Best Friends' Preference and Popularity: Associations with Aggression and Prosocial Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Peters, Ellen; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne; Haselager, Gerbert J. T.
Titel	Best Friends' Preference and Popularity: Associations with Aggression and Prosocial Behavior
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34 (2010) 5, S.398-405 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025409343709
Schlagwörter	Prosocial Behavior; Aggression; Friendship; Peer Influence; Males; Peer Acceptance; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Social Status; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Sozialer Status; Niederlande
Abstract	This study examined how children's aggression and prosocial behavior are related to the preference and popularity of their best friends. Participants were 1,953 fourth-graders (52.2% boys). Measures included peer nominations of friendship, peer status, overt and relational aggression, and prosocial behavior. A total of 334 reciprocal same-sex best friend dyads were identified. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kashy & Kenny, 1999) showed that best friends' peer status significantly predicted children's behavior. For boys, best friends' preference was negatively associated with overt aggression, while best friends' popularity was positively associated with overt aggression. For girls, best friends' popularity was positively related to both relational aggression and prosocial behavior. The model also revealed high similarity between friends in both preference and popularity. This study highlighted the distinction between two dimensions of peer status in the study of friendship and peer influence in middle childhood. It also demonstrated how individual, dyad, and group characteristics can be integrated in the study of children's social relationships. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10