Gossiping to the Top: Observed Differences in Popular Adolescents' Gossip

Autor/inn/en	Wargo Aikins, Julie; Collibee, Charlene; Cunningham, Jessica
Titel	Gossiping to the Top: Observed Differences in Popular Adolescents' Gossip
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 37 (2017) 5, S.642-661 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431615617291
Schlagwörter	Peer Acceptance; Adolescents; Comparative Analysis; Social Status; Intimacy; Peer Relationship; Sociometric Techniques; Grade 9; Statistical Analysis; Middle School Students; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sozialer Status; Intimität; Peer-Beziehungen; Soziometrie; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Statistische Analyse; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Fragebogen
Abstract	Despite its omnipresence, quantitative research examining both the nature and the function of adolescent gossip has been limited. The present study aimed to address this limitation in the literature by examining the nature and function of adolescent gossip; in particular, it aimed to explore observed differences between the gossip of those popular and non-popular adolescent dyads. Using both observational lab-based and sociometric school-based methods, the present study assessed the associations between social status and gossip functionality among 130 ninth grade students (92 females). Popular adolescent dyads engaged in more instances of gossip and were more likely to use gossip to foster intimacy, establish norms, and share both information and their opinions. Results also pointed to potential mechanisms by which popular adolescent dyads may gather alliances that support their status within the social hierarchy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01