Is It Good to Be Bad? A Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescent Popularity Motivations as a Predictor of Engagement in Relational Aggression and Risk Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Dumas, Tara M.; Davis, Jordan P.; Ellis, Wendy E.
Titel	Is It Good to Be Bad? A Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescent Popularity Motivations as a Predictor of Engagement in Relational Aggression and Risk Behaviors
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 51 (2019) 5, S.659-679 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X17700319
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Adolescents; Student Motivation; At Risk Students; Peer Acceptance; Predictor Variables; Learner Engagement; Student Behavior; Aggression; Adolescent Attitudes; Victims; Student Surveys; Grade 9; Grade 10; Grade 11; Alcohol Abuse; High School Students; Foreign Countries; Antisocial Behavior; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schulische Motivation; Prädiktor; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Victim; Opfer; Schülerbefragung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	We examined the impact of adolescents' popularity motivations on their involvement in relational aggression perpetration and victimization, heavy drinking, and antiauthority behavior, while also considering the role of teens' perception of their own popularity and psychosocial adjustment. High school students (N = 986; 50% female; M[subscript age] = 14.98 years) completed a battery of self-report questionnaires survey in the fall and again, 6 months later. Regression analysis controlling for Time 1 scores confirmed that stronger motivations to achieve or maintain popularity predicted increases in relational aggression perpetration and victimization, and antiauthority behavior. Furthermore, self-reported popularity predicted increases in heavy drinking, but only when popularity motivations were high. Finally, more frequent heavy drinking predicted increases in self-reported popularity over time. Findings emphasize the potential value of addressing adolescents' popularity motivations in attempts at reducing the aforementioned negative behaviors and associated risks. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01