ERIC Number: EJ684970
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Publication Date: 2005-Mar
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"I'm OK but You're Not" and Other Peer-Relational Schemas: Explaining Individual Differences in Children's Social Goals
Salmivalli, Christina; Ojanen, Tiina; Haanpaa, Jemina; Peets, Katlin
Developmental Psychology, v41 n2 p363-375 Mar 2005
This study examined the links among 5th and 6th graders' (279 girls and 310 boys) self- and peer perceptions, social goals, and social behavior. Social goals mediated the effects of self- and peer perceptions on 3 types of behavior: proactive aggression, prosocial behavior, and withdrawal. In addition to their main effects (self-perception predicting variance in agentic goals, peer perception being related to communal goals), self- and peer perception interacted in influencing social goals; for instance, the effects of a positive view of oneself were different in the contexts of a positive versus a negative perception of peers. It is suggested that in order to predict children's social behavior more accurately, researchers should investigate children's dual perceptions of themselves and of their peers--that is, their peer-relational schemas--instead of assessing self-perception and peer perception in isolation from each other.
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 5, Prosocial Behavior, Peer Relationship, Self Concept, Withdrawal (Psychology), Individual Differences, Aggression, Schemata (Cognition)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 5; Grade 6
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Language: English
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