The Impact of Clique Membership on Children's Social Behavior and Status Nominations

Autor/inn/en	Kwon, Kyongboon; Lease, A. Michele; Hoffman, Lesa
Titel	The Impact of Clique Membership on Children's Social Behavior and Status Nominations
Quelle	In: Social Development, 21 (2012) 1, S.150-169 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00620.x
Schlagwörter	Social Behavior; Peer Relationship; Peer Groups; Grade 5; Peer Acceptance; Elementary School Students; Grade 3; Grade 4; Student Attitudes; Prosocial Behavior; Aggression; Student Behavior; Social Influences; Age Differences; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Schülerverhalten; Student behaviour; Sozialer Einfluss; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The impact of children's clique membership on their peer nominations for social behaviors and status was examined in a sample of 455 third- through fifth-grade children. Social identity theory (SIT) and children's peer group affiliation and context served as primary conceptual frameworks for this investigation. As suggested by SIT, results indicated that children displayed favorable views toward their own cliquemates, nominating cliquemates more often for positive characteristics (e.g., prosocial, cool) and high status indicators (like-most, most-popular) than for negative characteristics (e.g., aggression) and low status indicators (like-least, least-popular). At the same time, children's views toward their cliquemates were commensurate with the clique's normative reputations as determined by the broader peer group (i.e., grade). This suggests that children's perceptions toward their cliquemates, albeit favorable, are also regulated by the overall clique context. Meaningful gender and grade effects on children's cliquemate nomination patterns were found. Findings also were discussed regarding the impact of clique size on a peer-based assessment of social reputations and status. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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