What is popular? Distinguishing bullying and aggression as status correlates within specific peer normative contexts
Psicol. reflex. crit
;
29: 10, 2016. tab, graf
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-785090
ABSTRACT
Abstract This study tested social status correlates of aggression and bullying and how these are influenced by peer groups' normative beliefs about aggression and prosocial behavior among 1165 fourth, fifth and sixth graders in Chile. Associations between aggression and popularity (positive) and social preference (negative) were confirmed, whereas bullying was negatively associated with both dimensions. Normative beliefs about aggression and prosocial behavior were assessed at the group level, while social status was assessed at the classroom level through peer nominations. Hierarchical Linear Analyses showed that in groups with a higher value associated with aggression, classmates rated aggressive peers as less popular but also less disliked. The status correlates of bullying remained unaffected by peer normative beliefs. The discussion focuses on the social function of aggression as compared to the social sanction associated with bullying, and on the specificity of these associations at different layers of the social ecology. (AU)
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Main subject:
Peer Group
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Social Dominance
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Students
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Aggression
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Bullying
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
English
Journal:
Psicol. reflex. crit
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile/CL
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