Effects of Popularity and Gender on Peers' Perceptions of Prosocial, Antisocial, and Jealousy-Eliciting Behaviors

Autor/in	Mayeux, Lara
Titel	Effects of Popularity and Gender on Peers' Perceptions of Prosocial, Antisocial, and Jealousy-Eliciting Behaviors
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 57 (2011) 4, S.349-374, Artikel 2 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Sex Stereotypes; Antisocial Behavior; Peer Relationship; Adolescents; Grade 9; Peer Acceptance; Psychological Patterns; Rejection (Psychology); Prosocial Behavior; Gender Issues; Grade 7; Vignettes; Intimacy; Middle School Students; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Ablehnung; Geschlechterfrage; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Intimität; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin
Abstract	Perceived popularity is associated with both positive and negative characteristics, and adolescents' stereotypes associated with popularity reflect this paradox. The current study investigated adolescents' stereotypes associated with popularity and gender, as well as their liking for popular peers who engage in prosocial, antisocial, and jealousy-eliciting behaviors. Of particular interest was how adolescents perceive the behaviors of same-sex versus other-sex peers of varying levels of popularity. A total of 190 seventh and ninth graders were randomly assigned to evaluate, via a series of vignettes, a hypothetical same-sex and other-sex peer who was either popular, unpopular, or of neutral status. Results suggest that adolescents view popular peers as less prosocial, more antisocial, and as eliciting more romantic jealousy than other peers. Adolescents' expectations regarding prosocial and antisocial behavior generally reflected widely held gender stereotypes. They were more accepting of antisocial behaviors enacted by other-sex peers compared to same-sex peers. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10