Journal article
The Judge Specificity of Evaluations of Youth Social Behavior: The Case of Peer Provocation
Social development (Oxford, England), Vol.19(4), pp.736-757
11/2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00559.x
Abstract
Increasingly, theorists have suggested that social competence is an evaluative construct that will vary as a function of who is judging behavior. This study examined how two key groups in children's social environments—peers (N = 663, age range = 10.83–15.25 years) and teachers (N = 49)—rated the effectiveness of different behaviors generated by youth in response to physical, verbal, and relational provocation by peers. Results indicated that youth evaluated aggressive responses as more effective than teachers whereas teachers evaluated seeking an explanation as more effective than youth. Both groups judged responses combining assertive and aggressive elements to be more effective than ‘pure’ aggression. Implications for measurement and intervention models of social competence are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Judge Specificity of Evaluations of Youth Social Behavior: The Case of Peer Provocation
- Creators
- Melanie A DirksTeresa A TreatV. Robin Weersing
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social development (Oxford, England), Vol.19(4), pp.736-757
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00559.x
- ISSN
- 0961-205X
- eISSN
- 1467-9507
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2010
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984002595602771
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