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The Impact of Clique Membership on Children's Social Behavior and Status Nominations
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Kwon, Kyongboon; Lease, A. Michele; Hoffman, Lesa – Social Development, 2012
The impact of children's clique membership on their peer nominations for social behaviors and status was examined in a sample of 455 third- through fifth-grade children. Social identity theory (SIT) and children's peer group affiliation and context served as primary conceptual frameworks for this investigation. As suggested by SIT, results…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Peer Relationship, Peer Groups, Grade 5
Peer Group Affiliation of Children: The Role of Perceived Popularity, Likeability, and Behavioral Similarity in Bullying
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Witvliet, Miranda; Olthof, Tjeert; Hoeksma, Jan B.; Goossens, Frits A.; Smits, Marieke S. I.; Koot, Hans M. – Social Development, 2010
To understand children's peer group affiliation, this study examined to what extent children in naturally occurring groups resemble each other on bullying, likeability, and perceived popularity. Participants were fourth- to sixth-grade pupils (N = 461). Peer groups were identified using the social cognitive map procedure. Resemblance on bullying,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Peer Relationship, Peer Groups, Cognitive Mapping
Developmental Changes in the Priority of Perceived Status in Childhood and Adolescence
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LaFontana, Kathryn M.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Social Development, 2010
This study examined the degree to which children and adolescents prioritize popularity in the peer group over other relational domains. Participants were 1013 children and adolescents from grade 1 through senior year of college (ages 6-22 years) who were presented with a series of social dilemmas in which attaining popularity was opposed to five…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Young Adults
Effects of Group Norms on Children's Intentions to Bully
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Nesdale, Drew; Durkin, Kevin; Maass, Anne; Kiesner, Jeff; Griffiths, Judith A. – Social Development, 2008
A minimal group study examined the effect of peer group norms on children's direct and indirect bullying intentions. Prior to an inter-group drawing competition, children (N = 85) aged seven and nine years were assigned to a group that had a norm of out-group dislike or out-group liking. Results indicated that, regardless of group norms, the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Bullying, Peer Groups, Intention
The Influence of Classroom Ethnic Composition on Same- and Other-Ethnicity Peer Nominations in Middle School
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Bellmore, Amy D.; Nishina, Adrienne; Witkow, Melissa R.; Graham, Sandra; Juvonen, Jaana – Social Development, 2007
The study of peer group status typically involves examination of peer nominations received. In this study, the focus was on nominations given and received. We examined the degree to which middle school students from different ethnic groups demonstrate same-ethnicity preferences in their peer nominations, the effects of the classroom ethnic…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Peer Groups, Peer Acceptance, White Students
They're Cool: Social Status and Peer Group Supports for Aggressive Boys and Girls
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Rodkin, Philip C.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Pearl, Ruth; Van Acker, Richard – Social Development, 2006
This study examined who among the 526 fourth to sixth graders are nominated as among the coolest kids in their class. There were two questions: (1) Are popular-aggressive (tough) children nominated as cool by a broad spectrum of their peers, or only by a select few? (2) Does variability in children's cool nominations more closely follow their…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Social Status, Aggression, Peer Acceptance