Child Development, 1972
It is the thesis of this study that values which govern political behavior develop out of more general values which can apply to virtually and kind of group interaction. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Democratic Values, Elementary School Students, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedNisan, Mordecai – Child Development, 1976
The tendency to delay gratification as affected by sex and group participation was explored in 6- and 7-year-old children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedSgan, Mabel L.; Pickert, Sarah M. – Child Development, 1980
Examined assertive bids of elementary school children engaged in a cooperative task. Results from kindergarten and grade one participants support previous research regarding greater male assertiveness and attempts to influence other boys. By grade three, girls' overall assertiveness equaled that of boys. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Assertiveness, Children, Cooperation
Peer reviewedFrench, Doran C.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Observed the decision-reaching and leadership behavior of children in same- amd mixed-age triads by coding their verbalizations in arriving at a consensus for their preference ranking of eight pictures. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedYee, Mia D.; Brown, Rupert – Child Development, 1992
Children between three and nine years of age were randomly assigned to so-called fast or slow teams and were asked to make self- and intergroup evaluations. Five year olds had high self-evaluations, strong in-group bias, and high group cohesion regardless of which group they were in. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDeRosier, Melissa E.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the interrelations of group contextual factors and the occurrence of aggressive behavior in 22 experimental play groups of 7- and 9-year-old African American boys. Found that negative affect, high aversion behavior, high activity level, low group cohesion, and competitiveness were related to the occurrence of aggressive behavior. (MDM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Blacks, Child Behavior
Peer reviewedKiesner, Jeff; Cadinu, Mara; Poulin, Francois; Bucci, Monica – Child Development, 2002
Investigated the relationship between peer group identification and similarity between individuals involved in problem behavior, and whether group identification moderated group influence on development of delinquent behavior among Italian sixth- and seventh-graders. Found that group behavior interacted with reciprocity of group nominations in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior
