Abstract
Abstract Children's peer acceptance in the classroom setting was investigated for fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade boys and girls in both rural and urban schools. The sample comprised 650 children from 33 classrooms in four different schools. Each child completed the Peer Acceptance Index on which they rated each child in the classroom on a scale of never my friend (1) to my best friend (5). The Peer Acceptance score was a composite of all the ratings of their classmates for each child. A 2 × 2 x 3 (Location x Gender x Grade) analysis of variance was employed to examine the between-group differences on peer acceptance. Significant between-group differences were found for the location and grade variables. A significant location-by-grade interaction also was found. When the grade variable was examined by location, there were significant between-group differences for urban children but not for rural children, with diminishing levels of peer acceptance for fifth and sixth graders. The contrast of location by ...
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