Friendship selection and influence processes for popularity in early and mid-adolescents
| Autor: | Ana Bravo, Rosario Ortega‐Ruiz, René Veenstra, Maaike C. Engels, Eva M. Romera |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Sociology/ICS |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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BRAIN-DEVELOPMENT
Male popularity Social Psychology Adolescent early and mid-adolescence Friends Peer Group NETWORKS BASKING Stochastic-actor-based modeling (RSiena) Psychiatry and Mental health Adolescent Behavior Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health friendship Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Female Students BEHAVIOR |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Adolescence, 94(1), 45-56. ACADEMIC PRESS LTD-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| ISSN: | 1095-9254 0140-1971 |
| Popis: | Introduction This study examined the effect of popularity levels on friendship selection and friends' influence on popularity levels in early and mid-adolescence. Methods Participants were 4205 Spanish adolescents (M-age = 13.1 years at Wave 1; 48% girls) belonging to 160 classrooms in two waves. Adolescents were asked about their friendships and the popularity of their classmates. Results Longitudinal social network analyses showed that adolescents preferred similarly popular peers as friends. High popular classmates were more attractive as friends, particularly in early adolescence. Popular adolescents were more selective in their friendship nominations and adolescents with popular friends became more popular over time. These two effects were only significant in mid-adolescents, although comparative analyses showed a similar tendency at both age groups. Conclusions This study highlights the importance of popularity levels in adolescents' friendship selection and suggests that popularity, at the individual and group level, plays a relevant role in social development. Implications adapted to the different selection and influence processes in early and mid-adolescence are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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