''Very Important Persons'' in Adolescence: Going beyond In-School, Single Friendships in the Study of Peer Homophily

Autor/inn/en	Kiesner, Jeff; Kerr, Margaret; Stattin, Hakan
Titel	''Very Important Persons'' in Adolescence: Going beyond In-School, Single Friendships in the Study of Peer Homophily
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 27 (2004) 5, S.545-560 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.06.007
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Peer Relationship; Foreign Countries; Antisocial Behavior; Friendship; Peer Influence; Social Development; Intimacy; Individual Differences; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Peer-Beziehungen; Ausland; Freundschaft; Soziale Entwicklung; Intimität; Individueller Unterschied; Schweden
Abstract	Using a sample of 1227 Swedish adolescents we examined peer relations across contexts and for multiple peer targets (three ''Very Important Persons'', VIPs). Specifically, we examined the relations between antisocial behaviour and the types of relationships individuals had with their VIPs (e.g. friend, romantic partner), the contexts in which they had met, and where they spent time (e.g. school, neighbourhood, club). Additionally, we tested an ''additive homophily'' hypothesis, or the idea that youths would show unique similarities to multiple peers. Results showed that individuals who nominated romantic partners as their first VIPs were the most antisocial (both boys and girls), and individuals who had met and spent time with their first VIPs in the neighbourhood were also the most antisocial. Similar results were found for the antisocial behaviour of the first VIP. Finally, results supported the additive homophily hypothesis, showing that significantly more variance in individual behaviour is explained when including second and third VIPs. (Author).
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