FIGURE 13.3 Rates of parent-reported externalizing symptoms in adolescent males as a function of 3rd-grade rejection and aggression According to parent reports, boys who were assessed as rejected in 3rd grade showed more externalizing symptoms than did their peers years later. Aggressive boys (both rejected and nonrejected) showed an increase in parent-reported externalizing symptoms between grades 6 and 10, whereas other boys did not; by 10th grade, aggressive-rejected boys had an especially high number of externalizing symptoms. (Adapted from Coie et al., 1995)