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Recent research on why some children are disliked by their classmates, why students do or do not help one another, and how children manage to get along with teachers and classmates is reviewed in this article. A motivational approach focusing on attribution theory is used to examine these questions. Inferences of responsibility and feelings of anger and sympathy are documented to impact students' negative social responses (rejection and neglect) as well as their willingness to help their classmates. Students' understanding of the responsibility-emotion-behavior links is proposed to influence their self-presentation strategies, such as excuse giving and seeking social approval.
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Juvonen, J., Weiner, B. An attributional analysis of students' interactions: The social consequences of perceived responsibility. Educ Psychol Rev 5, 325–345 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320222
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