Peer Influence on Aggression at School: How Vulnerable Are Higher Risk Adolescents?

Autor/inn/en	Hofmann, Verena; Müller, Christoph Michael
Titel	Peer Influence on Aggression at School: How Vulnerable Are Higher Risk Adolescents?
Quelle	In: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 29 (2021) 2, S.83-92 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-4799
DOI	10.1177/1063426620917225
Schlagwörter	Peer Influence; Aggression; At Risk Students; Secondary School Students; Grade 7; Early Adolescents; Classroom Environment; Self Contained Classrooms; Peer Groups; Context Effect; Foreign Countries; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Ausland; Schweiz
Abstract	Adolescent students with high levels of antisocial behavior are at increased risk for future psychosocial problems and can be expected to be especially vulnerable to negative peer influence. This study therefore examined whether higher risk students are more susceptible than lower risk students to classroom peer influence on aggression. Analyses were based on anonymous self-reports from 792 students in 55 classrooms at four data collection points that span the beginning (T1) to the end (T4) of Grade 7. The mean age at T1 was 13.12 years (SD = 0.48 years) and 52.7% of the participants were boys. Students' risk status was assessed using a norm-based cutoff score from a standardized screening instrument. Multilevel analyses revealed that the aggression scores of higher risk students showed larger increases than those of other adolescents and that this difference was dependent on higher aggression levels among classmates. These results suggest that higher risk students may be particularly vulnerable to high levels of aggression in classrooms, whereas low levels of aggression in classrooms may be protective. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01