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Predicting boys' social acceptance and aggression: the role of mother-child interactions and boys' beliefs about peers.

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MacKinnon-Lewis, C; Rabiner, D; Starnes, R
Published in: Developmental psychology
May 1999

Seven- to 9-year-old boys (N = 177) and their mothers participated in this study in which the associations between boys' experiences with their mothers, their beliefs about familiar and unfamiliar peers, and their peer adjustment were examined across a 2-year period. Boys' negative behavior with mothers was associated with their having more negative beliefs about familiar and unfamiliar peers and with their being more aggressive and less well-liked. Beliefs about familiar peers predicted changes in boys' social acceptance, whereas negative beliefs about unfamiliar peers predicted changes in aggression. In addition, boys' beliefs about peers changed in response to their social experience. The implications of these findings for children's social development are discussed.

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Published In

Developmental psychology

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EISSN

1939-0599

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

May 1999

Volume

35

Issue

3

Start / End Page

632 / 639

Related Subject Headings

  • Video Recording
  • Social Desirability
  • Social Adjustment
  • Peer Group
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
 

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MacKinnon-Lewis, C., Rabiner, D., & Starnes, R. (1999). Predicting boys' social acceptance and aggression: the role of mother-child interactions and boys' beliefs about peers. Developmental Psychology, 35(3), 632–639. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.35.3.632
MacKinnon-Lewis, C., D. Rabiner, and R. Starnes. “Predicting boys' social acceptance and aggression: the role of mother-child interactions and boys' beliefs about peers.Developmental Psychology 35, no. 3 (May 1999): 632–39. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.35.3.632.
MacKinnon-Lewis C, Rabiner D, Starnes R. Predicting boys' social acceptance and aggression: the role of mother-child interactions and boys' beliefs about peers. Developmental psychology. 1999 May;35(3):632–9.
MacKinnon-Lewis, C., et al. “Predicting boys' social acceptance and aggression: the role of mother-child interactions and boys' beliefs about peers.Developmental Psychology, vol. 35, no. 3, May 1999, pp. 632–39. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0012-1649.35.3.632.
MacKinnon-Lewis C, Rabiner D, Starnes R. Predicting boys' social acceptance and aggression: the role of mother-child interactions and boys' beliefs about peers. Developmental psychology. 1999 May;35(3):632–639.

Published In

Developmental psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-0599

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

May 1999

Volume

35

Issue

3

Start / End Page

632 / 639

Related Subject Headings

  • Video Recording
  • Social Desirability
  • Social Adjustment
  • Peer Group
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology