Status Hierarchy, Attractiveness Hierarchy and Sex Ratio: Three Contextual Factors Explaining the Status-Aggression Link among Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Zwaan, Michiel; Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Veenstra, Rene
Titel	Status Hierarchy, Attractiveness Hierarchy and Sex Ratio: Three Contextual Factors Explaining the Status-Aggression Link among Adolescents
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (2013) 3, S.211-221 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025412471018
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Status; Peer Relationship; Aesthetics; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Parents; Teachers; Attitude Measures; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Preadolescents; Multiple Regression Analysis; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sozialer Status; Peer-Beziehungen; Ästhetik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Eltern; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Niederlande
Abstract	The moderating effects of three specific conditions (status hierarchy, attractiveness hierarchy and sex ratio) on the link between status (popularity) and physical and relational aggression were examined in a large sample of adolescent boys ("N" = 1,665) and girls ("N" = 1,637) ("M" age = 13.60). In line with the hypotheses, derived from integrating a goal-framing perspective with an evolutionary perspective, it was found for boys that status was more strongly related to both physical and relational aggression in classrooms when differences in status (status hierarchy) and physical attractiveness between same-gender peers (attractiveness hierarchy) were smaller, and to relational aggression when cross-gender peers (potential mating partners) were relatively scarce. For girls, status hierarchy and attractiveness hierarchy only moderated the link between status and relational aggression. These results suggest that competition to a certain extent triggers aggression by high-status adolescents. The findings are discussed from a broader evolutionary perspective, and the utility of this approach for understanding adolescents' behaviour in the peer context is considered. (Contains 3 figures and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10