In this longitudinal study, the predictive relations between social difficulties in early
childhood (grade 2) and subsequent internalizing as well as externalizing problems in …

A longitudinal, prospective design was used to examine the roles of peer rejection in middle
childhood and antisocial peer involvement in early adolescence in the development of …

Recent years have seen the emergence of an interest in children who do not interact often
with their peers. This interest has been sparked not only by theoretical considerations of the …

Findings yielded a comprehensive portrait of the predictive relations among children's
aggressive or withdrawn behaviors, peer rejection, and psychological maladjustment across …

Childhood peer rejection, aggression, withdrawal, and perceived competence were
compared as predictors of self-reported behavior problems. Peer sociometric status (Coie …

In a longitudinal study that followed children from fourth through sixth grades, we tested
whether problems in children's peer relations preceded psychological maladjustment and …

This study evaluated a social process model describing how aggression and withdrawal
lead to negative social self-perceptions. The model posited both direct (ie, cognitions …

A longitudinal investigation was conducted to explicate how the confluence of early
behavioral dispositions, relational histories, and cognitive representations of the self and …

This study examined the relation between children's peer relationships and teacher-rated
psychological adjustment. A number of shortcomings in the peer literature were addressed …

Abstract review the research literature linking peer relationship problems in childhood to
various disorders in adolescence and in the early-adult years/consider the role of early peer …