Contemporary College Students' Reflections on Their High School Peer Crowds

Autor/inn/en	Crabbe, Rowena; Pivnick, Lilla K.; Bates, Julia; Gordon, Rachel A.; Crosnoe, Robert
Titel	Contemporary College Students' Reflections on Their High School Peer Crowds
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 34 (2019) 5, S.563-596 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558418809537
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Reflection; Prior Learning; Student Experience; High School Students; Peer Relationship; Peer Influence; Peer Acceptance; Extracurricular Activities; Academic Aspiration; Peer Groups; Student Subcultures; Drug Abuse; Ethnicity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Vorkenntnisse; Studienerfahrung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Peer-Beziehungen; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Ethnizität
Abstract	High school peer crowds are fundamental components of adolescent development with influences on short- and long-term life trajectories. This study provides the perspectives of contemporary college students regarding their recent high school social landscapes, contributing to current research and theory on the social contexts of high school. This study also highlights the experiences of college-bound students who represent a growing segment of the adolescent population. Sixty-one undergraduates attending universities in two states participated in 10 focus groups to reflect on their experiences with high school peer crowds during the late 2010s. Similar to seminal research on peer crowds, we examined crowds and individuals along several focal domains: popularity, extracurricular involvement, academic orientation, fringe media, illicit risk-taking, and race ethnicity. We find that names and characteristics of crowds reflect the current demographic and cultural moment (i.e., growing importance of having a college education, racial-ethnic diversity) and identify peer crowds that appear to be particularly salient for college-bound youth. Overall, this study illuminates how the retrospective accounts of college-bound students offer insight into high school social hierarchies during a time of rapid social change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01