The Emergence of Social Dominance in Young Boys' Play Groups: Developmental Differences and Behavioral Correlates Export

@article{Pettit.Bakshi.ea1990emergence, abstract = {This study examined relations among dominance, sociometric preference, and social behavior in groups of 1st- and 3rd-grade boys. 20 groups of 6 unacquainted boys met for 5 45-min semistructured play sessions on consecutive days. Sociometric interviews yielded daily social preference scores. Boys' social behaviors were coded from video records into discrete categories. Dominance hierarchies were formed on the basis of asymmetry (receiving vs initiating) of peer-directed aggression or persuasion attempts. Group-level results indicated that the least coherently organized groups were those containing younger boys and those in which aggression occurred at a high rate. Individual-level results indicated that dominance was associated with social preference to a greater degree among younger than older boys. Dominance was more highly related to leadership in older than younger boys. Implications of these findings are discussed with respect to the role of aggression in the social organization of boys' peer groups.}, author = {Pettit, Gregory S. and Bakshi, Anuradha and Dodge, Kenneth A. and Coie, John D.}, citeulike-article-id = {226784}, journal = {Developmental Psychology}, keywords = {alex, bibtex-import, igokids, socialdynamics}, local-url = {file://Localhost/Volumes/Phoenix/Papers/IGO/Kids/Pettit.Bakshi.ea1990emergence.pdf}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {1017--1025}, pdf = {IGO/Kids/Pettit.Bakshi.ea1990emergence.pdf}, posted-at = {2005-06-12 23:54:34}, priority = {1}, title = {The Emergence of Social Dominance in Young Boys' Play Groups: Developmental Differences and Behavioral Correlates}, volume = {26}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - Pettit.Bakshi.ea1990emergence L3 - citeulike-article-id:226784 N2 - This study examined relations among dominance, sociometric preference, and social behavior in groups of 1st- and 3rd-grade boys. 20 groups of 6 unacquainted boys met for 5 45-min semistructured play sessions on consecutive days. Sociometric interviews yielded daily social preference scores. Boys' social behaviors were coded from video records into discrete categories. Dominance hierarchies were formed on the basis of asymmetry (receiving vs initiating) of peer-directed aggression or persuasion attempts. Group-level results indicated that the least coherently organized groups were those containing younger boys and those in which aggression occurred at a high rate. Individual-level results indicated that dominance was associated with social preference to a greater degree among younger than older boys. Dominance was more highly related to leadership in older than younger boys. Implications of these findings are discussed with respect to the role of aggression in the social organization of boys' peer groups. IS - 6 JF - Developmental Psychology EP - 1025 TI - The Emergence of Social Dominance in Young Boys' Play Groups: Developmental Differences and Behavioral Correlates VL - 26 SP - 1017 KW - alex KW - bibtex-import KW - igokids KW - socialdynamics AU - Pettit, Gregory AU - Bakshi, Anuradha AU - Dodge, Kenneth AU - Coie, John PY - 1990/November// ER -