Social DevelopmentPub Date : 2014-11-01Epub Date: 2014-07-03DOI: 10.1111/sode.12074
Laura K Taylor, Christine E Merrilees, Marcie C Goeke-Morey, Peter Shirlow, Ed Cairns, E Mark Cummings
{"title":"Political Violence and Adolescent Out-group Attitudes and Prosocial Behaviors: Implications for Positive Inter-group Relations.","authors":"Laura K Taylor, Christine E Merrilees, Marcie C Goeke-Morey, Peter Shirlow, Ed Cairns, E Mark Cummings","doi":"10.1111/sode.12074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The negative impact of political violence on adolescent adjustment is well-established. Less is known about factors that affect adolescents' positive outcomes in ethnically-divided societies, especially influences on prosocial behaviors toward the outgroup, which may promote constructive relations. For example, understanding how intergroup experiences and attitudes motivate outgroup helping may foster intergroup cooperation and help to consolidate peace. The current study investigated adolescents' overall and outgroup prosocial behaviors across two time points in Belfast, Northern Ireland (<i>N</i> = 714 dyads; 49% male; Time 1: <i>M</i> = 14.7, <i>SD</i> = 2.0, years old). Controlling for Time 1 prosocial behaviors, age and gender, multivariate structural equation modeling showed that experience with intergroup sectarian threat predicted <i>fewer</i> outgroup prosocial behaviors at Time 2 at the trend level. On the other hand, greater experience of intragroup nonsectarian threat at Time 1 predicted <i>more</i> overall and outgroup prosocial behaviors at Time 2. Moreover, positive outgroup attitudes strengthened the link between intragroup threat and outgroup prosocial behaviors one year later. Finally, experience with intragroup nonsectarian threat and outgroup prosocial behaviors at Time 1 was related to more positive outgroup attitudes at Time 2. The implications for youth development and intergroup relations in post-accord societies are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 4","pages":"840-859"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34079694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zoe E Taylor, Michael J Sulik, Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy L Spinrad, Kassondra M Silva, Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant, Daryn A Stover, Brian C Verrelli
{"title":"Development of Ego-Resiliency: Relations to Observed Parenting and Polymorphisms in the Serotonin Transporter Gene During Early Childhood.","authors":"Zoe E Taylor, Michael J Sulik, Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy L Spinrad, Kassondra M Silva, Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant, Daryn A Stover, Brian C Verrelli","doi":"10.1111/sode.12041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We used observed parenting behaviors, along with genetic variants and haplotypes of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4), as predictors of children's ego-resiliency during early childhood (<i>N</i> =153). Quality of mothers' parenting was observed at 18 months of age and mothers' reports of ego-resiliency were collected at six time points from 18 to 84 months. Genetic data were collected at 72 months. Observed parenting was positively associated with initial levels of children's ego-resiliency. Furthermore, although individual genetic variants of the serotonin transporter gene (LPR, STin2) were not associated with ego-resiliency, the S10 haplotype (that combines information from these two variants) was negatively associated with initial levels of ego-resiliency. Both parenting and serotonin genetic variation uniquely predicted children's ego-resiliency, suggesting an additive effect of genetic and parental factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 3","pages":"433-450"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32772222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olga L Walker, Heather A Henderson, Kathryn A Degnan, Elizabeth C Penela, Nathan A Fox
{"title":"Associations Between Behavioral Inhibition and Children's Social Problem Solving Behavior During Social Exclusion.","authors":"Olga L Walker, Heather A Henderson, Kathryn A Degnan, Elizabeth C Penela, Nathan A Fox","doi":"10.1111/sode.12053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study examined the associations between the early childhood temperament of behavioral inhibition and children's displays of social problem-solving (SPS) behavior during social exclusion. During toddlerhood (ages 2-3), maternal report and behavioral observations of behavioral inhibition were collected. At age 7, children's SPS behaviors were observed during a laboratory social exclusion task based on the commonly used Cyberball game. Results showed that behavioral inhibition was positively associated with displayed social withdrawal and negatively associated with assertive behavior during the observed social exclusion task at 7 years of age. These results add to our understanding of inhibited children's SPS behaviors during social exclusion and provide evidence for the associations between toddler temperament and children's social behavior during middle childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 3","pages":"487-501"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32784522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole E Werner, Ashley D Eaton, Kelsey Lyle, Heidi Tseng, Brooke Holst
