Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School
Previous research has found a strong correlation between children’s academic self-concept and their behavioral problems. The present study examined whether children’s peer rejection moderated the relationship between children’s math and verbal self-concepts and their behavioral problems at school. W...
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| author | Ylenia Passiatore Teresa Grimaldi Capitello Teresa Grimaldi Capitello Simona De Stasio Michela Millioni Simonetta Gentile Simonetta Gentile Caterina Fiorilli |
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| description | Previous research has found a strong correlation between children’s academic self-concept and their behavioral problems. The present study examined whether children’s peer rejection moderated the relationship between children’s math and verbal self-concepts and their behavioral problems at school. We expected that children’s social competence, as measured by peer rejection, moderated the negative effect of low self-concept on children’s externalizing behaviors. Participants were 173 children (males = 93, Mage = 10.31 years, SD = 1.43). The main findings showed that peer rejection moderated the effect of both low verbal and math self-concepts on children’s externalizing behavior. The results are discussed in terms of the protective factor played by children’s social competence reducing the impact of low self-concept on children’s externalizing behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9bfb7320462a4bfdbea9516024c479062022-12-22T01:15:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-11-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.01912279659Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at SchoolYlenia Passiatore0Teresa Grimaldi Capitello1Teresa Grimaldi Capitello2Simona De Stasio3Michela Millioni4Simonetta Gentile5Simonetta Gentile6Caterina Fiorilli7Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Ospedale Pediatrico, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Ospedale Pediatrico, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, ItalyPrevious research has found a strong correlation between children’s academic self-concept and their behavioral problems. The present study examined whether children’s peer rejection moderated the relationship between children’s math and verbal self-concepts and their behavioral problems at school. We expected that children’s social competence, as measured by peer rejection, moderated the negative effect of low self-concept on children’s externalizing behaviors. Participants were 173 children (males = 93, Mage = 10.31 years, SD = 1.43). The main findings showed that peer rejection moderated the effect of both low verbal and math self-concepts on children’s externalizing behavior. The results are discussed in terms of the protective factor played by children’s social competence reducing the impact of low self-concept on children’s externalizing behaviors.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01912/fullmath and verbal self-conceptpeer rejectionbehavioral problemsexternalizing problems |
| spellingShingle | Ylenia Passiatore Teresa Grimaldi Capitello Teresa Grimaldi Capitello Simona De Stasio Michela Millioni Simonetta Gentile Simonetta Gentile Caterina Fiorilli Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School Frontiers in Psychology math and verbal self-concept peer rejection behavioral problems externalizing problems |
| title | Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School |
| title_full | Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School |
| title_fullStr | Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School |
| title_full_unstemmed | Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School |
| title_short | Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School |
| title_sort | children s mathematics and verbal self concepts and externalizing behaviors the moderating role of peer rejection at school |
| topic | math and verbal self-concept peer rejection behavioral problems externalizing problems |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01912/full |
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