ERIC Number: EJ1185171
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
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Peer-Assessed Emotional Expressivity: Unique Association with Status in the Peer Group
Kwon, Kyongboon; Willenbrink, Jessica B.; Hanrahan, Amanda R.
Journal of Early Adolescence, v38 n7 p908-922 Aug 2018
We examined the association between peer-assessed emotional expressivity and children's status in the peer group after controlling for social behavior. Participants were 417 elementary school children (X-bar age = 10 years) from a Midwestern urban community and their teachers. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used. After controlling for gender, race, and other emotionality, happiness was positively associated with likability and popularity. Sadness was positively associated with disliking and unpopularity, and negatively associated with popularity. Anger was positively associated with disliking and popularity. Overall, emotional expressivity uniquely predicted status after controlling for social behavior. Regarding gender and race effects, girls were perceived as happier than boys and an inverse pattern was found for anger; White children were perceived as happier than Black children. The association between emotionality and status did not differ by gender. Findings expand the literature on predictability of peer-assessed emotions regarding different dimensions of status in the peer group.
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Social Behavior, Elementary School Students, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns, Peer Acceptance, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Correlation, Emotional Response, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Statistical Analysis, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Racial Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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