EJ292048 PS512297
Title: A Behavioral Analysis of Emerging Social Status in Boys' Groups.Author(s): Coie, John D.; Kupersmidt, Janis B.
Source: Child Development, v54 n6 p1400-16 Dec 1983
Publication Date: 1983
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1984
Familiar or
unfamiliar rejected, popular, neglected, and average Black fourth-grade
boys met in play groups once a week for six weeks. The investigation
focused on the extent to which social status becomes reestablished
in new social circumstances and behavior patterns associated with
the evolution of status positions in new groups. (RH)
Descriptors: *Antisocial Behavior; Black Youth; Elementary Education;
*Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Males; *Peer Relationship;
*Prosocial Behavior; Rejection (Psychology); *Social Status
Identifiers: *Familiarity; Popularity; Sociometric Status
