Antonius H N Cillessen
Biographic Data
| ID | 86103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antonius H N Cillessen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antonius H N |
| FAMILY NAME | Cillessen |
| SIGNATURE | CILLESSEN A H N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5884-907X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 130 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1198 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 130 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 18 |
Defending is a Balancing Act: The Consequences of Defending Victims of Bullying Depend on Defender’s Popularity and Social Preference
Defending peers who are victimized by bullying is often promoted as a prosocial strategy, yet the conditions under which defending protects defenders versus exposes them to social risks are not well understood, especially in primary school. This study examined when defending predicts increased versus decreased risk for defenders by considering individual status (popularity, social preference) and classroom-level norms as moderators. Participants …
How different forms of social rank are expressed in social behavior: A study of emerging adults in cooperative and competitive contexts
This study aims to provide insight into the overlap and distinctiveness of four forms of social rank (i.e., popularity, likeability, dominance, and prestige) that are frequently discussed across the social sciences. We do so by examining the associations of these self-reported social rank indicators with each other, and with observer-rated social behaviors (positive behavior, skillful leadership, negative behavior, dominant behavior, and behavior…
Predictors Of Friendship Stability In School-Age Students And The Role Of Classroom Composition Change
Friendship can buffer the negative effects of peer rejection, but most friendships are not stable throughout an entire school year. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of grade, years in school, gender, same-gender friendships, peer rejection, and previous friendship instability on friendship stability across one school year. The moderating effect of classroom composition change was also examined. Data were collected from students i…
Immediate Experiences and Short-Term Impact of Sociometric Assessment in Early Adolescence and Associations With Low Social Status
This study examined youths’ perceptions of sociometric assessments, and whether these perceptions were especially negative for youths with low social status. Participants were 598 primary and secondary school students (47% female, M age = 11.80 years, SD = 1.16) who completed a sociometric assessment and rated their immediate experiences with the assessment and its short-term impact one week later. Participants rated the sociometric assessment as…
Co‐Transitioning Peers Impact the Continuation of Victimization Across the Transition From Primary to Secondary School
The present two‐wave longitudinal study examined the stability of self‐ and peer‐reported victimization across the transition from primary to secondary school and the role of children's peer group in this stability. A total of 193 students from 36 primary school classrooms in the Netherlands (60% boys; M age T1 = 12.16 years) were followed as they transitioned into 37 secondary school classrooms. Their level of victimization before and after the …
Friendships in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Parental and Friendship Attachment Representations and Intimacy
The current studies addressed the associations between attachment representations with parents and a single best friend, intimacy behaviors (self-disclosure and support-seeking), and friendship quality in emerging adulthood, using the actor–partner interdependence mediation model (APIMeM). Study 1 ( N = 186 dyads) examined whether attachment to parents predicted friendship quality, and whether this was mediated by attachment to their best friend.…
Effects of the After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools Intervention on Social Functioning in Veterans and Their Partners: A Pilot Study
Deployment‐related PTSD can negatively impact social functioning in veteran families. Individualized PTSD‐focused therapy does not consistently lead to improved social functioning. Addressing social difficulties more directly in these families is thus important. The goal of this study was to conduct an observational pilot of the clinical effectiveness of after deployment adaptive parenting tools (ADAPT), a parenting intervention for veterans and …
Clusters of Emotion Regulation Strategies and Their Association with Concurrent and Long-term Alcohol Problems in University Students
Heavy Episodic Drinking (HED) among university students poses risks such as academic issues and alcohol dependence, yet the role of emotion regulation strategies in alcohol problems during life transitions remains underexplored. This study explores how clusters of emotion regulation strategies among students in their final undergraduate year or any year of a master’s programme ( n = 439) relate to alcohol problems over two years. Latent Class Ana…
