a Department of Psychology , University of Delaware.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2013;42(6):843-54. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2013.804410. Epub 2013 Jun 9.
The goal of this article was to validate the existence and qualities of a peer-rejected group of children using latent profile analysis (LPA). Two separate racially/ethnically diverse samples (Study 1: N = 2,052 second graders; Study 2: N = 594 fourth and fifth graders) completed peer nominations of liking and disliking, from which we calculated Social Preference and Social Impact scores. These scores served as indicators in the LPAs to form LPA groups. In addition, we collected self-, teacher-, and peer-report report data on aggression, depressive symptoms, peer victimization, and social competence. In each sample, an LPA group emerged in which most children were classified as rejected using the Coie, Dodge, and Coppotelli ( 1982 ; CDC) approach (Study 1: 95%; Study 2: 86%). However, in both samples, only a minority of children classified as rejected using the CDC approach fell into this LPA group (Study 1: 46%; Study 2: 36%). The LPA group that mirrored the CDC rejected group received more maladjusted scores than all other LPA groups on aggression, depressive symptoms, peer victimization, and social competence. Furthermore, when compared to children classified as rejected using only the CDC approach, children classified as rejected under both the LPA and CDC approaches were more maladjusted in terms of all sociometric and socioemotional variables. LPA analyses across two developmental levels validated the existence of an empirically derived group of children who overlapped closely with the CDC rejected group. However, this group was considerably smaller and more maladjusted than the CDC rejected group.
本文的目的是使用潜在剖面分析（LPA）验证存在一个被同伴拒绝的儿童群体及其特点。两个不同种族/民族的样本（研究 1：N=2052 名二年级学生；研究 2：N=594 名四、五年级学生）完成了同伴对喜欢和不喜欢的提名，我们从中计算出社会偏好和社会影响分数。这些分数作为 LPA 中的指标，形成 LPA 群体。此外，我们收集了关于攻击性、抑郁症状、同伴受害和社会能力的自我报告、教师报告和同伴报告数据。在每个样本中，LPA 群体中大多数儿童都被归类为使用 Coie、Dodge 和 Coppotelli（1982；CDC）方法拒绝的儿童（研究 1：95%；研究 2：86%）。然而，在两个样本中，只有少数使用 CDC 方法被归类为拒绝的儿童属于这个 LPA 群体（研究 1：46%；研究 2：36%）。与使用 CDC 方法被归类为拒绝的儿童相比，与 CDC 拒绝群体相匹配的 LPA 群体在攻击性、抑郁症状、同伴受害和社会能力方面的适应不良得分更高。此外，与仅使用 CDC 方法被归类为拒绝的儿童相比，根据 LPA 和 CDC 方法都被归类为拒绝的儿童在所有社交测量和社会情感变量方面都更加适应不良。在两个发展水平上进行的 LPA 分析验证了一个经验性得出的与 CDC 拒绝群体密切重叠的儿童群体的存在。然而，这个群体比 CDC 拒绝群体要小得多，适应不良的程度也更高。
