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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 12/2015

06-01-2015 | Empirical Research

The Social Values of Aggressive–Prosocial Youth

Auteurs: Kristina L. McDonald, Maya Benish-Weisman, Christopher T. O’Brien, Stephen Ungvary

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 12/2015

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Abstract

Recent research has identified youth who utilize both aggressive and prosocial behavior with peers. Although the social values and motivations associated with aggression and prosocial behavior have been well studied, the values of youth who utilize both aggression and prosocial behavior are unknown. The current study identified groups of adolescents based on peer nominations of aggression and prosocial behavior from both Israel (n = 569; 56.94 % Arab, 43.06 % Jewish; 53.78 % female) and the United States (n = 342; 67.54 % African-American; 32.46 % European-American; 50.88 % female). Self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness-to-change, and conservation values predicted behavioral group membership. Power values predicted membership in the aggressive group relative to the aggressive–prosocial, prosocial, and low-both groups. For Israeli boys, openness-to-change values predicted membership in the aggressive–prosocial group relative to the prosocial group. The values of aggressive–prosocial youth were more similar to the values of prosocial peers than to aggressive peers, suggesting that motivational interventions for aggressive–prosocial youth should differ in important ways than those for aggressive youth.
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Although the Aggressive–prosocial group was highest in perceived popularity across cultural groups, there was also a significant behavioral group × cultural group interaction, F(9, 879) = 9.14, p < .001, partial η 2  = .085. Post-hoc probing using a Bonferroni correction, revealed that for Arab Israelis, the Aggressive–prosocial group (M = 1.50, SD = 1.10) was more popular than the Prosocial group (M = .54, SD = .95), which was more popular than the Aggressive group (M = −.05, SD = .73), which, in turn, was more popular than the Low-Both group (M = −.47, SD = .56). For the Jewish-Israeli adolescents, the Aggressive–prosocial group (M = 1.07, SD = 1.21) was similar in popularity to the Aggressive group (M = .59, SD = 1.14). The Prosocial group (M = .25, SD = .95) was significantly different than the Aggressive–prosocial group, but was not different than the Aggressive group. The Low-Both (M = −.25, SD = .81) group was lowest on popularity. For the European-Americans, the Aggressive–prosocial (M = 1.38, SD = .81) and the Prosocial group (M = .96, SD = .77) were similar on perceived popularity. The Low-Both group was significantly less popular (M = -.29, SD = .59) and the Aggressive group was the least popular (M = −.96, SD = .48). Finally, for the African-Americans, Aggressive–prosocial youth (M = 1.16, SD = .85) were the most popular, followed by the Prosocial (M = .53, SD = 1.04) and Aggressive (M = .15, SD = 1.02) groups, who did not differ from each other, but were both more popular than the Low-Both group (M = −.56, SD = .53).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Social Values of Aggressive–Prosocial Youth
Auteurs
Kristina L. McDonald
Maya Benish-Weisman
Christopher T. O’Brien
Stephen Ungvary
Publicatiedatum
06-01-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 12/2015
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-014-0246-0

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