Word: rodkin
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...boys from a variety of backgrounds. The researchers found that boys who are granted high social status by their classmates are not only the "model" children who are smart, cool, athletic and respectful. Fully a third are boys who use aggression to achieve and maintain their popularity. Philip Rodkin, lead researcher for the study, says that while aggression can be alienating, it can also make a kid powerful and popular at a young...
...Rodkin says aggressive children can have positive traits such as athleticism and competitiveness. But a fourth-grader who is awarded high status for aggression might never learn other social skills. He might know how to relate to other kids only through dominance--an approach that will severely limit him later...