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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2007
Social developmentalists typically distinguish three levels of analysis in the study of peer relations in childhood and adolescence: individual, dyadic, and group. At the individual level of analysis, sociometric status and individual social behavior are studied. At the dyadic level, researchers traditionally study friendships but increasingly…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Sociometric Techniques, Peer Relationship, Social Networks
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Bukowski, William M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Introduces the basic ideas of Jacob Moreno's (1934) historical model of sociometric judgment and discusses how developmental psychologists have used this model in child development research. Traces the development of sociometric techniques to study children's peer relations, and notes the limitations of contemporary sociometric techniques. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Models, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Bukowski, William M.; Haselager, Gerbert J. T. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Reviews the empirical literature on the stability of sociometric categories and discusses four conceptual issues related to the stability of sociometric status. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Influences, Literature Reviews, Measurement Objectives