{"title":"Maternal Social Coaching Quality Interrupts the Development of Relational Aggression During Early Childhood.","authors":"Nicole E Werner, Ashley D Eaton, Kelsey Lyle, Heidi Tseng, Brooke Holst","doi":"10.1111/sode.12048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research has shown that parents of socially competent young children provide them with elaborative, explicit, appropriate and emotion-laden advice about peer interactions. The current study analyzed mothers' conversations with preschoolers (N=175; 52% female; <i>M</i> age = 52 months, <i>SD</i> = 7 months) about peer conflicts involving relational aggression. Conversations were coded for maternal elaboration, emotion references, and discussion of norm violations. Information about relational and physical aggression was collected from teachers at two assessments approximately 12 months apart for a subsample of 136 children. Regression analyses, controlling for physical aggression, showed that average and high levels of effective coaching operated as a protective factor against stable high levels of relational aggression. Theoretical and practical implications for our understanding of the early development of relational aggression are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 3","pages":"470-486"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32593641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naomi C Z Andrews, Laura D Hanish, Richard A Fabes, Carol Lynn Martin
{"title":"With Whom and Where You Play: Preschoolers' Social Context Predicts Peer Victimization.","authors":"Naomi C Z Andrews, Laura D Hanish, Richard A Fabes, Carol Lynn Martin","doi":"10.1111/sode.12051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12051","url":null,"abstract":"This short-term longitudinal study assessed the relations between the social context of children's play (play-group size, play-group gender composition, and play setting) in the fall and peer victimization in the spring for low-income, minority, preschool girls and boys. Gender differences in these associations, as well as the moderating effect of children's individual problem behavior, were considered. Using a multiple-brief observation procedure, preschoolers' (N = 255, 49% girls) naturally occurring play in each type of social context was recorded throughout the fall semester. Observers also rated children's victimization and problem behaviors in the fall, and teachers rated children's victimization at the end of the school year. Findings suggested that social context variables predicted spring victimization above and beyond fall victimization and individual levels of problem behavior and that these associations varied for boys and girls. The findings signify the importance of the social context on changes in peer victimization.","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 2","pages":"357-375"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12051","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32425668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Social DevelopmentPub Date : 2014-05-01Epub Date: 2013-07-24DOI: 10.1111/sode.12040
Jackie A Nelson, Marion O'Brien, Kevin J Grimm, Esther M Leerkes
{"title":"Identifying Mother-Child Interaction Styles Using a Person-Centered Approach.","authors":"Jackie A Nelson, Marion O'Brien, Kevin J Grimm, Esther M Leerkes","doi":"10.1111/sode.12040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parent-child conflict in the context of a supportive relationship has been discussed as a potentially constructive interaction pattern; the current study is the first to test this using a holistic analytic approach. Interaction styles, defined as mother-child conflict in the context of maternal sensitivity, were identified and described with demographic and stress-related characteristics of families. Longitudinal associations were tested between interaction styles and children's later social competence. Participants included 814 partnered mothers with a first-grade child. Latent profile analysis identified <i>agreeable</i>, <i>dynamic</i>, and <i>disconnected</i> interaction styles. Mothers' intimacy with a partner, depressive symptoms, and authoritarian childrearing beliefs, along with children's later conflict with a best friend and externalizing problems, were associated with group membership. Notably, the dynamic style, characterized by high sensitivity and high conflict, included families who experienced psychological and relational stressors. Findings are discussed with regard to how family stressors shape parent-child interaction patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 2","pages":"306-324"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35205466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristin A Buss, Elizabeth J Kiel, Santiago Morales, Emily Robinson
