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Francis, Becky; Skelton, Christine; Read, Barbara – British Educational Research Journal, 2010
In spite of research showing that pupils--particularly boys--tend to experience tension between high academic achievement and popularity with peers at school, some pupils continue to maintain simultaneous production of both. This article focuses on a sample of 12-13 year-old pupils, identified as high achieving and popular, to examine classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance, Students
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de Bruyn, Eddy H.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2006
The present study was designed to examine early adolescents' stereotypical descriptions of two types of youth who are seen as popular by their peers. Participants were 13- to 14-year-old early adolescents (N = 287). The results indicated that early adolescents distinguished two types of popular peers: a "populistic" (popular but not…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Early Adolescents, Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior