Accentuation of Individual Differences in Social Competence during the Transition to Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Monahan, Kathryn C.; Steinberg, Laurence
Titel	Accentuation of Individual Differences in Social Competence during the Transition to Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21 (2011) 3, S.576-585 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00705.x
Schlagwörter	Individual Differences; Interpersonal Competence; Puberty; Children; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individueller Unterschied; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Pubertät; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Using a sample of individuals (277 males, 315 females) studied since birth in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the present study investigated how early pubertal maturation and school transition alter youth trajectories of social competence during the transition to adolescence. Social competence showed strong continuity, with the most socially competent children remaining so in adolescence. Early pubertal maturation and school transitions accentuate individual differences, increasing social competence among more competent youth, but further diminishing social competence among less competent individuals. In essence, facing challenges that require social competence may further separate competent individuals from less competent peers. Thus, the psychosocially rich become richer, while the psychosocially poor become poorer. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10