“…These include contact with peers, friendships, and working and solving problems together (Beelman et al, 1994;Englund et al, 2000). With regard to the intrapersonal dimension of social competence, attention is mainly paid to self-respect (Rotheram, 1987) and self-control or self-regulation (Beelman et al, 1994;Schneider et al, 1996). Halberstadt et al (2001) also argue for attention to be paid to the intra-psychological or relational aspects of emotions (see also Arsenio & Lemerise, 2001).…”