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25-06-2018 | Empirical Research

How to Attain a Popularity Goal? Examining the Mediation Effects of Popularity Determinants and Behaviors

Auteurs: Yan Li, Yinyan Hu

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 9/2018

Abstract

Popularity has been examined extensively in recent years, particularly regarding its behavioral correlates. However, much less is known about the social cognitive processes related to popularity and the strategies to attain popularity. This study examined the longitudinal association between popularity goal and popularity status by focusing on the mediation effects of perceived contributing behaviors for popularity (i.e., popularity determinants) and actual behaviors in a sample of 5th and 6th graders (N = 382; 47% girls) in China. The results revealed that participants’ popularity goal indirectly related to aggression, academic performance, and prosocial behaviors through the mediation of the corresponding popularity determinant perceptions. Furthermore, participants’ popularity goal longitudinally predicted their later popularity status changes through the mediation of perceptions of prosocial behaviors as a popularity determinant and prosocial behaviors. The findings of this study were discussed in relationship to their cultural context.

vorige artikel An Examination of Reciprocal Associations Between Social Preference, Popularity, and Friendship during Early Adolescence

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Titel: How to Attain a Popularity Goal? Examining the Mediation Effects of Popularity Determinants and Behaviors
Auteurs: Yan Li
Yinyan Hu
Publicatiedatum: 25-06-2018
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 9/2018
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0882-x

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