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The norms of popular peers moderate friendship dynamics of adolescent aggression
- Source :
- Child Development, 88(4), 1265-1283. Wiley, Child Development, 88(4), 1265. Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The current study examined whether peer norms for aggression within the classroom impact friendship selection, maintenance, and socialization processes related to aggression across the first year of secondary school (N = 1,134 students from 51 classes, Mage = 12.66). As hypothesized, longitudinal social network analyses indicated that friendship selection and influence processes related to aggression depended on the popularity norm within the classroom (i.e., the class-level association between popularity and aggression), rather than the descriptive norm (aggregated average of aggressive behavior). Hence, only in classes where the valence of aggression is high (because it is positively associated with popularity), adolescents tend to select their friends based on similarity in aggression and adopt the aggressive behavior of their friends.
- Subjects :
- Male
SELECTION
Sociologi
Adolescent
SOCIAL-STATUS
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Poison control
Friends
050109 social psychology
Peer Group
Education
Developmental psychology
SCHOOLS
Sociology
Social Desirability
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
QUALITY
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Longitudinal Studies
Valence (psychology)
Child
media_common
ROLES
Aggression
PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
05 social sciences
ACCEPTANCE
Peer group
Popularity
NETWORKS
Friendship
Prosocial behavior
Adolescent Behavior
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
DEVELOPMENTAL-CHANGES
Female
GENDER
Norm (social)
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Social psychology
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00093920
- Volume :
- 88
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Child Development
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4b7cc75550aaf4b495e471995088c824