Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? Peer Group Similarities in Adolescent Hostile Attribution Tendencies

Autor/inn/en	Halligan, Sarah L.; Philips, Katherine J.
Titel	Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? Peer Group Similarities in Adolescent Hostile Attribution Tendencies
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 5, S.1385-1388 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0020383
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Adolescents; Peer Groups; Psychological Patterns; Scores; Social Behavior; Congruence (Psychology); Foreign Countries; Early Adolescents; Grade 7; Grade 8; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Vignettes; Friendship; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Congruence; Psychology; Kongruenz; Psychologie; Ausland; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Freundschaft
Abstract	A bias toward attributing hostile intent to others has been linked to aggression. In an adolescent sample, the question of whether peer group homophily exists in the tendency toward attributing hostile intent was investigated. Hostile attribution tendencies and self-reported aggressive behaviors were assessed in a normative sample of 910 adolescents and average peer group scores were computed on the basis of nominated friend scores. Results indicated that adolescents showed significant correlations between their own level of hostile attributions and that of their peer group. Further analyses indicated that this effect occurred specifically in reciprocal friendships and was retained even when own and peer group levels of aggression were controlled. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10