Predicting early adolescent disorder from childhood aggression and peer rejection.
Two large cohorts of Black 3rd-grade children from low-income families were followed into early adolescence. Adjustment at the end of the 1st year of middle school was assessed by teacher and parent ratings and by adolescent self-reports. Childhood peer social status predicted parent-reported externalized and internalized disorder and self-reported internalized disorder. Childhood aggression predicted self-reported externalized and internalized disorder and parent-reported externalized disorder. Teacher ratings of school adjustment were predicted by aggression, rejection, and sex of the child. Consensus judgments of poor adjustment were predicted by both aggression and peer rejection, with sex moderating the effect of peer rejection. Both childhood aggression and peer rejection appear to be significant predictors of adolescent disorder, with each making a predictive contribution uniquely its own.
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- Social Adjustment
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- Personality Development
- Peer Group
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- Longitudinal Studies
- Learning Disabilities
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Internal-External Control
- Humans
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- Social Adjustment
- Rejection, Psychology
- Personality Development
- Peer Group
- Male
- Longitudinal Studies
- Learning Disabilities
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Internal-External Control
- Humans