Mothers’ Psychological Availability to Their Infants: Associations with Work-Related Negative Mood, Psychological Exhaustion, and Recovery Experiences
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Returning to work after maternity leave: A longitudinal study exploring changes in postpartum work resumption stress and its determinants
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Friends' influence on Adolescents' loss of control eating: The moderating role of self‐esteem, fear of negative evaluation, and body dissatisfaction
Friends' influence may importantly contribute to the development of adolescent disordered eating behaviors. However, little is known about the influence of friends on loss of control eating. This study investigated whether friend-reported loss of control eating was associated with changes in adolescents' own loss of control eating 1 year later and tested whether adolescents with lower self-esteem, higher fear of negative evaluation, and higher bo…
Instructional differentiation in secondary education: Teachers’ actions and reasoning
Instructional differentiation is a complex teaching approach in which teachers make instructional adaptations in response to their students' diverse learner characteristics. To better understand the complexity of this approach we explored the reasoning of seven secondary school teachers who regularly realized and valued instructional differentiation. Teachers' instructional differentiation strategies and its underlying reasoning were analysed. Re…
Longitudinal Associations of (Un)popularity with Weight Perceptions and Dieting in Adolescence
Little is known about the unique effects of (un)popularity on body image and the characteristics influencing these effects. The goals of this study were to examine (1) the longitudinal associations of adolescents’ (un)popularity with weight perception and dieting, (2) whether (dis)liking, self-esteem, and gender moderated these associations. Participants were 1697 Dutch adolescents ( M age = 14.18 years, SD = 1.29; 51% female), from a middle-clas…
From Risk to Resilience? Hazardous Drinking Trajectories in and Beyond the Last Years of University Life
In this study, we examined the effects of loneliness, social support, and stress resilience on alcohol consumption and problems among university students in their final years of education during the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed 437 students with a pre-pandemic history of heavy episodic drinking across five waves from February 2021 to May 2023. Our findings showed that stress resilience significantly reduced alcohol-related problems over time. T…
Long‐term implications of childhood and adolescent popularity for social behavior and status in emerging adulthood
Peer status is associated with social functioning throughout childhood and adolescence, but little is known about its’ long‐term implications. This study examined longitudinal associations of childhood and adolescent popularity with social behavior and status in emerging adulthood. In line with concurrent associations of popularity with social behavior, we hypothesized that childhood popularity would be associated with a positive, prosocial profi…
Can classroom seating arrangements help establish a safe environment for victims? A randomized controlled trial
Students around the globe still experience bullying daily. Teachers play a key role in supporting victimized students and they could do so using their classroom seating arrangement. Common teacher strategies are to separate victims and bullies and to seat victims close to supportive others, but research has not examined whether these strategies support victims' wellbeing. Therefore, the current study tested an intervention in which victims in exp…
Prospective associations of prosocial behavior and aggression with social preference: Moderation by classroom levels of peer-perceived liking and disliking by the teacher
The goal of this study was to examine the prospective associations of prosocial behavior and aggression with social preference in classrooms and whether these associations were moderated by classroom levels of peer-perceived liking and disliking by the teacher. Participants were 2900 fourth-to sixth-grade students in South Korea ( M age = 10.02 years, SD = 0.84, 48.6% girls) who completed peer nominations at the beginning (Time 1) and end (Time 2…
The Joint Impact of Co-occupants and Co-defendants’ Criminal Behavior on Adolescents’ Criminal Behavior: A Cross-Lagged Analysis
The present study investigated the joint impact of co-occupants and codefendants criminal behavior on adolescent criminal behavior using official Dutch police records. Co-occupant and co-defendant criminal behavior were used as proxies for family and peer criminal behavior, respectively. Data spanning 8 years (2010–2017) were analyzed from 56,802 adolescents, their co-occupants and co-defendants. Cross-lagged analyses were used to investigate pro…
The longitudinal link between popularity, likeability, fear of negative evaluation and social avoidance across adolescence
