title: School mobility and school-age children's social adjustment.
abstract: This study explored how nonpromotional school changes, a potentially major event for children, were associated with 3 forms of social maladjustment: isolation/withdrawal, affiliation with maladjusted peers, and aggression toward peers. Given that school mobility frequently co-occurs with family transitions, the moderating role of these transitions was investigated. These issues were examined in 2 longitudinal samples of U.S. (N = 1,364) and Canadian (N = 1,447) elementary school children. Propensity weighted analyses controlling for premobility individual, family, and friends' characteristics indicated that children who experienced both school and family transitions were at risk of either social withdrawal (in the Canadian sample) or affiliation with socially maladjusted peers (in the U.S. sample). These findings suggest the importance of considering both the social consequences of school mobility and the context in which such mobility occurs.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal.
authors.forename: Veronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dupere
authors.affiliation: School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Archambault
authors.affiliation: Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University.
authors.forename: Tama
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leventhal
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education, University of Quebec in Montreal.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.affiliation: McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010379:Peer Group; D012574:Schools; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States