TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Social skill in third and sixth grade children: A moderator of lifetime stressful life events and behavior problems?
JO  - Journal of child and family studies
A1  - Vinnick, Lyn
A1  - Erickson, Marilyn
SP  - 263
EP  - 282
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - We investigated relationships among stressful lifetime life events, social skill, and behavior problems in children. Participants were 159 third graders, 138 sixth graders, and their mothers. Mothers reported on their children's life events, social skill, and behavior problems. Children self-reported on their social skill and behavior problems. Increased numbers of stressful life events significantly predicted increased behavior problems in third and sixth graders. Increased social skill significantly predicted decreased behavior problems in third and sixth graders. Social skill served a stress-protective role for third but not sixth graders; third graders with increased life events and better social skill had fewer behavior problems than their less socially skilled peers. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed, and suggestions for future resilience research are presented.<p /> 
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SN  - 1062-1024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02234686
ID  - ref1
ER  -