Are (Pre)Adolescents Differentially Susceptible to Experimentally Manipulated Peer Acceptance and Rejection? A Vignette-Based Experiment

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Danni; van Dijk, Anouk; Dekovic, Maja; Dubas, Judith Semon
Titel	Are (Pre)Adolescents Differentially Susceptible to Experimentally Manipulated Peer Acceptance and Rejection? A Vignette-Based Experiment
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47 (2023) 6, S.486-496 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liu, Danni)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/01650254231198852
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preadolescents; Peer Acceptance; Rejection (Psychology); Peer Relationship; Experiments; Sensory Experience; Research Methodology; At Risk Persons; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Ablehnung; Peer-Beziehungen; Erprobung; Sinnerfahrung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Risikogruppe
Abstract	The differential susceptibility model proposes that some children are more susceptible to both positive and negative peer relationships than others. However, experimental evidence supporting such a proposition is relatively scarce. The current experiment aimed to help address this gap, investigating whether Chinese (pre)adolescents who have higher levels of general sensitivity to the environment (i.e., higher levels of sensory processing sensitivity [SPS]) would be more strongly affected by peer acceptance and rejection. (Pre)adolescents aged 8.75-15.17 (N = 1,207, M[subscript age] = 11.19 years, 59.7% boys) randomly received four hypothetical vignettes describing either peer acceptance or peer rejection. Before and after this manipulation, they reported on their positive and negative mood. We assessed (pre)adolescents' SPS using (pre)adolescent self-reports, as well as caregiver reports for a subset of (pre)adolescents (n = 480). Results supported differential susceptibility to peer rejection and acceptance for self-reported SPS, but not caregiver-reported SPS. (Pre)adolescents with higher levels of self-reported SPS not only had stronger increases in positive mood upon peer acceptance (susceptible "for better"; [beta] = 0.09, p = 0.001) but also stronger increases in negative mood upon peer rejection (susceptible "for worse"; [beta] = 0.09, p = 0.023). These findings illustrate the short-term dynamics that may underlie differences in children's long-term susceptibility to acceptance or rejection by peers. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01