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- Title
Social Exclusion Predicts Impaired Self-Regulation: A 2-Year Longitudinal Panel Study Including the Transition from Preschool to School.
- Authors
Stenseng, Frode; Belsky, Jay; Skalicka, Vera; Wichstrøm, Lars
- Abstract
The need-to-belong theory stipulates that social exclusion (i.e., being rejected by peers) impairs the ability to self-regulate, and experimental studies with adults support this contention, at least on a short-term basis. Few studies have investigated whether social exclusion affects the development of self-regulation of children in a more enduring manner. By using data from a community sample of 762 children, we investigated reciprocal relations between social exclusion and self-regulation from age 4 to age 6. Social exclusion was reported by teachers, whereas self-regulation was reported by parents. Autoregressive latent cross-lagged analyses showed that social exclusion predicted impaired development of dispositional self-regulation and, reciprocally, that poor self-regulation predicted enhanced social exclusion. In other words, social exclusion undermines children's development of self-regulation, whereas poor self-regulation increases the likelihood of exclusion. Results illuminate the applied relevance of the need-to-belong theory.
- Subjects
SOCIAL marginality; SOCIAL belonging in children; SELF-control in children; PROMOTION (School); PRESCHOOL children; SCHOOL children
- Publication
Journal of Personality, 2015, Vol 83, Issue 2, p212
- ISSN
0022-3506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jopy.12096