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Rose, Amanda J.; Schwartz-Mette, Rebecca A.; Smith, Rhiannon L.; Asher, Steven R.; Swenson, Lance P.; Carlson, Wendy; Waller, Erika M. – Child Development, 2012
Although girls disclose to friends about problems more than boys, little is known about processes underlying this sex difference. Four studies (Ns = 526, 567, 769, 154) tested whether middle childhood to mid-adolescent girls and boys (ranging from 8 to 17 years old) differ in how they expect that talking about problems would make them feel. Girls…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Disclosure, Friendship, Children
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Rose, Amanda J. – Child Development, 2002
This questionnaire study examined co-rumination (extensive discussion of problems, focusing on negative feelings) among third-, fifth-, seventh-, and ninth-graders and its relationship to positive friendship adjustment and problematic emotional adjustment. Responses indicated that co-rumination related to high-quality close friendships but also to…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Depression (Psychology)
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Rose, Amanda J.; Asher, Steven R. – Child Development, 2004
The present research tested whether children's responses to help-giving and help-seeking friendship tasks predicted how many friends they had and the quality of their best friendship. Fifth-grade children (N=511; typically 10 or 11 years old) responded to vignettes in which they could either give help to a friend or seek help from a friend.…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Gender Differences, Friendship
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Wiley, Angela R.; Rose, Amanda J.; Burger, Lisa K.; Miller, Peggy J. – Child Development, 1998
Examined personal storytelling of European-American preschoolers from working- or middle-class families as a medium through which they construct autonomous selves. Found that children in both communities had extensive rights to speak of past experiences and limited rights to author experiences. Middle-class communities viewed expressing one's view…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Development