Peer rejection and social information-processing factors in the development of aggressive behavior problems in children.

By Kenneth A. Dodge, Jennifer E. Lansford, V. S. Burks, J. Bates, G. S. Pettit, R. Fontaine, Joseph M Price. Child Development, 2003

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The relation between social rejection and growth in antisocial behavior was investigated. In Study 1,259 boys and girls (34% African American) were followed from Grades 1 to 3 (ages 6-8 years) to Grades 5 to 7 (ages 10-12 years). Early peer rejection predicted growth in aggression. In Study 2,585 boys and girls (16% African American) were followed from kindergarten to Grade 3 (ages 5-8 years), and findings were replicated. Furthermore, early aggression moderated the effect of rejection, such that rejection exacerbated antisocial development only among children initially disposed toward aggression. In Study 3, social information-processing patterns measured in Study 1 were found to mediate partially the effect of early rejection on later aggression. In Study 4, processing patterns measured in Study 2 replicated the mediation effect. Findings are integrated into a recursive model of antisocial development.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Empathy and Emotional Responsiveness in Delinquent and Non-Delinquent Adolescents. (2007, background): “Because emotion-related processes are thought to differ for socially maladjusted youth (Chalmers & Townsend, 1990; Dodge et al., 2003; Dodge & Frame, 1982), we expect group differences in both areas.”
Self-Control and Deviant Peer Network Structure (2009, background): “Indeed, peer rejection and isolation are also related to antisocial behavior and delinquency (see Dodge et al. 2003; Fergusson and Horwood 1999; Giordano 1995).”
Can't buy me friendship? Peer rejection and adolescent materialism: Implicit self-esteem as a mediator (2015, background): “In fact, peer rejection has been shown to be harmful and to produce negative behavioral and affective outcomes, such as increased aggression (Dodge et al., 2003), loneliness, and depressed mood (Boivin, Hymel, & Bukowski, 1995).”
Being Left Out: Neurobiological Correlates of Social Rejection and their Developmental Trajectory (2011, neutral): “The negative impact of social rejection on emotional well-being is well documented; adolescents who are rejected by their peers tend to be at a greater risk for developing internalizing or externalizing problems (Deater-Deckhard, 2001; Dodge et al., 2003; Nolan et al., 2003; Rigby, 2000).”
Bullying Perpetration and Victimization in Special Education: A Review of the Literature (2011, background): “Again, these students may act too aggressively or misinterpret social stimuli because of social information processing deficits (Burks, Laird, & Dodge, 1999; Crick & Dodge, 1994, 1996; Dodge et al., 2003; Sabornie, 1994).”
Temperament and Developmental Pathways to Conduct Problems (2004, background): “This rejection can lead a child to miss out on important socializing experiences that take place within the peer group, such as learning effective and appropriate social skills (Dodge et al., 2003; Renshaw & Asher, 1982).”
Conduct Disorder, Aggression and Delinquency (2009, background): “Risk F'actors 703 There is no doubt that highly aggressive chil dren tend to be rejected by most of their peers (Coie, Dodge, & Kupersmidt, 1990; Dodge et al., 2003).”
Rough-and-Tumble Play and the Development of Physical Aggression and Emotion Regulation: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study (2010, background): “Emotion regulation has been described as a set of abilities related to the processing of emotions and emotional information including the inhibition of emotional impulses, modulation of emotional behavior, maintenance of engagement with important elements of the world, and disengagement from distres”
School shootings: Making sense of the senseless (2009, background): “For example, Dodge et al. (2003) found that peer rejection in elementary school interacts with aggressive behavior to exacerbate antisocial behavior.”
The Longitudinal Interplay between Bullying, Victimization, and Social Status: Age-related and Gender Differences (2015, background): “Vice versa, rejection by peers may prevent children from practicing and experiencing skills in peer interactions that are generally perceived as attractive, such as prosocial behavior (Dodge et al., 2003; Newcomb et al., 1993).”
The Effectiveness of Contextually Supported Play Date Interactions between Children with Autism and Typically Developing Peers (2005, background): “In addition, typically developing children who experience higher levels of peer rejection may be at risk for lower levels of adjustment and increased externalizing behavior (Dodge et al., 2003; Laird, Jordan, Dodge, Pettit, & Bates, 2001).”
Social causes and consequences of rejection sensitivity. (2007, background): “This finding supports recent claims that peer rejection may act as a social stressor that exacerbates existing vulnerabilities by triggering maladaptive cognitive, affective, and behavioral selfperpetuating coping responses (Dodge et al., 2003; Ladd, 2003; Sandstrom, Cillessen, & Eisenhower, 2003).”
Disentangling the Psychology and Law of Instrumental and Reactive Subtypes of Aggression (2007, neutral): “Resolution of these issues is made even more challenging by the significant positive correlation between instrumental and reactive aggression ( Dodge & Coie, 1987; Vitiello & Stoff, 1997).”
Children's Moral Reasoning Regarding Physical and Relational Aggression (2006, background): “For example, aggressive children are more likely than their peers to interpret social cues hostilely, to generate aggressive responses, to adopt instrumental rather than relational goals and to evaluate aggressive responses in a relatively positive manner (Crick, 1995; Crick & Dodge, 1994, 1996; Cri”
Translational science in action: Hostile attributional style and the development of aggressive behavior problems (2006, background): “Longitudinal evidence supports the relation between early peer social failure and later attributional tendencies ~Dodge et al., 2003! and between peer victimization and later hostile attributions ~Graham & Juvonen, 1998!.”