title: Peer rejection and neglect of latency-age children: pathways and a group psychotherapy model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Children's peer relations are one of the most powerful predictors of mental health
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Peer rejection and neglect are associated with depression, academic problems, school withdrawal, and delinquency.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide brief introductions to models of social development and peer rejection, and to introduce a developmental-group psychotherapy model for children experiencing peer neglect or rejection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Theoretical and empirical literature, as well as clinical experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early identification and intervention with children vulnerable to peer rejection are essential. Research addressing affective experiences of peer-rejected children and the relationships between self-perception and treatment outcomes is needed.
authors.affiliation: Miami University, Department of Nursing, Oxford, OH, USA. fopmalj@muohio.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fopma-Loy
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012919:Social Behavior