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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 reviewedMartinek, Thomas J.; Karper, William B. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1984
This study determined multivariate relationships of the impression cues of attractiveness and effort with teacher expectations and dyadic interaction in two groups of elementary school children. (Author/JMK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Interpersonal Attraction
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
