Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Relations among Peer-Reported Trustworthiness, Social Relationships, and Psychological Adjustment in Children and Early Adolescents from the United Kingdom and Canada

Autor/inn/en	Rotenberg, Ken J.; McDougall, Patricia; Boulton, Michael J.; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Fox, Claire; Hymel, Shelley
Titel	Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Relations among Peer-Reported Trustworthiness, Social Relationships, and Psychological Adjustment in Children and Early Adolescents from the United Kingdom and Canada
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 88 (2004) 1, S.46-67 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2004.01.005
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Foreign Countries; Peer Groups; Trust (Psychology); Children; Prosocial Behavior; Friendship; Depression (Psychology); Credibility; Assertiveness; Early Adolescents; Peer Relationship; Grade 5; Grade 6; Self Esteem; Psychological Patterns; Canada; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Ausland; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Child; Kind; Kinder; Freundschaft; Glaubwürdigkeit; Peer-Beziehungen; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Kanada; Großbritannien
Abstract	Trustworthiness was examined in children and early adolescents from two countries. In Study 1,505 children in the fifth and sixth school years in the United Kingdom (mean age = 9 years 7 months) were tested across an 8-month period. In Study 2,350 sixth- through eighth-grade Canadian children and early adolescents (mean age = 12 years 11 months) were tested across a 1-year period. Participants completed measures assessing trustworthiness (ratings of promise and secret keeping by peer group and also by best friend in Study 1), assertiveness (Study 1), prosocial behavior (Study 2), social relationships (friendships and peer preference), and psychological adjustment (self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and loneliness). Peer-reported trustworthiness was positively associated with, and predicted changes across time in, the number of friendships. The observed relations were found to be statistically independent of peer preference and peer-reported assertiveness or prosocial behavior. Trustworthiness was found to be positively associated with peer preference (Study 1 and Study 2) and psychological adjustment (Study 1). (Author).
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