Being rejected by peers has devastating consequences for a child's future social-cognitive
development. It is therefore important to investigate factors that contribute to childhood peer …

The first purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of dialogic classroom talk on
children's language skills (ie oral communicative competence and receptive vocabulary …

Education is one of the most important tools available to policymakers and non-
governmental bodies to promote a change in the behavior of society and to address the …

According to the perspective of multiple attachments, children establish significant
relationships with individuals outside their family, such as teachers and peers. The aim of …

Findings indicate that the perception that teachers have of students' appearance may
influence the way they look at the students and thus the quality of the relationship they …

Previous research has produced inconsistent findings about the relationships between
aggressive and prosocial behavior with likeability and popularity. This study utilized latent …

We examined the association between involvement in peer victimization in early childhood
and different measures of peer relations to examine the role of the peer group in …

Objective The present study investigated the direction of the relation between oral
communicative competence and social preference in early childhood classrooms …

Sociometric-oriented approaches have been applied the last years in numerous cases and
domains, targeting at the improvement of social groups' characteristics for achieving …

Adolescence is a time in which peers gain in importance and more time is spent engaging in
social interactions with them. Within these interactions, adolescents will also be confronted …