Title |
The Norms of Popular Peers Moderate Friendship Dynamics of Adolescent Aggression
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Published in |
Child Development, October 2016
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DOI | 10.1111/cdev.12650 |
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Authors |
Lydia Laninga‐Wijnen, Zeena Harakeh, Christian Steglich, Jan K. Dijkstra, René Veenstra, Wilma Vollebergh |
Abstract |
This study examined whether peer norms for aggression within the classroom impact friendship selection, maintenance, and socialization processes related to aggression across the 1st 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. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 5 | 21% |
Netherlands | 4 | 17% |
United States | 4 | 17% |
Japan | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 10 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 15 | 63% |
Scientists | 8 | 33% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
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Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 113 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 18% |
Student > Master | 16 | 14% |
Researcher | 9 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 5% |
Other | 14 | 12% |
Unknown | 42 | 37% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 30 | 26% |
Social Sciences | 24 | 21% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 3% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 2% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | <1% |
Other | 5 | 4% |
Unknown | 49 | 43% |