Group Behavior in Children Lancelotta, G.X. and S. Vaughn. (1989). Relati

of Aggression and Sociometric Status: Peer and Teacher

Perceptions. Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 81,

Authors Lancelotta and Vaughn have written an article which deals with group behavior in children. Specifically, their sample included fortyseven boys and fiftyone girls from a fourth grade class in a northern New England elementary school. For purposes of statistical reliability, their teachers were also given modified versions of the measurements.

The purpose of the study was to identify and correlate the relationship between five separate aspects of aggressive behavior to see which, if any, would relate to a certain socioeconomic status. Using an accepted peerrating scale, Lancelotta and Vaughn measured aggressive behaviors such as provoked physical aggression, outburst aggression, unprovoked physical aggression, verbal aggression, indirect aggression, and distractor items, all as indications of negative group behavior.

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