Children's Anticipated Responses to Hypothetical Peers With Undesirable Characteristics: Role of Peers' Desire to Change, Effort to Change, and Outcome

Volume: 171, Issue: 3, Pages: 262 - 269
Published: Jul 12, 2010
Abstract
The authors explored the extent to which 5th- and 6th-grade students’ anticipated responses to hypothetical peers with undesirable characteristics (e.g., being overweight) are influenced by information that each peer (a) desired (or did not desire) to change the characteristic, (b) exerted effort (or did not exert effort) to change the characteristic, and (c) was successful (or unsuccessful) in changing the characteristic. In general, the...
Paper Details
Title
Children's Anticipated Responses to Hypothetical Peers With Undesirable Characteristics: Role of Peers' Desire to Change, Effort to Change, and Outcome
Published Date
Jul 12, 2010
Volume
171
Issue
3
Pages
262 - 269
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