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DeLay, Dawn; Burk, William J.; Laursen, Brett – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Higher accepted friends are known to influence the alcohol misuse of lower accepted friends, but not the reverse. The present study was designed to address the origins of this influence: Are higher accepted friends particularly "influential" or are lower accepted friends particularly "susceptible" to influence? To address this…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Social Networks, Adolescents, Drinking
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Zettergren, Peter – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
This longitudinal study examined the relation between stable sociometric status among same-gender classmates at age 10-11 and peer situation and social adjustment at age 15. Rejected, popular, and average groups of both genders (N = 90) were selected from a representative school sample. Rejected boys and girls preserved their low position among…
Descriptors: Females, Social Adjustment, Sociometric Techniques, Peer Acceptance
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Skar, R. N. Lisa – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
The purpose of this study was to enhance our knowledge of what it is like to grow up with a disability, specifically, with focus on how adolescents with restricted mobility perceive social roles and relationships to peers and adults. The group investigated consisted of 12 adolescents with restricted mobility from northern Sweden, aged from 15 to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Physical Disabilities, Interviews