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Proximal Peer-Level Effects of a Small-Group Selected Prevention on Aggression in Elementary School Children: An Investigation of the Peer Contagion Hypothesis

dc.contributor.authorMorales, Julieen_US
dc.contributor.authorGuerra, Nancy G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHuesmann, L. Rowellen_US
dc.contributor.authorBoxer, Paulen_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-11T15:01:21Z
dc.date.available2006-09-11T15:01:21Z
dc.date.issued2005-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationBoxer, Paul; Guerra, Nancy G.; Huesmann, L. Rowell; Morales, Julie; (2005). "Proximal Peer-Level Effects of a Small-Group Selected Prevention on Aggression in Elementary School Children: An Investigation of the Peer Contagion Hypothesis." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 33(3): 325-338. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44593>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0091-0627en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2835en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44593
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=15957560&dopt=citationen_US
dc.description.abstractExamined peer contagion in small group, selected prevention programming over one school year. Participants were boys and girls in grades 3 (46 groups, 285 students) and 6 (36 groups, 219 students) attending school in low-resource, inner city communities or moderate resource urban communities. Three-level hierarchical linear modeling (observations within individuals within groups) indicated that individual change in aggression over time related to the average aggression of others in the intervention group. The individual child was “pulled” toward peers’ mean level of aggression; so the intervention appeared to reduce aggression for those high on aggression, and to make those low on aggression more aggressive. Effects appeared to be magnified in either direction when the child was more discrepant from his or her peers. From these results we derive a principle of “discrepancy-proportional peer-influence” for small group intervention, and discuss the implications of this for aggregating aggressive children in small group programs.en_US
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dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherSelected Preventionen_US
dc.subject.otherDevelopmental Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.otherElementary Schoolen_US
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAggressionen_US
dc.subject.otherPeer Contagionen_US
dc.subject.otherInterventionen_US
dc.titleProximal Peer-Level Effects of a Small-Group Selected Prevention on Aggression in Elementary School Children: An Investigation of the Peer Contagion Hypothesisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, USA; Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, 2001 GP Building/Lakefront, New Orleans, LA, 70148; University of New Orleans, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of California, Riversideen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of California, Riverside; Division of Children, Youth, and Families of Jefferson County Human Services (Colorado), USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.identifier.pmid15957560en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44593/1/10802_2005_Article_3568.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-005-3568-2en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Abnormal Child Psychologyen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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