Tm. Pace et al., The relationship between children's emotional and behavioral problems and the social responses of elementary school teachers, CONT ED PSY, 24(2), 1999, pp. 140-155
This study examined the relationship between children's emotional and behav
ioral problems and teachers' social responding. Elementary school students
completed the Children's Depression Inventory and a parent completed the Ch
ild Behavior Checklist. Teachers rated children on measures of interpersona
l attractiveness and personal rejection. Teachers' ratings of student inter
personal attractiveness were significantly correlated with the level of stu
dent depression, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and overal
l psychopathology. However, teachers' ratings of personal rejection toward
students only correlated with externalizing behavior problems. Family incom
e was also related to child adjustment and teacher ratings. Externalizing b
ehavior problems best predicted both lower interpersonal attractiveness and
increased personal rejection, even after controlling for family income. (C
) 1999 Academic Press.