The article I am reading today is about a study only on girls and their behaviors that are developed through social acceptance or rejection. The writer starts off talking about how most experiments are only tested on males or males and females together. There usually are not experiments just about females. Girls behavioral norms tend to change more often than boys. In the study girls were examined to see if they gained any unusual symptoms of depression or anxiety with bad peer relations. People are who the people around them judge them as. These children are more likely to be less assertive, less socially skilled, and less mature than the suggested “normal” rate. It is suspected that in girls with these difficulties will develop internalized problems. Because of these struggles, children, and more likely in girls, will stop trying to be socially active, because of their lack of confidence. The study was trying to figure out if these social problems are caused by depression or anxiety or if the depression or anxiety is the result of the social inability. The results of the experiment showed no significant relations with neglected girls and depression or anxiety. However, the results did show support of the hypothesis that neglected girls are more at risk for developing internal problems.
Bell-Dolan, Debora J., and Sharon L. Foster. "Girl's peer relations and internalizing problems: Are socially neglected, rejected, and withdrawn.." Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 24.4 (1995): 463. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 9 Oct. 2010.
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