This study investigated the longitudinal bidirectional associations between likeability, popularity, fear of negative evaluation, and social avoidance, to aid in preventing the negative consequences and persistent trajectories of low social status and heightened social anxiety. In total, 1741 adolescents in grades 7–9 participated at 3 yearly waves. A self‐report questionnaire measured fear of negative evaluation. Peer nominations assessed likeab…
Teachers’ goals and strategies for classroom seating arrangements: A qualitative study
Teachers can use seating arrangements to effectively manage classroom dynamics. However, what do teachers aim for and how are they trying to achieve this when creating seating arrangements? We conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 upper elementary school teachers. Teachers expressed to have both academic and social-emotional goals addressing the group and individual students. Although their goals were quite similar, teachers employed diffe…
University students' (binge) drinking during Covid-19 lockdowns: An investigation of depression, social context, resilience, and changes in alcohol use
These findings give insight into significant changes in drinking behaviors among university students during the first COVID-19 lockdown. More importantly, it underscores the need to reckon vulnerable students considering drinking type and associated psychosocial variables for increasing or maintaining higher alcohol use during societal stress periods. In the present study, an unexpected at-risk group emerged among regular drinkers who increased a…
The importance of considering and reporting sources of error in peer nomination research: A response to Bukowski et al
A wide variety of methodological choices and situations can affect the quality of peer nomination measurements but have not received adequate study. This article begins by focusing on systematic nominator missingness as an example of one such situation. We reanalyzed findings from a recent study by Bukowski, Dirks, Commisso, Velàsquez, and Lopez in the year 2019 and compared the results to recent findings of Babcock, Marks, van den Berg, and Cill…
Behavioral inhibition as an early life predictor of callous-unemotional traits
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits predict behavioral problems in adolescence. But little is known about early modulatory factors. Behavioral Inhibition (BI) in particular has been suggested to protect against the development of CU-traits. This temperamental predisposition is characterized by heightened environmental sensitivity. The current prospective longitudinal study examined whether BI at 15 months of age predicted lower CU-traits across devel…
Changes in adolescent loneliness and concomitant changes in fear of negative evaluation and self-esteem
Current theories of loneliness posit that biases in social information processing play a key role in the development and maintenance of loneliness. However, this assumption has rarely been tested in longitudinal research in adolescence. The current study concentrated on two constructs associated with such biases, that is, fear of negative evaluation and self-esteem. More specifically, we examined whether changes in loneliness were associated with…
Reciprocal associations between teacher-student relations and students' externalizing behavior in elementary education? A within-dyad analysis
The goal of this study was to investigate the transactional link between the affective quality of teacher-student relations and students' externalizing behavior in upper elementary education. We studied teacher support and conflict separately and examined whether associations differed for boys and girls. Data were collected from 1452 Dutch fifth graders (Mage = 10.60 years) at three time points within one school year, including peer nominations o…
Children's perceptions of popular and unpopular peers: A multimethod assessment
Developmental Changes in the Priority of Perceived Status in Childhood and Adolescence
This study examined the degree to which children and adolescents prioritize popularity in the peer group over other relational domains. Participants were 1013 children and adolescents from grade 1 through senior year of college (ages 6–22 years) who were presented with a series of social dilemmas in which attaining popularity was opposed to five other priorities: friendship, personal achievement, following rules, prosocial behavior, and romantic …
Associations of Peer Acceptance and Perceived Popularity With Bullying and Victimization in Early Adolescence
This study examined the role of peer acceptance and perceived popularity in bullying and victimization in early adolescent peer groups. Peer acceptance is the degree to which adolescents are well liked by their peers; perceived popularity indicates visibility, dominance, and prestige. It was hypothesized that acceptance negatively predicts bullying, whereas popularity positively predicts bullying, and that both acceptance and popularity negativel…
Popularity and adolescent friendship networks: Selection and influence dynamics
This study examined the dynamics of popularity in adolescent friendship networks across 3 years in middle school. Longitudinal social network modeling was used to identify selection and influence in the similarity of popularity among friends. It was argued that lower status adolescents strive to enhance their status through befriending higher status adolescents, whereas higher status adolescents strive to maintain their status by keeping lower st…
