Although social competence in children has been linked to the quality of parenting, prior research has typically not accounted for genetic similarities between parents and children, or for interactions between environmental (i.e., parental) and genetic influences. In this article, the possibility of a Gene x Environment (G × E) interaction in the prediction of social competence in school-age ch...

Many parents believe that spanking is an effective way to promote children’s positive behavior, yet few studies have examined spanking and the development of social competence. Using information from 3,279 families with young children who participated in a longitudinal study of urban families, this study tested competing hypotheses regarding whether maternal spanking or maternal warmth predicte...

Article history: Received 24 January 2016 Received in revised form 20 May 2016 Accepted 23 May 2016 Available online 25 May 2016 Informal kinship care is themost common form of care of related children and it occurs without the oversight or assistance of the childwelfare system. This study examinedwhether and how social support, family competence, and family resources were related to parenting ...

Some military personnel returning from deployment show social competency deficits: They act impulsively and make risky decisions, misinterpret interaction cues, experience difficulties with personal relationships, and adopt high-risk behaviors. These adverse social skills directly influence, among other important variables, psychological health and quality of life. Social skills deficits are no...

The cross-informant ratings of social competence displayed by children and adolescents were investigated in a meta-analytic study. Effect sizes from 74 studies containing the ratings of the social competence of children and adolescents from at least two different informants were included in this meta-analysis. Results indicated that studies investigating the correspondence of the child or adole...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether children with hemifacial microsomia (HFM) have higher risk for psychosocial problems than children without HFM. METHODS One hundred and thirty-six children with HFM (64% male, mean age = 6.9 years) were compared to 568 matched controls (50% male, mean age = 7.0 years) on parent and teacher measures of behavior problems and social competence, and teacher rankings...

Recent work on the relations between the two dimensions of social judgment, that is, warmth and competence, evidenced compensation such that a group seen more positively than another group on one dimension is seen less positively on the second. The authors examine the status of this compensatory relation by introducing a third dimension in the judgment context. Experiment 1 extends earlier work...

Purpose: Today, without having competent and efficient human resources, organizations will not be able to create transformation, development and excellence, achieve a strategic model and achieve the set goals. The way to achieve this is to develop the management and leadership of the organization and create an efficient structure for the human resources organization. Therefore, the main purpose...

The current study evaluated the validity of Rorschach variables in assessing interpersonal competence in children. Participants were three groups of 4-5and 6-grade children identified by a peer nomination measure: 24 popular children, 9 rejected, aggressive children, and 20 rejected, non-aggressive children. ANOVAs, chi-square analyses, and Fisher’s Exact Test were used to analyze data for vali...