Academic Standing, Peer Preference and Conduct in Caribbean Village Children: Are Good Scholars More Popular?

Eric H. Durbrow, David A. Wagstaff and Norman Turk
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Eric H. Durbrow: Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA
David A. Wagstaff: Methodology Center, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Norman Turk: Alcohol Research Group, San Francisco, USA

Psychology and Developing Societies, 2002, vol. 14, issue 2, 311-328

Abstract: In developed countries, researchers who study competence in children have reported weak to moderate correlations among the three most commonly considered domains: academic per formance, peer relations, and conduct. Associations among these domains have not been studied in children who live in villages in developing countries where developmental processes may differ from those observed in developed countries. To do so, we assessed 168 village children who were between the ages of 6 and 12, and lived on the East Caribbean island of St. Vincent. We found that academic performance was mildly correlated with peer preference such that children with higher grades were more preferred as playmates. We also found that poor abstract reasoning and learning-related problems influenced academic performance, which in turn, led to low peer preference. One possible explanation is that academic and peer domains are correlated because of children's awareness of classmates'academic standing.

Date: 2002
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