Is Being Popular a Risky Proposition
Longitudinal associations between social preference, perceived popularity, and risk behaviors (smoking, alcohol use, and sexual activity) were examined in a sample of high school students. Social preference did not predict any of the risk behaviors assessed, although the interaction between gender and social preference was predictive of sexual behavior. Perceived popularity in Grade 10 was predictive of increased alcohol use and sexual activity i…
Popularity in Early Adolescence: Prosocial and Antisocial Subtypes
The present study was designed to examine early adolescents’ stereotypical descriptions of two types of youth who are seen as popular by their peers. Participants were 13- to 14-year-old early adolescents (N = 287). The results indicated that early adolescents distinguished two types of popular peers: a “populistic” (popular but not necessarily well liked) type and a “prosocial-popular” (popular and well liked and accepted) type. These two types …
It takes two to fight: A test of relational factors and a method for assessing aggressive dyads
Observations of aggressive interactions in boys' laboratory play groups were used to evaluate the relative importance of relational and individual factors in accounting for aggressive acts. A classroom peer-rating method for identifying mutually aggressive dyads was validated in 11 5-session play groups, composed of 2 mutually aggressive boys and 4 randomly selected male classmates from 11 predominately African American 3rd-grade classrooms. When…
Basking in Reflected Glory and Its Limits: Why Adolescents Hang Out With Popular Peers
The goal of this study was to examine whether popularity and likability were related to associating with popular peers in adolescence. Participants were 3,312 adolescents (M age=13.60 years) from 172 classrooms in 32 schools. Four types of peer affiliations of the participants with the popular peers in their classrooms were distinguished: “best friends,”“respected,”“wannabes,” and “unrelated.” Two types of benefits of affiliating with high-status…
Agentic or Communal? Associations between Interpersonal Goals, Popularity, and Bullying in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
This study investigated whether perceived popularity mediates and/or moderates the association between agentic goals and bullying, and whether sociometric popularity mediates and/or moderates the association between communal goals and bullying. Age and gender differences were also examined. Participants were 276 fourth and fifth graders (middle childhood sample) and 196 seventh and eighth graders (early adolescence sample). Peer status and bullyi…
The development of adolescents’ friendships and antipathies: A longitudinal multivariate network test of balance theory
The Effects of Participation Rate on the Internal Reliability of Peer Nomination Measures
Although low participation rates have historically been considered problematic in peer nomination research, some researchers have recently argued that small proportions of participants can, in fact, provide adequate sociometric data. The current study used a classical measurement perspective to investigate the internal reliability (Cronbach's α) of peer nomination measures of acceptance, popularity, friendship, prosocial behavior, and overt aggre…
Same-Gender and Cross-Gender Likeability: Associations With Popularity and Status Enhancement: The TRAILS study
This study examined the associations of popularity, substance use, athletic abilities, physical attractiveness, and physical and relational aggression with likeability by same-gender and cross-gender peers among early adolescents ( N = 3,312; M age = 13.60, with 92.7% of the participants in the 12-14 age range). Data collection consisted of peer nominations in 172 classrooms of 34 secondary schools. Taking a goal-framing perspective, it was argue…
Moderators of the association between relational aggression and perceived popularity
This study, which involved two waves of measurement over a period of 12 months, examined first whether the positive association between relational aggression and two types of high status was moderated by social self‐efficacy, leadership, cooperation, and peer sociability. It was expected that relational aggressors are most likely to gain high peer group status when they are also self‐efficacious or prosocial. Second, this study examined the recip…
It's Not Just Being Popular, it's Knowing it, too: The Role of Self‐perceptions of Status in the Associations between Peer Status and Aggression
Moderators of the well‐established association between status and overt and relational aggression were tested in a four‐year longitudinal sample (N = 358) of high school students. Self‐perceptions of popularity were found to moderate the link between actual peer‐perceived popularity and aggression, with adolescents who were both popular and aware of their popular status, scoring highest on peer‐nominated aggression and showing the greatest increa…
The Distinct Roles of Sociometric and Perceived Popularity in Friendship: Implications for Adolescent Depressive Affect and Self-Esteem
