Sharon Faur

Biographic Data

ID5760436
NAMESharon Faur
GIVEN NAMESSharon
FAMILY NAMEFaur
SIGNATUREFAUR S
AFFILIATIONSFlorida Atlantic University
ORCID0000-0002-0019-4787
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • Reconsidering the failure model

    Open AccessSharon Faur, Olivia Valdes et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024

    According to the failure model (Patterson & Capaldi, 1990), peer rejection is the intermediary link between problem behaviors and internalizing symptoms. The present study tested the model with 464 monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twin pairs (234 female, 230 male dyads). Teacher-reported reactive aggression and internalizing symptoms, and peer-reported peer rejection were collected at ages 6, 7, and 10 (from 2001 to 2008). Support for the failu…

  • Perceptions of relationship quality that predict friendship dissolution during childhood and adolescence

    Open AccessSharon Faur, Mary Page Leggett‐jame et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2024Cited by: 3References: 1

    The present study examines perceptions of relationship quality as antecedents of best friendship dissolution. Participants included 230 students in Florida (United States; 54.3% girls; ages = 8-13; 39.6% European American, 27.0% Hispanic American, 21.7% African American, and 2.6% Asian American) and 496 students in Lithuania (49.0% girls; ages = 8-14; 358 boys; nearly all ethnic Lithuanian) attending public schools in Florida (United States) and …

  • Adolescents with Few Friend Alternatives are Particularly Susceptible to Influence from Friends

    Open AccessSharon Faur, Brett Laursen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2023Cited by: 3References: 43

  • The Perils of Not Being Attractive or Athletic

    Open AccessMary Page Leggett-James, Mary Page Leggett‐jame et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2023Cited by: 3References: 41

  • What does it mean to be susceptible to influence? A brief primer on peer conformity and developmental changes that affect it

    Open AccessBrett Laursen, Sharon FaurARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Peer influence is a twofold process that entails a behavior by an agent of influence that elicits conformity from the target of influence. Susceptibility describes the likelihood that conformity will occur. This review focuses on factors that shape susceptibility to peer influence. We argue that conformity has two distinct sources. In some instances, conformity is a product of characteristics of the target of influence, operationalized as stable …