Developmental Changes in the Priority of Perceived Status in Childhood and Adolescence.

By Kathryn M. LaFontana, Antonius H. N. Cillessen. 2010

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Bullying in schools: the power of bullies and the plight of victims. (2014, background): “Indeed, status enhancement is particularly important during early adolescence, which coincides with a transition from elementary school to middle school (LaFontana & Cillessen 2010).”
Adolescent Susceptibility to Deviant Peer Pressure: Does Gender Matter? (2019, background): “…indicated that adolescent females are more skillful at balancing both affiliation and reputational needs (Sheldon 1992), whereas adolescent males may be more likely to prioritize status goals (LaFontana and Cillessen 2010) and may be more focused on dominance hierarchies (Rose and Rudolph 2006).”
Popularity as an organizing factor of preadolescent friendship networks: Beyond prosocial and aggressive behavior. (2013, background): “Adolescents are willing to compromise friendship and affection to gain popularity (LaFontana & Cillessen, 2010).”
The Longitudinal Interplay between Bullying, Victimization, and Social Status: Age-related and Gender Differences (2015, background): “Because adolescents seem to prioritize popularity over socially accepted behaviors (LaFontana & Cillessen, 2010) while their attitudes toward bullying become more permissive (Swearer & Cary, 2003), we hypothesized that bullying may occur on a larger scale in secondary school and that the benefits…”
Differential effects of the KiVa anti-bullying program on popular and unpopular bullies (2014, background): “As popularity is highly valuedby students, especially in early adolescence (LaFontana & Cillessen, 2010), one might expect most youth to attempt to befriend popular peers in order to “bask in reflected glory” (Cialdini & Richardson, 1980), or at least maintain these relationships in order to…”
Relations Among Gender Typicality, Peer Relations, and Mental Health During Early Adolescence (2014, background): “Considering the importance placed on popularity by early adolescents (LaFontana & Cillessen, 2010; Merten, 2004), it is likely that children feel, at least implicitly, pressure from their peers to be gender typical to gain or maintain social status.”