Introduction
Resource Control Theory
Socioanalytic Theory
Popularity as a Form of Social Dominance
Social Skills Related to Resource Control and Popularity
Gender Differences
Present Study
Method
Participants
Procedure
Measures
Behavioral strategies
Social competence
Social manipulation
Resource control
Popularity
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Analytic Strategy
Results
Preliminary Analyses
Variable | Total | Boys | Girls | t (617) | df |
p
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 619) | (n = 326) | (n = 293) | ||||
Coercive strategies | 0.02 | 0.11 | −0.08 | 2.56 | 617 | 0.011 |
(0.92) | (0.95) | (0.87) | ||||
Prosocial strategies | 0.02 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.65 | 617 | 0.514 |
(0.90) | (0.93) | (0.86) | ||||
Inspirational behavior | 0.02 | −0.12 | 0.18 | −3.95 | 617 | 0.000 |
(0.94) | (0.90) | (0.96) | ||||
Social competence | 2.58 | 2.61 | 2.54 | 1.88 | 617 | 0.061 |
(0.47) | (0.47) | (0.46) | ||||
Social manipulation | 2.09 | 2.27 | 1.88 | 6.89 | 616.37 | 0.000 |
(0.75) | (0.77) | (0.67) | ||||
Resource control | 0.02 | −0.05 | 0.10 | −2.00 | 613.81 | 0.046 |
(0.94) | (1.01) | (0.84) | ||||
Popularity | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.65 | 617 | 0.516 |
(1.00) | (1.02) | (0.98) |
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Coercive strategies | – | |||||
2. Prosocial strategies | 0.64*** | – | ||||
3. Inspirational behavior | 0.38*** | 0.34*** | – | |||
4. Social competence | 0.15*** | 0.09* | 0.19*** | – | ||
5. Social manipulation | 0.16*** | 0.14*** | 0.01 | 0.07 | – | |
6. Resource control | 0.55*** | 0.44*** | 0.53*** | 0.27*** | 0.12** | – |
7. Popularity | 0.37*** | 0.30*** | 0.45*** | 0.35*** | 0.18*** | 0.65*** |
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Coercive strategies | – | 0.64*** | 0.43*** | 0.13* | 0.13* | 0.53*** | 0.33*** |
2. | Prosocial strategies | 0.64*** | – | 0.36*** | 0.06 | 0.16** | 0.44*** | 0.32*** |
3. | Inspirational behavior | 0.39*** | 0.33*** | – | 0.21*** | 0.03 | 0.55*** | 0.47*** |
4. | Social competence | 0.16** | 0.12* | 0.20*** | – | −0.02 | 0.28*** | 0.33*** |
5. | Social manipulation | 0.14** | 0.13* | 0.07 | 0.10 | – | 0.08 | 0.14* |
6. | Resource control | 0.58*** | 0.45*** | 0.51*** | 0.28*** | 0.19*** | – | 0.66*** |
7. | Popularity | 0.40*** | 0.28*** | 0.45*** | 0.37*** | 0.20*** | 0.66*** | – |
Predictors of Resource Control
Predictor | Resource control | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔR2 |
β
| SE |
p
|
η
p
2
| |
Step 1 | 0.452 | 0.000 | |||
Gender | 0.094 | 0.060 | 0.004 | 0.014 | |
Coercive strategies | 0.338 | 0.047 | 0.000 | 0.102 | |
Prosocial strategies | 0.095 | 0.043 | 0.022 | 0.009 | |
Inspirational behavior | 0.323 | 0.039 | 0.000 | 0.129 | |
Social competence | 0.151 | 0.066 | 0.000 | 0.038 | |
Social manipulation | 0.063 | 0.040 | 0.052 | 0.007 |
Predictors of Popularity
Predictor | Popularity | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔR2 |
β
| SE |
p
|
η
p
2
| |
Step 1 | 0.327 | 0.000 | |||
Gender | −0.003 | 0.075 | 0.931 | 0.000 | |
Coercive strategies | 0.244 | 0.082 | 0.001 | 0.026 | |
Prosocial strategies | −0.014 | 0.086 | 0.855 | 0.000 | |
Inspirational behavior | 0.347 | 0.067 | 0.000 | 0.062 | |
Social competence | 0.274 | 0.123 | 0.000 | 0.052 | |
Social manipulation | 0.110 | 0.064 | 0.023 | 0.009 | |
Step 2 | 0.012 | 0.099 | |||
Step 3 | 0.004 | 0.687 | |||
Step 4 | 0.021 | 0.012 | |||
Coercive strategies x social competence x gender | 0.028 | 0.260 | 0.726 | 0.000 | |
Prosocial strategies x social competence x gender | −0.102 | 0.266 | 0.215 | 0.004 | |
Inspirational behavior x social competence x gender | −0.042 | 0.197 | 0.510 | 0.001 | |
Coercive strategies x social manipulation x gender | 0.245 | 0.163 | 0.000 | 0.023 | |
Prosocial strategies x social manipulation x gender | −0.160 | 0.158 | 0.013 | 0.011 | |
Inspirational behavior x social manipulation x gender | −0.032 | 0.125 | 0.561 | 0.001 | |
Total R2 | 0.364 | 0.000 |