Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회지)

The Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회)
권호 표지

Children′s Peer Acceptance, Reciprocity of Best friendship, and Psychosocial Adjustment

학령기 아동의 또래수용 및 가장 친한 학급 친구의 상호성에 따른 심리사회적 적용

  • Published : 2004.07.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

This study examined how school-age children's peer acceptance and friendship experience were related to their psychosocial adjusment. Peer acceptance was examined in terms of sociometric status and social preference, and the friendship experience was examined in terms of the reciprocity of best friendship. The subjects were 275 children in the 4th or 5th grades. It was found that sociometric status and the reciprocity of best friendship were significant predictors of the level of loneliness that children experienced. Interaction between children's social preference score and the reciprocity of best friendship was also a significant predictor of the children's experience of loneliness. That is, the degree to which children are accepted by their peer group predicts the level of loneliness that children experience, but the strength of the prediction depends on whether the children have reciprocal best friends. Is for children's self-esteem in relation with sociometric status and the reciprocity of best friendship, only sociometric status was significant predictor of children's self-esteem. However, interaction between social preference and the reciprocity of best friendship was a significant predictor of children's self-esteem. This finding suggests that the degree to which children are accepted by their peer group predicts the level of children's self-esteem, and the strength of the prediction depends on whether the children have reciprocal best friends.

