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Title
Profiles of social withdrawal in late childhood: associations with academic engagement and achievement
Description
The primary goals of this study were to empirically identify subgroups of socially withdrawn youth in late childhood using latent profile analysis and to examine profiles of students' scholastic adjustment. Further, comparisons of the academic functioning for different subtypes of withdrawn children, with particular emphasis on socially disinterested and socially avoidant youth, were made. Participants were 358 fifth grade children. Results indicated that theoretical subtypes of socially withdrawn youth emerge among fifth grade students (i.e., shy, socially disinterested, socially avoidant, and nonwithdrawn). Additionally, associations among subtype membership and various indices of academic engagement and achievement demonstrated unique academic profiles depending on subgroup classification. In particular, youth who were identified as socially avoidant were at greatest risk for academic difficulties compared to their peers. Findings also emerged for socially disinterested youth indicating some degree of academic maladjustment associated with a preference for solitude. These findings have implications for students exhibiting different forms of social withdrawal for their academic functioning in later childhood.
Date Created
2012
Contributors
- Sechler, Casey M (Author)
- Ladd, Gary W. (Thesis advisor)
- Kochel, Karen P. (Committee member)
- Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
vi, 53 p. : ill
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.16034
Statement of Responsibility
by Casey M. Sechler
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Viewed on May 23, 2014
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2012
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-45)
Field of study: Family and human development
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