The primary goal of this study was to examine the similarities and distinctions between two types of popularity, sociometric and perceived, in their associations with friendship characteristics and how they in turn are related to depressive affect and self-esteem. Among 245 eighth graders, sociometric popularity was associated with a greater number of reciprocated friendships characterized by lower rates of conflict, whereas perceived popularity …
Aggressive effects of prioritizing popularity in early adolescence
This study examined the moderating effects of prioritizing popularity on the association between early adolescents' popularity and their aggressive, leadership, and prosocial behaviors with peers. Participants were 288 14-year-olds from The Netherlands who completed a sociometric instrument and an assessment of how much they prioritized popularity over other personal goals. Results indicated that prioritizing popularity was distinct from actual p…
Heterogeneity among peer-rejected boys across middle childhood: Developmental pathways of social behavior
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to identify subgroups of rejected boys with different developmental pathways of aggression and prosocial behavior across the elementary school years. Peer, teacher, and parent reports and behavior observations yielded composite scores for aggression and prosocial behavior at 3 measurement waves. A cluster analysis with these composites on 87 initially rejected boys identified 4 subgroups with different d…
Clueless or Powerful? Identifying Subtypes of Bullies in Adolescence
The Dynamics of Friendships and Victimization in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Social Network Perspective
This study investigated the development of relational and physical victimization in adolescent friendship networks over time. Using longitudinal social network analysis (SIENA) it was simultaneously tested whether similarity in victimization contributed to friendship formation (selection effects) and whether victimization of friends contributed to changes in victimization (influence effects). This was done for peer-reported relational and physica…
The dyadic nature of social information processing in boys' reactive and proactive aggression
The correlation between boys' social cognitions and their aggressive behavior toward peers was examined as being actor driven, partner driven, or dyadic relationship driven. Eleven groups of 6 familiar boys each (N = 165 dyads) met for 5 consecutive days to participate in play sessions and social-cognitive interviews. With a variance partitioning procedure, boys' social-cognitive processes were found to vary reliably across their dyadic relations…
The Nature of Children’s Stereotypes of Popularity
The present study investigated what types of attributions and expectations children have about peers who they believe are popular or unpopular with other children. Fourth and fifth grade children (N = 135) were presented with pictures of several unacquainted peers who were described as popular or unpopular (or neither). Children were then told about several hypothetical encounters between themselves and each of the peers and were asked to explain…
Participant roles of bullying in adolescence: Status characteristics, social behavior, and assignment criteria
This study had three goals. First, we examined the prevalence of the participant roles of bullying in middle adolescence and possible gender differences therein. Second, we examined the behavioral and status characteristics associated with the participant roles in middle adolescence. Third, we compared two sets of criteria for assigning students to the participant roles of bullying. Participants were 1,638 adolescents (50.9% boys, M(age) = 16.38 …
Popularity differentially predicts reactive and proactive aggression in early adolescence
Previous research has indicated that peer popularity is associated with aggressive behavior. However, it is not yet clear whether popularity is uniquely related to different functions of aggression. In this study, we examined associations between peer-perceived popularity, and reactive and proactive aggression using a cross-sectional and a longitudinal design. Yearly sociometric measures of popularity, and reactive and proactive aggression were g…
Identifying Subtypes of Peer Status by Combining Popularity and Preference: A Cohort-Sequential Approach
The purpose of this study was to identify and validate subtypes of peer status by integrating preference and popularity into a single framework. Person-oriented analyses were performed among 3,630 children and adolescents of different cohorts in primary and secondary education. In the young age groups (Grade 3/4 to Grade 7), three clusters were found: popular-liked, average, and unpopular-disliked. In the older age group (Grade 8), four clusters …
Popularity as a Moderator of Peer Selection and Socialization of Adolescent Alcohol, Marijuana, and Tobacco Use
