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Peer reviewedLanglois, Judith H.; Styczynski, Lyn E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Age-dependent differences in the relationship between physical attractiveness and the social perceptions of acquainted classmates were investigated in children (n=160) 3-10 years of age. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Drewry, Debra L.; Clark, M. L. – 1984
This study investigated the effect of similarity and reciprocity on dyadic friendship choices. Subjects were 34 third graders and 30 sixth graders. Reciprocal (mutual) and nonreciprocal (nonmutual) friendships were identified through use of the roster sociometric technique, whereby children choose their three best friends from an alphabetized list…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Friendship
Peer reviewedHoge, Robert D.; McSheffrey, Robert – Exceptional Children, 1991
The study found relative independence of the specific components of self-concept in 200 gifted pupils enrolled in self-contained enrichment classes in grades 5 through 8. Self-perceptions of social and scholastic competence and of physical appearance were the major contributors to self-concept. There was no evidence of a developmental process. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBukowski, William M.; Sippola, Lorrie K.; Newcomb, Andrew F. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined differences in attraction to same- and other-sex peers as a function of sex, age, individual characteristics, and context in adolescents studied longitudinally from elementary to middle school. Found attraction to aggressive peers and to peers standing out in observable ways increased with age and upon entry to middle school, whereas…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Age Differences, Aggression
