Shu Ching Yang, Tung-Yu Chung
Experimental study of teaching critical thinking in civic education in Taiwanese junior high school
The British journal of educational psychology
primary purpose present study examine contributions social academic psychological characteristics peer groups individual development different domains chinese children participants included 1864 elementary school students 945 boys mage 11 years china oneyear longitudinal data social competence academic functioning psychological problems obtained peer nominations teacher ratings school records selfreports multilevel structural equation modeling analysis showed grouplevel social competence academic performance psychological problems significant samedomain effects later individual outcomes moreover grouplevel social competence positive crossdomain effect later individual academic performance negative crossdomain effect later individual psychological problems group academic performance positive crossdomain effect later individual social competence group psychological problems negative crossdomain effect later individual social competence results suggest affiliation peer groups particularly socially competent groups may pervasive implications childrens performance adjustment developmental perspective psycinfo database record c 2023 apa rights reserved