This study examined prospective associations between late adolescents’ friendships and substance use (alcohol, marijuana, tobacco) using a stochastic actor‐based modeling approach and the moderating role of popularity. Participants were 450 adolescents (53% female, M age = 15.5 years) who completed surveys in grades 10 and 11. Results of a single multivariate model indicated that peer selection based on similar tobacco use was a more robust predi…
Children's Friends and Behavioral Similarity in Two Social Contexts
The general purpose of this study was to examine similarity between friends with respect to behavior. The specific goals were to consider; 1) different sources of evaluation (peer ratings and direct observations); 2) different social contexts (classroom and play group); and 3) different subtypes of aggressive behavior (proactive and reactive aggression). In the first phase of the study, sociometric assessments and peer evaluations of behavior wer…
Children's Friends and Behavioral Similarity in Two Social Contexts
Social-Cognitive and Behavioral Correlates of Aggression and Victimization in Boys' Play Groups
The Nature of Children’s Stereotypes of Popularity
The present study investigated what types of attributions and expectations children have about peers who they believe are popular or unpopular with other children. Fourth and fifth grade children (N = 135) were presented with pictures of several unacquainted peers who were described as popular or unpopular (or neither). Children were then told about several hypothetical encounters between themselves and each of the peers and were asked to explain…
It takes two to fight: A test of relational factors and a method for assessing aggressive dyads
Observations of aggressive interactions in boys' laboratory play groups were used to evaluate the relative importance of relational and individual factors in accounting for aggressive acts. A classroom peer-rating method for identifying mutually aggressive dyads was validated in 11 5-session play groups, composed of 2 mutually aggressive boys and 4 randomly selected male classmates from 11 predominately African American 3rd-grade classrooms. When…
The dyadic nature of social information processing in boys' reactive and proactive aggression
The correlation between boys' social cognitions and their aggressive behavior toward peers was examined as being actor driven, partner driven, or dyadic relationship driven. Eleven groups of 6 familiar boys each (N = 165 dyads) met for 5 consecutive days to participate in play sessions and social-cognitive interviews. With a variance partitioning procedure, boys' social-cognitive processes were found to vary reliably across their dyadic relations…
Children's perceptions of popular and unpopular peers: A multimethod assessment
Heterogeneity among peer-rejected boys across middle childhood: Developmental pathways of social behavior
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to identify subgroups of rejected boys with different developmental pathways of aggression and prosocial behavior across the elementary school years. Peer, teacher, and parent reports and behavior observations yielded composite scores for aggression and prosocial behavior at 3 measurement waves. A cluster analysis with these composites on 87 initially rejected boys identified 4 subgroups with different d…
Forms and Functions of Adolescent Peer Aggression Associated With High Levels of Peer Status
Concurrent (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) associations between adolescents' aggression, victimization, and high status were examined to test the hypothesis that forms and functions of aggression most likely to affect the status hierarchy will be associated with reputation-based measures of popularity. In Study 1, 235 10th -grade adolescents' overt, relational, and reputational forms of aggression and victimization were assessed. Functions o…
Children's meta‐perceptions and meta‐accuracy of acceptance and rejection by same‐sex and other‐sex peers
The goals of this study were to examine children's meta‐perceptions and meta‐accuracy of acceptance and rejection in the peer group, the degree to which these perceptions vary by perceiver sex and sex of the reference group, and the association between these perceptions and children's actual functioning in the peer group. Participants were 644 fourth‐grade children. Meta‐perceptions and meta‐accuracy were derived from sociometric nominations of a…
Children's Appraisal of Peer Rejection Experiences: Impact on Social and Emotional Adjustment
In the current study, 95 children of different social status classifications (rejected, neglected, average, and popular) were exposed to hypothetical vignettes designed to assess their ‘generalized’ rejection sensitivity (GRS) and a mild social rejection experience designed to assess their ‘on‐line’ rejection sensitivity (ORS). Measures of internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed through a composite of peer‐ , parent‐ , and self‐rep…
The Effect of Gender Context on Children's Social Behavior in a Limited Resource Situation: An Observational Study
Knowing when to compete and when to cooperate to maximize opportunities for equal access to activities and materials in groups is critical to children's social and cognitive development. The present study examined the individual (gender, social competence) and contextual factors (gender context) that may determine why some children are more successful than others. One hundred and fifty‐six children (M age=6.5 years) were divided into 39 groups of…
