Child Study Journal articles from March 1999

Child Study Journal archives from March 1999

LONELINESS AND SOCIAL DISSATISFACTION: ITS RELATION WITH CHILDREN'S SELF-EFFICACY FOR PEER INTERACTION.
March 1, 1999... We examined the relation of children's loneliness and social dissatisfaction in school to self-efficacy for peer interaction in the same context. Two hundred thirty-eight fourth- and sixth-grade Greek children completed Asher, Hymel, and...

THE ROLES OF ETHNIC AND IDEOLOGICAL IDENTITY IN PREDICTING FIDELITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS.
March 1, 1999... This longitudinal study constituted an examination of Erik Erikson's proposition that advanced identity formation should facilitate the ascendance of the ego strength of fidelity. Differing hypotheses were generated, according to ethnicity, for...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIGNIFICANT OTHERS' POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE STATEMENTS, SELF-TALK AND SELF-ESTEEM.
March 1, 1999... This study reports on a survey conducted with 269 primary school children in Grades 3 to 7 who completed self-report questionnaires measuring the frequency of positive and negative statements made by mother, father, teacher, and peers; their...

PATHWAYS TO AGGRESSION IN YOUNG, HIGHLY STRESSED URBAN CHILDREN.
March 1, 1999... Correlates of aggression in highly stressed urban children were examined at second and third grades, Time 1 ([T.sub.1]), and third to fifth grades, Time 2 ([T.sub.2]), and pathways to [T.sub.2] aggression were explored. Difficult temperament...

ADOLESCENT COPING STRATEGIES AND SELF-ESTEEM.
March 1, 1999... Relations between self-esteem and coping strategies of adolescents were examined for 361 male and female adolescents in Grades 7 through 12. Coping strategies were assessed by the Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences (Patterson...