The Functions of Aggression in Gaining, Maintaining, and Losing Popularity during Adolescence: A Multiple-Cohort Design

Autor/inn/en	van den Berg, Yvonne H. M.; Burk, William J.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.
Titel	The Functions of Aggression in Gaining, Maintaining, and Losing Popularity during Adolescence: A Multiple-Cohort Design
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 55 (2019) 10, S.2159-2168 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (van den Berg, Yvonne H. M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000786
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Peer Acceptance; Adolescents; Change; Adolescent Development; Social Status; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Longitudinal Studies; Gender Differences; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Wandel; Sozialer Status; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Niederlande
Abstract	This study examined associations between perceived popularity trajectories and changes in proactive and reactive aggression in middle adolescence. The sample included 1,374 adolescents from 5 cohorts who were followed from Grade 7 to Grade 9 (49% males, M[subscript age] = 12.67 years, SD = 0.67). Popularity trajectories were identified based on initial status and changes in status over time, and linear mixed effects models tested group differences in changes of aggression. The results partially confirmed our expectation that changes in popularity were associated with specific developmental patterns of proactive and reactive aggression and also varied as a function of status already achieved. Specifically, adolescents in groups characterized by gains in status increased in proactive aggression, and those in groups characterized by losses in status decreased in proactive aggression. A more nuanced pattern of group differences emerged for reactive aggression. Changes in reactive aggression were only found for groups characterized by changes in unpopular status. Taken together, these findings suggest that proactive aggression has universal benefits for popularity in middle adolescence, whereas reactive aggression has differential costs. Implications and directions for future research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01