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ERIC Number: EJ505882
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
Effects of Sex, Attraction, and Acceptance on Children's Help Seeking and Attitudes to Interpersonal Relationships.
Downe, Alan G.; McDougall, Daniel
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v20 n2 p129-39 Apr 1995
A study involving 124 male and 128 female sixth graders found that sex differences existed in willingness to receive help and helper preferences, and that high-attraction subjects showed higher orientation toward including other children in their activities, accepting control from others, and being affectionate around others. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affection, Analysis of Variance, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Females, Grade 6, Help Seeking, Interpersonal Relationship, Males, Multivariate Analysis, Peer Acceptance, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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