The Role of Peer Groups in Adolescents' Educational Expectations and Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Kiuru, Noona; Aunola, Kaisa; Vuori, Jukka; Nurmi, Jari-Erik
Titel	The Role of Peer Groups in Adolescents' Educational Expectations and Adjustment
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36 (2007) 8, S.995-1009 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-006-9118-6
Schlagwörter	Learning Problems; Negative Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Academic Aspiration; Adolescents; Peer Groups; Student Adjustment; Grade 9; Secondary Education; Questionnaires; Behavior Problems; Self Esteem; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernproblem; Negative Fixierung; Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Sekundarbereich; Fragebogen; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The present study investigated to what extent the members of adolescents' peer groups share similar educational expectations, and to what extent overall and school-related adjustment are associated with these expectations. Three hundred and ninety-four ninth-graders facing the transition to secondary education filled in questionnaires measuring their short-term and long-term educational expectations, and their academic achievement, learning difficulties, negative attitudes towards school, problem behavior, and self-esteem. Multilevel modeling showed that peer group members shared similar educational expectations. Among girls, adjustment typical of the peer group was associated with the group members' educational expectations. By contrast, among boys, only problem behavior typical of the peer group was associated with the group members' educational expectations. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10