Keywords

References

  1. 김윤경, 이옥경(2001). 아동과 청소년의 또래관계에 따른 심리사회적 적응과 행동특성. 한국심리학회지: 발달, 14(2), 65-82
  2. 도현심(1996). 아동의 수줍음. 대인 적응성 및 또래 수용성과 외로움간의 관계. 아동학회지, 17(2), 33-45
  3. 심승원(2001). 아동이 지각한 사회적 지지와 자아존중감 및 공격성과의 관계. 이화여자대학교 대학원 석사학위논문
  4. 이은해, 김정윤, 오원정(2001). 아동의 또래지위 및 친구관계와 학교적응의 관계. 아동학회지, 22(1), 1-18
  5. 정영인(1988). 인기도에 따라 아동이 느끼는 외로움및 학업성취에 관한 연구. 숙명여자대학교 대학원 석사학위논문
  6. 최보가, 임지영(1999). 또래 괴롭힘이 아동의 외로움과 불안에 미치는 영향: 초등학생과 중학생을 대상으로. 대한가정학회지, 37(5), 111-121
  7. Asher, S. R. & Wheeler, V. A. (1985). Children's loneliness: A comparison of rejected and neglected peer status. Journal of Consulting and clinical Psychology, 53(4), 500-505 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.53.4.500
  8. Bagwell, C. L., Newcomb, A. F., & Bukowski, W. M. (1998). Preadolescent friendship and peer rejection as predictors of adult adjustment. Child Development, 69, 140-153 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06139.x
  9. Bierman, K. L., Smoot, D. L., & Aumiller, K. (1993). Characteristics of aggressive-rejected, aggressive (non- rejected), and rejected (non-aggressive boys). Child Development, 64, 139-151 https://doi.org/10.2307/1131442
  10. Black, B., & Hazen, N. L. (1990). Social status and patterns of communication in acquainted and unacquainted preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 26, 379-387 https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.26.3.379
  11. Berndt, T. J. (1982). The features and effects of friendship in early adolescence. Child Development, 53, 1447-1460 https://doi.org/10.2307/1130071
  12. Berndt, T. J., & Perry, T. B. (1986). Children's perceptions of friendships as supportive relationships. Developmental Psychology, 22, 640-648 https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.22.5.640
  13. Buhrmester, D. (1996). Need fulfillment, interpersonal competence, and the developmental contexts of early adolescent friendship. In W. M. Bukowski, A. F. Newcomb, & W. W. Hartup (Eds.), The company they keep: Friendship in childhood and adolescence (pp. 158-185). New York: Cambridge University Press
  14. Bukowski, W., & Hoza, B. (1989). Popularity and friendship: Issues in theory, measurement, and outcome. In T. J. Berndt & G. W. Ladd(Eds.), Peer relationships in child development. New York: Wiley
  15. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd edition). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum
  16. Coie, J., & Dodge, K. (1983). Continuities and changes in children's social status: A five year longitudinal study. Merrill-Palmer Qarterly, 29, 261-282
  17. Coie, J. D., Lochman, J. E., Terry, R., & Hyman, C. (1992). Predicting early adolescent disorder from childhood aggression and peer rejection. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 783-792 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.60.5.783
  18. Coie, J., Dodge, K., Terry, R., & Wright, V. (1991). The role of aggression in peer relations: An analysis of aggression episodes in boys' play groups. Child Development, 62, 812-826 https://doi.org/10.2307/1131179
  19. Crick, N. R., & Ladd, G. W. (1993). Children's perceptions of their peer experiences: Attributions, social anxiety, and social avoidance. Developmental Psychology, 29, 244-254 https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.29.2.244
  20. Dodge, K. A., Coie, J. D., Pettit, G. S., & Price, J. M. (1990). Peer status and aggression in boys' groups: Developmental and contextual analyses. Child Development, 61, 1289-1309 https://doi.org/10.2307/1130743
  21. DeRosier, M. E., Kupersmidt, J. B., & Patterson, C. J. (1994). Children's academic and behavioral adjustment as a function of chronicity and proximity of peer rejection. Child Development, 65, 1799-1813 https://doi.org/10.2307/1131295
  22. Franco, N., & Levitt, M. (1998). The social ecology of middle childhood: Family support, friendship quality and self-esteem. Family Relations, 47, 315-312 https://doi.org/10.2307/585262
  23. Gest, S. D., Graham-Bermann, S. A., & Hartup, W. W. (2001). Peer experience: Common and unique features of number of friendships, social network centrality, and sociometric status. Social Development, 10, 23-40 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9507.00146
  24. Harter, S. (1982). The perceived competence scale for children. Child Development, 53, 87-97 https://doi.org/10.2307/1129640
  25. Harter, S. (1983). Developmental perspectives on the self-system. In P.H. Mussen (Ed.), Handbook of Child Psychology, 4. New York: Wiley
  26. Hartup, W. W. (1996). The company they keep: Friendships and their developmental significance. Child Development, 67, 1-13 https://doi.org/10.2307/1131681
  27. Hodges, E., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., & Bukowski, W. M. (1999). The power of friendship: Protection against an escalating cycle of peer victimization. Developmental Psychology, 35, 94-101 https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.35.1.94
  28. Harrist, A. W., Zaia, A. F., Bates, J. E., Dodge, K. A., & Tettit, G. S. (1997). Subtypes of social withdrawal in early childhood: Sociometric status and social-cognitive differences across four years. Child Development, 68, 278-294 https://doi.org/10.2307/1131850
  29. Hymel, S., Rubin, K. H., Rowden, L., & Lemare, L. (1990). Children's Peer Relationships - Longitudinal Prediction of Internalizing And Externalizing Problems From Middle to Late Childhood. Child Development, 61, 2004 - 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb03582.x
  30. Ladd, G. W., & Kochenderfer, B. J. (1996). Linkages between friendship and adjustment during early school transitions. In W. M. Bulowski, A. F. Newcomb, & W. W. Hartup (Eds.). The company they keep: Friendship in childhood and adolescence. New York: Cambridge university Press
  31. Ladd, G. W., Kochenderfer, B. J., & Coleman, C. C. (1997). Classroom peer acceptance, friendship, and victimization: Distinct relational systems that contribute uniquely to children's school adjustment? Child Development, 68, 1181-1197 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01993.x
  32. Lewis, M., & Feiring, C. (1989). Early predictors of childhood friendship. In T. J. Berndt & G. W. Ladd (Eds), Peer relationships in child development. New York: Wiley, 246-273
  33. Neter, J., Wasserman, W. and Kutner, M. H. (1990). Applied Linear Statistical Models, 3rd Edition, Irwin, Boston, MA
  34. Parker, J., & Asher, S. R. (1987). Peer relations and later personal adjustment: Are low accepted children at risk? Psychological Bulletin, 102, 357-389 https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.102.3.357
  35. Parker, J., & Asher, S. R. (1993). Friendship and friendship quality in middle childhood: Links with peer group acceptance and feelings of loneliness and social dissatisfaction. Developmental Psychology, 29, 611-621 https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.29.4.611
  36. Pope, A. W., Bierman, K. L., & Muma, G. H. (1991).Aggression, hyperactivity, and inattention- immaturity: Behavior dimensions associated with peer rejection. Developmental Psychology, 27, 663-671 https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.27.4.663
  37. Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
  38. Sullivan (1953). The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. New York: Norton
  39. Vandell, D., & Hembree, S. (1994). Social status and friendship: Independent contributors to children's social and academic adjustment. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 40, 461-477
  40. Wentzel, K. R., & Asher, S. R. (1995). The academic lives of neglected, rejected, popular, and controversial children. child Development, 66, 754-763 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00903.x