Other 'What Works' Topics
Social Competency
By Elizabeth C. Hair, Ph.D., Justin Jager, and Sarah B. Garrett
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Parent-Child Relationship Sibling Relationships Grandparent and Other Family Member Relationships Non-Familial Adult Relationships Peer Relationships: Platonic Relationships Peer Relationships: Romantic Relationships Conflict Resolution Skills
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Intimacy Skills Prosocial Behaviors Self-Control/Behavior Regulation Social Confidence: Assertiveness, Self-Efficacy, and Initiative Empathy/Sympathy    
Non-Family Relationships

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies
Peer Relationships: Platonic Relationships
Program Level

- Big Brothers/Big Sisters (BB/BS): A one-on-one mentoring program for youth. Certain participants reported an increase in emotional support from peers.

   
Individual Level

-Particular attention to boys' development of peer relationships, as they often have fewer and less close relationships than girls.

-Low levels of social anxiety.

-Lack of social difficulty or isolation in middle childhood.

-Characteristics of socioemotional support, displays of affection, appropriate power-sharing, and similar emotional needs in the friendship dyad.

-Having peers that continue in the individual child's class for successive academic years.

Family Level

-Closeness with, and ability to depend on, parents.

-A warm, authoritative parenting style with responsive discipline.

-Parental involvement in, and time spent with, the child and his or her peers.

-Parent-child attachment.

-Minimal hostility in the parent-youth relationship.

-Residing with a biological father; not residing with a stepfather.

Neighborhood Level

-Residing in areas populated by youth near the same age of the individual.

-Living in more stable, less disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Program Level

-The Expect Respect anti-bullying, anti-sexual harassment, anti-gender violence program. It employs a "whole school" approach, as well as parent involvement, to establish a universal understanding of, and response to, this kind of violence.


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