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31-01-2023 | Empirical Research

Joint Developmental Trajectories of Likability and Popularity: Associations with Social Behavior among Chinese Adolescents

Auteurs: Jiahui Chen, Yiting Liang, Yuke Xiong, Simeng Li, Tian Li, Ping Ren

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 4/2023

Abstract

The beginning of secondary school is a critical time point of adolescents’ development as they entered a new peer context in which social status was re-established. As the key indicators of social status, likability and popularity co-occur but also display distinct developmental trajectories over time. Nevertheless, little is known about the joint developmental trajectories of likability and popularity among adolescents and how identified trajectories are associated with important social behavior. The current study examined the joint developmental trajectories of likability and popularity among Chinese adolescents and their associations with social behavior (prosocial behavior, aggression, and peer victimization) over time. A total of 1509 Chinese 7th grade students (53.6% male, M_age = 13.1, SD = 0.67) participated in self-report and peer nomination assessments on three occasions at 6-month intervals. Parallel process latent growth mixture models revealed four distinct trajectories of likability and popularity: social status decreasing, average, high social status, and social status increasing. The high social status group showed the highest levels of prosocial behavior, the lowest levels of peer victimization, and higher aggression than the average group. The social status decreasing group and social status increasing group exhibited the lower prosocial behavior as well as the higher aggression and peer victimization compared to the average group over time. The findings highlight the co-occurrence but diversity of developmental patterns of likability and popularity in adolescence.

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Titel: Joint Developmental Trajectories of Likability and Popularity: Associations with Social Behavior among Chinese Adolescents
Auteurs: Jiahui Chen
Yiting Liang
Yuke Xiong
Simeng Li
Tian Li
Ping Ren
Publicatiedatum: 31-01-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 4/2023
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01736-3

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