Popularity as an organizing factor of preadolescent friendship networks: Beyond prosocial and aggressive behavior.

By H. Logis, Philip C. Rodkin, Scott D. Gest, Hai-Jeong Ahn. 2013

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This study investigates friendship selection and influence processes in relation to popularity, Aggression, and prosociality among 613 fifth graders in 26 classrooms within one academic year. Results showed that youth tended to select their friends based on similarity in popularity more Than similarity in aggression or prosociality. Aggressive youths tended to select prosocial peers As friends given similarity in popularity, but prosocial youths did not disproportionately Nominate aggressive peers. Socialization within friendships was evident for aggressive and Prosocial behavior and popularity. Discussion considers the importance of social status as a Grouping mechanism in peer social ecologies, and as a malleable factor that can impact student Adjustment.

Subfields: Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Network–Behavior Dynamics (2013, background): “Logis et al. (2013), Molano et al. (2013), and Rulison et al. (2013) provide no evidence for selection similarity in aggression.”
Peer Influence on Prosocial Behavior in Adolescence (2016, methodology): “Second, previous studies suggested that peers have a positive influence on prosocial behavior (Barry & Wentzel, 2006; Berger & Rodkin, 2012; Berndt, 1979; Logis et al., 2013).”