{"title":"Toddler Inhibitory Control, Bold Response to Novelty, and Positive Affect Predict Externalizing Symptoms in Kindergarten.","authors":"Kristin A Buss, Elizabeth J Kiel, Santiago Morales, Emily Robinson","doi":"10.1111/sode.12058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12058","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Poor inhibitory control and bold-approach have been found to predict the development of externalizing behavior problems in young children. Less research has examined how positive affect may influence the development of externalizing behavior in the context of low inhibitory control and high approach. We used a multimethod approach to examine how observed toddler inhibitory control, bold-approach, and positive affect predicted externalizing outcomes (observed, adult- and self-reported) in additive and interactive ways at the beginning of kindergarten. 24-month-olds (N = 110) participated in a laboratory visit and 84 were followed up in kindergarten for externalizing behaviors. Overall, children who were low in inhibitory control, high in bold-approach, and low in positive affect at 24-months of age were at greater risk for externalizing behaviors during kindergarten.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 2","pages":"232-249"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32499436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Peers Contribute to the Achievement Gap between Vietnamese-American and Mexican-American Adolescents?","authors":"Mylien T Duong, David Schwartz, Carolyn A McCarty","doi":"10.1111/sode.12033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Documented associations between academic and social functioning have been inconsistent. These discrepancies may reflect the moderating role of sociocultural context. In this study, we examined ethnicity and gender as moderators of this relation. We collected peer nominations, GPA from school records, and self-report questionnaires for 519 Vietnamese-American and Mexican-American middle school students (mean age = 12.7 years). Using general linear modeling, we found that academic and social functioning were more strongly and positively linked for Vietnamese-Americans relative to Mexican-Americans, and for girls relative to boys. We also examined group differences in achievement values, and found that Vietnamese-Americans were more likely to admire and be friends with high-achieving peers. The results suggest that peers provide one context in which ethnic and gender differences in achievement values emerge, and interventions aimed at reducing the achievement gap may benefit from incorporating a focus on peers.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 1","pages":"196-214"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32044925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Mood and Task Complexity Affect Children's Recognition of Others' Emotions.","authors":"Andrew J Cummings, Jennifer L Rennels","doi":"10.1111/sode.12038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies examined how mood affects children's accuracy in matching emotional expressions and labels (label-based tasks). This study was the first to assess how induced mood (positive, neutral, or negative) influenced 5- to 8-year-olds' accuracy and reaction time using both context-based tasks, which required inferring a character's emotion from a vignette, and label-based tasks. Both tasks required choosing one of four facial expressions to respond. Children responded more accurately to label-based questions relative to context-based questions at 5 to 7 years of age, but showed no differences at 8 years of age, and when the emotional expression being identified was happiness, sadness, or surprise, but not disgust. For the context-based questions, children were more accurate at inferring sad and disgusted emotions compared to happy and surprised emotions. Induced positive mood facilitated 5-year-olds' processing (decreased reaction time) in both tasks compared to induced negative and neutral moods. Results demonstrate how task type and children's mood influence children's emotion processing at different ages.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"23 1","pages":"80-99"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32084949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constructive and Destructive Marital Conflict, Parenting, and Children's School and Social Adjustment.","authors":"K P McCoy, M R W George, E M Cummings, P T Davies","doi":"10.1111/sode.12015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study addresses the links between destructive and constructive marital conflict and mothers' and fathers' parenting to understand associations with children's social and school adjustment. Multi-method, longitudinal assessments of 235 mothers, fathers, and children (129 girls) were collected across kindergarten, first, and second grades (ages 5-7 at Time 1; ages 7-9 at Time 3). Whereas constructive marital conflict was related to both mothers' and fathers' warm parenting, destructive marital conflict was only linked to fathers' use of inconsistent discipline. In turn, both mothers' and fathers' use of psychological control was related to children's school adjustment, and mothers' warmth was related to children's social adjustment. Reciprocal links between constructs were also explored, supporting associations between destructive marital conflict and mothers' and fathers' inconsistent discipline. The merit of examining marital conflict and parenting as multidimensional constructs is discussed in relation to understanding the processes and pathways within families that affect children's functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":"22 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/sode.12015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31879300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}