Sociometric likeability and perceived likeability
Relations with academic performance and psychological problems in Chinese children and adolescents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786439 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xinyin Chen (0000-0002-0952-8659, corresponding author), Mengting Liu (0009-0003-5458-9527, Shanghai Normal University), Dan Li (0009-0009-7330-3225), 丹 李 (0009-0000-1487-1972, Shanghai Normal University), Junsheng Liu (0000-0002-6823-0617, East China Normal University), Guomin Jin (0000-0002-1886-8065, East China Normal University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/dev0001981 |
| PMID | 40354256 |
| OpenAlex | W4410303073 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Researchers have been interested in the role of social reputation in shaping individual behaviors and adjustment. Whereas the significance of academic reputation has been demonstrated for students' performance, the role of reputation remains unclear in the socioemotional domain. This 2-year longitudinal study focused on perceived likeability to capture the reputational aspect of peer likeability and examined its relations with school performance and psychological problems in comparison with those for sociometric likeability. Participants included students ( N = 4,850; 2,395 boys), initially in fourth and seventh grades ( M age = 10 and 13 years), in China. Data were obtained from multiple sources including peer assessments, teacher ratings, self-reports, and school records. Among the results, perceived likeability predicted later academic performance more robustly than sociometric likeability. Whereas sociometric likeability negatively predicted later psychological problems in elementary school students, perceived likeability negatively predicted later psychological problems in middle school students. The results indicate distinct patterns of contributions of sociometric likeability and perceived likeability to adjustment and the role of social reputation in strengthening the function of peer likeability, particularly in middle school students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Developmental psychology · Social approval · Sociometry · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |