Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2004. / Thesis directed by Maureen T. Hallinan for the Department of Sociology. "April 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-134).

published_or_final_version / Public Health / Master / Master of Public Health

The present research examined the buffering effects of group interaction on emotional responses to both relative success and relative failure in developmentally relevant domains. In Study 1, 192 children and adolescents, in grade 4 and grade 10, from mixed-sex schools participated. In Study 2, 173 participants in grades four, five and ten were recruited from same-sex schools. Participants were given a questionnaire, consisting of schematic drawings of children and adolescents in interindividual and intergroup contexts, to assess their perceptions about how their typical same-sex peers feel when they are experiencing relative success or failure. Results indicated that both male and female participants at all grade levels, in both samples, judged their typical same-sex peers to feel better when experiencing relative success when they were a member of a group that was outperforming another group than when they were individually achieving greater success than another individual. In the sample consisting of participants from same-sex schools they also reported more positive feelings when experiencing relative failure in a group context than in individual interactions. Discussion centers on the implications for achievement and performance in educational contexts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-117).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 19, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-40). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-40). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 63 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-53).