Two Social Worlds: Social Correlates and Stability of Adolescent Status Groups

Adolescents' peer group status in high school was examined using self-report, peer nominations, and archival data collected during 2 consecutive school years. Higher status students (popular and controversial) had more close friends, engaged more frequently in peer activities, and self-disclose...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1994-09, Vol.67 (3), p.462-473
Main Authors: Franzoi, Stephen L, Davis, Mark H, Vasquez-Suson, Kristin A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Data Collection
Developmental psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Group membership
Groups
Human
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Peer Group
Peer groups
Peers
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Schools
Secondary school students
Self Concept
Social Acceptance
Social correlates
Social Environment
Social Groups
Social Perception
Social psychology
Sociometric Techniques
Stability
Status
Students - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young people
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Summary:Adolescents' peer group status in high school was examined using self-report, peer nominations, and archival data collected during 2 consecutive school years. Higher status students (popular and controversial) had more close friends, engaged more frequently in peer activities, and self-disclosed more than lower status students (rejected and neglected). They were also more involved in extracuricular school activities and received more social honors from their schoolmates. Although the higher status students were more alike than different, controversial adolescents did report more self-disclosure and dating behavior than popular students. Lower status students were also highly similar, although rejected students reported lower grades. Regarding the temporal stability of these status groups, the adolescent sample exhibited slightly higher overall stability than that found in previous investigations of younger children.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.67.3.462