Peer-Perceived Admiration and Social Preference: Contextual Correlates of Positive Peer Regard among Suburban and Urban Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Becker, Bronwyn E.; Luthar, Suniya S.
Titel	Peer-Perceived Admiration and Social Preference: Contextual Correlates of Positive Peer Regard among Suburban and Urban Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17 (2007) 1, S.117-144 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2007.00514.x
Schlagwörter	Grade 7; Student Diversity; Early Adolescents; Social Status; Physical Activities; Interpersonal Attraction; Peer Acceptance; Peer Relationship; Student Attitudes; Suburban Schools; Socioeconomic Influences; Low Income Groups; Student Behavior; Aggression; Antisocial Behavior; Delinquency; Substance Abuse; Grades (Scholastic); School Attitudes; Body Composition; Human Body; Prosocial Behavior; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Sozialer Status; Interpersonale Anziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Schülerverhalten; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Student behaviour; Kriminalität; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Notenspiegel; Menschlicher Körper; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The primary purpose of this study was to understand further the heterogeneity of popularity, by exploring contextual correlates of two dimensions of positive peer regard among seventh graders within two highly disparate sociodemographic groups: affluent suburban and low-income urban (N = 636). Three sets of attributes were examined, all consistently linked to social status in past research: "rebellious behaviors" (aggression, academic disengagement, delinquency, and substance use), "academic application" (effort at school and good grades), and "physical attributes" (attractiveness and athletic ability). The data provide empirical validation for the conceptual distinctions among peer-perceived admiration and social preference with adolescents from diverse contexts. More specifically, results showed that within each socioeconomic context (a) some forms of rebellious behaviors are clearly admired, (b) prosocial attributes are linked with peer-perceived admiration and social preference, (c) physical attractiveness and athletic skills are important for positive peer regard, the former particularly for suburban girls and the latter for suburban boys, and (d) aggression elicits admiration among early adolescents, but can also generate their disdain (i.e., lowered social preference). In the urban context, results provided evidence for the salience of distinct forms of rebellious and achievement oriented behaviors among different racial/ethnic groups as well. (Author).
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