From Censure to Reinforcement: Developmental Changes in the Association Between Aggression and Social Status
Developmental changes were examined in the associations among physical and relational aggression, and sociometric and perceived popularity based on peer nominations. Participating in the longitudinal study were 905 children (440 girls, 465 boys) from ages 10 to 14. Associations between the forms of status and between the forms of aggression decreased over time. Relational aggression increasingly predicted high social prominence but low social pre…
Understanding Popularity in the Peer System
Much research has focused on youth who are rejected by peers; who engage in negative behavior, including aggression; and who are at risk for adjustment problems. Recently, researchers have become increasingly interested in high-status youth. A distinction is made between two groups of high-status youth: those who are genuinely well liked by their peers and engage in predominantly prosocial behaviors and those who are seen as popular by their peer…
Stability of continuous measures of sociometric status: A meta-analysis☆
Likeable versus popular: Distinct implications for adolescent adjustment
In the current study, 466 children completed a peer nomination survey assessing both perceived and sociometric popularity at the end of the 5th grade. Measures of behavior problems were assessed through a composite of peer-, teacher- and self-reports at the end of the 8th grade. Examination of the unique concurrent associations of each popularity type with peer nominated social characteristics in 5th grade demonstrated that sociometric popularity…
Developmental trajectories of adolescent popularity: A growth curve modelling analysis
Growth curve modelling was used to examine developmental trajectories of sociometric and perceived popularity across eight years in adolescence, and the effects of gender, overt aggression, and relational aggression on these trajectories. Participants were 303 initially popular students (167 girls, 136 boys) for whom sociometric data were available in Grades 5–12. The popularity and aggression constructs were stable but non‐overlapping developmen…
Peer Rejection: Bridging Theory and Application
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Reciprocal influences of victimization, perceived social preference, and self-concept in adolescence
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Popularity in Early Adolescence: Prosocial and Antisocial Subtypes
The present study was designed to examine early adolescents’ stereotypical descriptions of two types of youth who are seen as popular by their peers. Participants were 13- to 14-year-old early adolescents (N = 287). The results indicated that early adolescents distinguished two types of popular peers: a “populistic” (popular but not necessarily well liked) type and a “prosocial-popular” (popular and well liked and accepted) type. These two types …
Heterogeneity of Girls’ Consensual Popularity: Academic and Interpersonal Behavioral Profiles
New perspectives on social networks in the study of peer relations
Much of children's interactions with peers take place in cliques or small groups that they themselves form. What happens in these groups has important effects on children's further social and academic development. The chapters in this volume present the most recent ideas and methods to study childhood cliques and groups
Predicting Changes in Adjustment Using Repeated Measures of Sociometric Status
The authors' goals in the study were to investigate the possible gains made by including multiple assessments of status in the prediction of change in psychosocial adjustment and to compare the effectiveness of continuous and categorical measures of peer status in predicting adjustment. The authors obtained continuous and categorical measures of status (social preference and rejected status) for 644 Grade 4 students at 3 points within 1 school ye…
It's Not Just Being Popular, it's Knowing it, too: The Role of Self‐perceptions of Status in the Associations between Peer Status and Aggression
Moderators of the well‐established association between status and overt and relational aggression were tested in a four‐year longitudinal sample (N = 358) of high school students. Self‐perceptions of popularity were found to moderate the link between actual peer‐perceived popularity and aggression, with adolescents who were both popular and aware of their popular status, scoring highest on peer‐nominated aggression and showing the greatest increa…
Is Being Popular a Risky Proposition
Longitudinal associations between social preference, perceived popularity, and risk behaviors (smoking, alcohol use, and sexual activity) were examined in a sample of high school students. Social preference did not predict any of the risk behaviors assessed, although the interaction between gender and social preference was predictive of sexual behavior. Perceived popularity in Grade 10 was predictive of increased alcohol use and sexual activity i…
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