Heterogeneity of Girls' Consensual Popularity: Academic and Interpersonal Behavioral Profiles

Autor/inn/en	de Bruyn, Eddy H.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.
Titel	Heterogeneity of Girls' Consensual Popularity: Academic and Interpersonal Behavioral Profiles
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35 (2006) 3, S.412-422 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-005-9023-4
Schlagwörter	Peer Acceptance; Females; Profiles; Secondary Schools; High School Freshmen; Multivariate Analysis; Sociometric Techniques; Prosocial Behavior; Antisocial Behavior; Early Adolescents; Peer Relationship; Bullying + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Sekundarschule; Multivariate Analyse; Soziometrie; Peer-Beziehungen; Mobbing
Abstract	The present study explored the heterogeneous nature of popularity by investigating subgroups of popular girls (N = 365) in their first year of secondary school (mean age = 13.05). Cluster analysis revealed the presence of five subgroups based upon sociometric popularity (i.e., those considered "likeable" by peers) and consensual popularity (i.e., those considered "popular" by peers), and academic behavioral indices. Two of these groups contained girls who were all nominated as "popular" by classmates, yet the girls in one group displayed very positive academic behaviors (Popular Studious); girls in the other popular group displayed extreme antiacademic behaviors (Popular Disengaged). The remaining groups were Average Popular, Unpopular Disengaged, and Unpopular Studious. External validating measures confirmed the existence of the subgroups, that is, Popular Studious girls were judged by classmates to behave in a prosocial fashion, whereas Popular Disengaged girls exhibited many antisocial behaviors, and were often nominated as bullies. Unpopular Studious girls were often nominated as victims. These findings confirmed the hypothesis that consensual popularity is a heterogeneous concept, and that antiacademic and antisocial girls may still be among the most consensually popular students in secondary schools. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10