Peer groups, popularity, and social preference: Trajectories of social functioning among students with and without learning disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-14

  Estell, David B ^a   Jones, Martin H ^b   Pearl, Ruth ^c   Van Acker, Richard ^c   Farmer, Thomas W ^d   Rodkin, Philip C ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal research method; Peer groups; Peer relations; Popularity; Social development; Social preference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 41749125261     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219407310993     Document Type: Article

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