Preadolescents and Their Friends: Similarity in Aggression and Depressive Problems as a Function of Social Status and Friendship Reciprocity

Autor/in	Sijtsema, Jelle J.
Titel	Preadolescents and Their Friends: Similarity in Aggression and Depressive Problems as a Function of Social Status and Friendship Reciprocity
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40 (2016) 6, S.565-576 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025415607380
Schlagwörter	Preadolescents; Friendship; Aggression; Depression (Psychology); Social Status; Peer Groups; Peer Acceptance; Rejection (Psychology); Correlation; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Regression (Statistics); Grade 5; Grade 6; Netherlands; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Freundschaft; Sozialer Status; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Ablehnung; Korrelation; Ausland; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Niederlande
Abstract	In the current study, associations between individual and friends' direct and indirect aggression and depressive problems were examined. It was expected that social status would moderate these associations such that low-status preadolescents would be more similar to their unilateral friends with regard to indirect, but not direct, aggression. Furthermore, it was expected that preadolescents' depressive problems were positively associated to reciprocal friends' depressive problems, in particular in low-status preadolescents. The hypotheses were tested by studying unilateral and reciprocal friendships in 204 children (M[subscript age]=10.90; SD=0.78; 44.1% girls). Direct and indirect aggression and depressive problems were assessed via both self- and peer-reports. Social status was assessed via peer-reported rejection (i.e., dislike) and popularity (i.e., who do others want to be associated with). Analyses showed partial support for the hypotheses, showing that individual and unilateral friends' self-reported indirect and direct aggression were positively associated in preadolescents who were lower on popularity. Moreover, in preadolescents who were more rejected by peers, depressive problems were positively associated to reciprocal friends' depressive problems. The current study highlights the importance of including social status and distinguishing between unilateral and reciprocal friendships when examining associations between individual and friends' behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01