@article{ref1,
title="Developing Relationships, Being Cool, and Not Looking Like a Loser: Social Goal Orientation Predicts Children's Responses to Peer Aggression",
journal="Child development",
year="2011",
author="Rudolph, Karen D. and Abaied, Jamie L. and Flynn, Megan and Sugimura, Niwako and Agoston, Anna Monica",
volume="82",
number="5",
pages="1518-1530",
abstract="This research explored the contribution of social goal orientation, specifically, development (improving social skills and relationships), demonstration-approach (gaining positive judgments), and demonstration-avoidance (minimizing negative judgments). Children (N = 373; M age = 7.97, SD = .34) were followed from 2nd to 3rd grades. Validity of the social goal orientation construct was established through correlations with situation-specific goals and social adjustment. Development goals predicted adaptive responses (more effortful engagement, problem solving, advice seeking; fewer involuntary responses); demonstration goals predicted maladaptive responses (less effortful engagement, problem solving; more disengagement, retaliation). This study contributes to theoretical understanding of the process of peer aggression and interventions to promote optimal social health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01631.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01631.x"
}