Early Adolescents' Social Goals in Peer Conflict Situations: A Mixed Methods Study

Autor/inn/en	Dunn, Courtney B.; Pittman, Sarah K.; Mehari, Krista R.; Titchner, Denicia; Farrell, Albert D.
Titel	Early Adolescents' Social Goals in Peer Conflict Situations: A Mixed Methods Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 42 (2022) 5, S.647-670 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dunn, Courtney B.) ORCID (Farrell, Albert D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/02724316211064516
Schlagwörter	Goal Orientation; Early Adolescents; Social Cognition; Aggression; Antisocial Behavior; Conflict; Peer Relationship; Friendship; Grounded Theory; Reputation; Social Status; Moral Values; Information Seeking; Gender Differences; Grade 7; Middle School Students; Rural Schools; Urban Schools; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Soziale Kognition; Konflikt; Peer-Beziehungen; Freundschaft; Sozialer Status; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Informationserschließung; Geschlechterkonflikt; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Identification of goals is a key social-cognitive process that guides whether adolescents engage in aggressive or nonviolent behavior during social conflicts. This study investigated early adolescents' goals in response to hypothetical social conflict situations involving close friends and peers. Participants (n = 160; M[subscript age] = 12.7, 53% female) were 7th graders from two urban and one rural middle school. On average, participants identified 2.5 goals for each situation. Qualitative analysis using a grounded theory approach identified nine themes representing the goals generated by participants: "instrumental-control," "relationship maintenance," "maintain image and reputation/self-defense," "conflict avoidance," "seek more information," "revenge," "tension reduction," "moral," and "stay out of trouble." Quantitative analysis indicated that female participants identified more goals than male participants, but there were few differences in their types of goals. There were few differences across school sites. The findings highlight the variety of social goals specific to the developmental period of early adolescence. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11