Coaching Socially Rejected Early Adolescents Regarding Behaviors Used by Peers to Infer Liking A Dyad-Specific Intervention
K Murphy, B Schneider The Journal of Early Adolescence 1994
In an experimental manipulation, 24 socially rejected children, two from each of 12 different Grade 5 classes, were coached on the importance of displaying behaviors known to be used by peers in making inferences of liking. These children were then encouraged to communicate these behaviors toward selected friendship targets within their o...