Behavior problems and peer rejection in preschool boys and girls

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-88

  Wood, Jeffrey J ^a   Baker, Bruce L ^a   Cowan, Philip A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing behavior; Gender differences; Peer rejection; Social withdrawal

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MALE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036512202     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320209597969     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Asher, S. R. (1990). Recent advances in the study of peer rejection. In S. R. Asher & J. D. Coie (Eds.), Peer rejection in childhood (pp. 3-14). Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press.
2. Asher, S. R., Singleton, L. C., Tinsley, B. R., & Hymel, S. (1979). A reliable sociometric measure for preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 15, 443-444.
3. Bullock, M. J., Ironsmith, M., & Poteat, G. M. (1988). Sociometric techniques with young children: A review of psychometrics and classification schemes. School Psychology Review, 17, 289-303.
4. Coie, J. D., Dodge, K. A., & Kupersmidt, J. B. (1990). Peer group behavior and social status. In S. R. Asher & J. D. Coie (Eds.), Peer rejection in childhood (pp. 17-59). Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press.
5. Cowan, C. P., Cowan, P. A., Heming, G., & Miller, N. B. (1991). Becoming a family: Marriage, parenting, and child development. In P. A. Cowan & E. M. Hetherington (Eds.), Family transitions: Advances in family research (Vol. 2, pp. 79-109). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
6. Cowan, P. A., Cohn, D., Cowan, C. P., & Pearson J. L. (1996). Parents' attachment histories and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior: Exploring family systems models of linkage. Special section: Attachment and psychopathology, Part I. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 53-63.
7. Crick, N. R., Casas, J. F., & Mosher, M. (1997). Relational and overt aggression in preschool. Developmental Psychology, 33, 579-588.
8. Crick, N. R., & Grotpeter, J. K. (1995). Relational aggression, gender, and social-psychological adjustment. Child Development, 66, 710-722.
9. Duncan, O. D. (1961). Properties and characteristics of the socioeconomic index. In A. J. Reiss, Jr. (Ed.), Occupations and social status (pp. 139-161). New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
10. Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A., Bemzweig, J., Karbon, M., Poulin, R., & Hanish, L. (1993). The relations of emotionality and regulation to preschoolers' social skills and sociometric status. Child Development, 64, 1418-1438.
11. Fabes, R. A., Shepard, S. A., Guthrie, I. K., & Martin, C. L. (1997). Roles of temperamental arousal and gender-segregated play in young children's social adjustment. Developmental Psychology, 33, 693-702.
12. French, D. C. (1988). Heterogeneity of peer-rejected boys: Aggressive and non-aggressive subtypes. Child Development, 59, 976-985.
13. French, D. C. (1990). Heterogeneity of peer-rejected girls. Child Development, 61, 2028-2031.
14. Hinshaw, S. P. (1993). Behavior observation system. Unpublished manuscript, University of California at Berkeley.
15. Hinshaw, S. P., & Anderson, C. A. (1996). Conduct and oppositional defiant disorders. In E. J. Mash & R. A. Barkley (Eds.), Child psychopathology (pp. 113-149). New York: Guilford Press.
16. Hinshaw, S. P., Han, S. S., Erhardt, E., & Huber, A. (1992). Internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in preschool children: Correspondence among parent and teacher ratings and behavior observations. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 21, 143-150.
17. Honig, A. S., & Park, K. J. (1993). Effects of day care on preschool sex-role development. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 63, 481-486.
18. Howes, C. (1987). Peer interaction of young children. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 53, 11-23.
19. Hymel, S. (1983). Preschool children's peer relations: Issues in sociometric assessment. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 29, 237-260.
20. Hymel, S., Wagner, E., & Butler, L. J. (1990). Reputational bias: View from the peer group. In S. R. Asher & J. D. Coie (Eds.), Peer rejection in childhood (pp. 156-185). Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press.
21. Jacobvitz, D., & Sroufe, L. A. (1987). The early caregiver-child relationship and atten-tion-deficit disorder with hyperactivity in kindergarten: A prospective study. Child Development, 58, 1488-1495.
22. Katz, L. F., & Gottman, J. M. (1996). Spillover effects of marital conflict: In search of parenting and coparenting mechanisms. In J. P. McHale & P. A. Cowan (Eds.), Understanding how family-level dynamics affect children's development: Studies of two-parent families. New directions for child development (pp. 57-76). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
23. Keenan, K., & Shaw, D. (1997). Developmental and social influences on young girls' early problem behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 121, 95-113.
24. Lyons-Ruth, K., Easterbrooks, M. A., & Cibelli, C. D. (1997). Infant attachment strategies, infant mental lag, and maternal depressive symptoms: Predictors of internalizing and externalizing problems at age 7. Developmental Psychology, 33, 681-692.
25. McDermott, P. A. (1996). A nationwide study of developmental and gender prevalence for psychopathology in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 24, 53-66.
26. McHale, J. P., & Neugebauer, A. (1998). Parents' reports on the Child Adaptive Behavior Inventory predict 4-year-olds' playground behavior. Early Education & Development, 9. 307-322.
27. Olson, S. L., & Hoza, B. (1993). Preschool developmental antecedents of conduct problems in children beginning school. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 22, 60-67.
28. Parke, R. D., O'Neil, R., Spitzer, S., Isley, S., Welsh, M., Wang, S., et al. (1997). A longitudinal assessment of sociometric stability and the behavioral correlates of children's social acceptance. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43, 635-662.
29. Pettit, G. S., Clawson, M. A., Dodge, K. A., & Bates, J. E. (1996). Stability and change in peer-rejected status: The role of child behavior, parenting, and family ecology. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 42, 267-294.
30. Ramsey, P. G. (1995). Changing social dynamics in early childhood classrooms. Child Development, 66, 764-773.
31. Rubin, K. H. (1982). Social and cognitive developmental characteristics of young isolate, normal, and sociable children. In K. H. Rubin & H. S. Ross (Eds.), Peer relationships and social skills in childhood (pp. 353-374). New York: Springer-Verlag.
32. Rubin, K. H., LeMare, L. J., & Lollis, S. (1990). Social withdrawal in childhood: Developmental pathways to peer rejection. In S. R. Asher & J. D. Coie (Eds.), Peer rejection in childhood (pp. 217-249). Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press.
33. Rubin, K. H., Stewart, S. L., & Coplan, R. J. (1995). Social withdrawal in childhood: Conceptual and empirical perspectives. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, 17, 157-196.
34. Schaefer, E. S., & Hunter, W. M. (1983, April). Mother-infant interaction and maternal psychosocial predictors of kindergarten adaptation. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Detroit, MI.
35. Shaw, D. S., Owens, E. B., Vondra, J. I., & Keenan, K. (1996). Early risk factors and pathways in the development of early disruptive behavior problems. Development of Psychopathology, 8, 679-699.
36. Travillion, K., & Snyder, J. (1993). The role of maternal discipline and involvement in peer rejection and neglect. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 14, 37-57.