ERIC Number: EJ1129697
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Mar
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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The Moderating Role of Classroom Descriptive Norms in the Association of Student Behavior with Social Preference and Popularity
Boor-Klip, Henrike J.; Segers, Eliane; Hendrickx, Marloes M. H. G.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.
Journal of Early Adolescence, v37 n3 p387-413 Mar 2017
This study addressed the moderating role of classroom descriptive norms for overt and relational aggression, social withdrawal, prosocial behavior, and academic reputation in the association of behavior with social preference and popularity in early adolescence. Participants were 1,492 fifth-grade students ([x-bar][subscript age] = 10.6 years, 52.7% boys) from 59 classrooms who completed unlimited peer nominations for status and behavior. Classroom descriptive norms were computed as the average proportion of classroom nominations received for the different social behaviors. Multilevel analyses revealed that the negative association between overt aggression and social preference was attenuated in classrooms with high norms for overt aggression. The negative association between academic reputation and social preference was enhanced in classrooms with high norms for academic reputation. Classroom norms did not moderate the associations between behavior and popularity. The type of behavior and the type of status should be considered when examining classroom descriptive norms and behavior-status associations.
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Peer Acceptance, Correlation, Aggression, Withdrawal (Psychology), Reputation, Academic Achievement, Preferences, Classroom Environment, Social Behavior, Prosocial Behavior, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Role, Social Status, Gender Differences, Regression (Statistics), Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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