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Lisha Liu; Qian Wang; Yanfang Li – Educational Psychology, 2023
The present study investigated the unique and interactive role of parents' and peers' humanity virtue (i.e. kindness, love, and social intelligence) in association with children's humanity. The participants were 761 fourth-to-ninth-graders (M[subscript age] = 12.62; 45.2% boys) and their biological parents. The humanity subscale of the Values in…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Peer Influence, Altruism, Grade 4
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Simon, Valerie A.; Aikins, Julie Wargo; Prinstein, Mitchell J. – Child Development, 2008
This prospective study examined romantic partner selection and socialization among a sample of 78 young adolescents (6th-8th graders). Independent assessments of adolescent and romantic partner adjustment were collected before and after relationships initiated via peer nomination and self-report. Prior to their relationship, adolescents and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Early Adolescents, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Hawley, Patricia H.; Little, Todd D.; Card, Noel A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
Recent theory on social dominance suggests that aggressive individuals should be socially successful if they also display prosocial behavior. The combination of coercive and prosocial strategies of resource control (i.e., bistrategic control) is thought to facilitate hierarchy ascension. Adolescents (N = 929, grades 7-10) were queried about the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Intimacy, Friendship