TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer rejection, aggressive or withdrawn behavior, and psychological maladjustment from ages 5 to 12
T2 - An examination of four predictive models
AU - Ladd, Gary
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Findings yielded a comprehensive portrait of the predictive relations among children's aggressive or withdrawn behaviors, peer rejection, and psychological maladjustment across the 5-12 age period. Examination of peer rejection in different variable contexts and across repeated intervals throughout childhood revealed differences in the timing, strength, and consistency of this risk factor as a distinct (additive) predictor of externalizing versus internalizing problems. In conjunction with aggressive behavior, peer rejection proved to be a stronger additive predictor of externalizing problems during early rather than later childhood. Relative to withdrawn behavior, rejection's efficacy as a distinct predictor of internalizing problems was significant early in childhood and increased progressively thereafter. These additive path models fit the data better than did disorder-driven or transactional models.
AB - Findings yielded a comprehensive portrait of the predictive relations among children's aggressive or withdrawn behaviors, peer rejection, and psychological maladjustment across the 5-12 age period. Examination of peer rejection in different variable contexts and across repeated intervals throughout childhood revealed differences in the timing, strength, and consistency of this risk factor as a distinct (additive) predictor of externalizing versus internalizing problems. In conjunction with aggressive behavior, peer rejection proved to be a stronger additive predictor of externalizing problems during early rather than later childhood. Relative to withdrawn behavior, rejection's efficacy as a distinct predictor of internalizing problems was significant early in childhood and increased progressively thereafter. These additive path models fit the data better than did disorder-driven or transactional models.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00905.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00905.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16942492
AN - SCOPUS:33746371028
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 77
SP - 822
EP - 846
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 4
ER -