El estudio analizóel poder predictivo de diversas variables emocionales y conductuales en la aceptación de los niños y niñas por sus compañeros, así como la relación de esta variable con el grado de satisfacción social del niño. La muestra estuvo constituida por 257 niños y niñas de 7 a 9 años. Entre las variables con má peso a la hora de discriminar a los niños aceptados y rechazados, destacaron, junto a variables conductuales como la conducta agresiva y la competencia social, diversas variables emocionales como las de confiado/ansioso, tolerante/irritable, ansiedad-depresión y regulación emocional. Estas uéltimas, por sí solas, mostraron un elevado poder predictivo. Sin embargo, tanto el conjunto de variables predictoras como las variables emocionales por sí solas mostraron gran poder predictivo en los varones, pero sílo modesto en las niñas. Ademiá, se encontró una correlación significativa entre la aceptació de los compañeros y el grado de satisfacció social del niño.
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