The longitudinal association between social status insecurity and relational aggression: Moderation effects of social cognition about relational aggression

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunyi Long ◽  
Yan Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Moderation Effects ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Social Status Insecurity

scholarly journals Adolescents’ Popularity-Motivated Aggression and Prosocial Behaviors: The Roles of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Social Status Insecurity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle F. Wright ◽  
Sebastian Wachs ◽  
Zheng Huang
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Cu Traits ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Social Status Insecurity

As competition over peer status becomes intense during adolescence, some adolescents develop insecure feelings regarding their social standing among their peers (i.e., social status insecurity). These adolescents sometimes use aggression to defend or promote their status. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among social status insecurity, callous-unemotional (CU) traits, and popularity-motivated aggression and prosocial behaviors among adolescents, while controlling for gender. Another purpose was to examine the potential moderating role of CU traits in these relationships. Participants were 1,047 (49.2% girls; Mage = 12.44 years; age range from 11 to 14 years) in the 7th or 8th grades from a large Midwestern city. They completed questionnaires on social status insecurity, CU traits, and popularity-motivated relational aggression, physical aggression, cyberaggression, and prosocial behaviors. A structural regression model was conducted, with gender as a covariate. The model had adequate fit. Social status insecurity was associated positively with callousness, unemotional, and popularity-motivated aggression and related negatively to popularity-motivated prosocial behaviors. High social status insecurity was related to greater popularity-motivated aggression when adolescents had high callousness traits. The findings have implications for understanding the individual characteristics associated with social status insecurity.

The Silver Lining in the Dark Cloud of Social Status Insecurity: The Mediating Role of Popularity Goals in the Association Between Social Status Insecurity and Chinese Adolescents’ Bullying Bystander Behaviors

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110234
Author(s):  
Yuchi Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyu Lan ◽  
Guanyu Cui ◽  
Jingke Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Status Insecurity ◽  
Peer Factors ◽  
Defending Behaviors ◽  
Bystander Behaviors

Bullying bystander behavior has an important effect on bullying—both in stopping and facilitating it. Although bullying bystander behaviors have long been understood as a peer group process, existing research that focuses on the role of peer factors is still limited. Moreover, less is known about the social cognitive-related role of peer factors and its underlying mechanisms in adolescents’ bullying bystander behaviors. Accordingly, using resource control theory, this study examines the mediating effects of popularity goals on the associations between social status insecurity and bullying bystander behaviors (active defending behaviors, passive bystanding behaviors) among 333 Chinese adolescents (181 males; Mage = 13.10; SD = .50). Analyses were conducted using SPSS 23 to conduct descriptive and correlation analyses. The hypothesized mediation model was tested using a structural equation modeling approach with bootstrapping techniques (bootstrap replications: 5,000) using AMOS 23. The results showed that popularity goals fully mediated the relationship between adolescents’ social status insecurity and their active defending behaviors. No gender differences in these mediating effects were observed. The results also indicated that popularity goals did not mediate the relationship between social status insecurity and passive bystanding behaviors. These findings enrich our understanding of bullying bystander behaviors and highlight the positive role of social cognitive factors (e.g., popularity goals) in active defending behaviors. Our findings deepen our understanding of bullying bystanders through integrating proximate and ultimate approaches. Our findings have significant practical implications, which suggest that school anti-bullying interventions should value the positive roles of social status insecurity and popularity goals in promoting active defending behaviors.

Why do consumers buy counterfeit luxury products? A tale of two major cities in two different countries

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norizan M. Kassim ◽  
Mohamed Zain ◽  
Naima Bogari ◽  
Khurram Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Status Consumption ◽  
Value Consciousness ◽  
Luxury Products ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Status Insecurity

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine customer attitudes toward purchasing counterfeit luxury products (ATPCLP) in two cities in two different countries (Saudi Arabia and Malaysia) by testing the relationships between the various reasons for purchasing those products: social status insecurity, status consumption and value consciousness.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaires were distributed conveniently to urban customers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Altogether 658 useable questionnaires were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics, general linear model of univariate analysis of variance and structural equation modeling.FindingsQuality, price, popularity and status signaling represent the main motivating factors for their brand choices of counterfeit luxury products among the two country groups of customers. As expected, customers' social status insecurity influences their ATPCLP, but not their status consumption. However, status consumption does positively moderates the relationship of their social status insecurity and their ATPCLP. Furthermore, customers' value consciousness influences their ATPCLP and moderates the relationship between status consumption and ATPCLP. The impact of status consumption on ATPCLP depends on the importance one places on the value of the products. However, the authors found no differences in social status insecurity, status consumption and value consciousness, on their ATPCLP among the customers. Some implications and limitations of the results are discussed.Research limitations/implicationsThe use of convenience sampling and mainly college students (in Saudi Arabia) as respondents represent the main limitations of this study.Practical implicationsThe practical implication of this study is to discourage the purchasing of counterfeit luxury products in their respective country Malaysian marketers need to stress that their genuine products are of top quality while Saudi marketers need to stress that their genuine products are of well-known brands that are sourced from well-known countries of origin. Besides, Malaysian marketers need to offer genuine products that are not overly priced or ones that indicate value-for-money while Saudi marketers need to convey the message that their genuine products could help enhance or uplift their customers' social status. In this study, the authors did not find any support for differences in ATPCLP between the two rather different Muslim-majority countries. This could be due to the fact that the majority of the respondents were females in their mid-20s and that both countries have a growing number of young customer base, which makes them particularly attractive target customers for branded/luxury products and, at the same time, easy preys to luxury products counterfeiters. This implies that there are still more opportunities for academics to study the topic or related topics in the future.Originality/valueAs far as the authors know, no one has undertaken a comparative study involving two very different Islamic majority countries (more conservative mono-cultural and mono-ethnicity Saudi Arabia versus less conservative multicultural and multi-ethnicity Malaysia) before.

Reciprocal relationships between sociometric indices of social status and aggressive behavior in children

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 963-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izaskun Orue ◽  
Esther Calvete
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Peer Acceptance ◽  
Sociometric Status ◽  
Overt Aggression ◽  
Aggressive Behaviors ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Peer Nomination ◽  
Longitudinal Relationships

The goal of this study was to assess the reciprocal longitudinal relationships between sociometric status and aggressive behavior in children. Overt and relational aggressive behaviors were differentiated in order to study the diverse associations within peer acceptance and rejection. A total of 777 boys and girls from 8 to 12 years of age filled in peer nomination instruments to measure aggressive behavior and sociometric status. The results revealed that overt aggression at T1 led to rejection at T2. Furthermore, reciprocal relationships were found between rejection and overt aggressive behavior among boys but not among girls. Among girls, acceptance by peers at T1 predicted relational aggression at T2. Differences between boys' and girls' acceptance and rejection of their aggressive peers are also discussed.

scholarly journals Trait Self‐Control, Social Cognition Constructs, and Intentions: Correlational Evidence for Mediation and Moderation Effects in Diverse Health Behaviours

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S. Hagger ◽  
Nelli Hankonen ◽  
Eva‐Maria Kangro ◽  
Taru Lintunen ◽  
Jeffrey Pagaduan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Moderation Effects ◽  
Mediation And Moderation

Parenting and Relational Aggression

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Nelson ◽  
Craig H. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Parenting Influences ◽  
Alternative Theories

Many studies have considered whether parents play a role in either promoting or moderating their children’s engagement in relational aggression (also known as indirect or social aggression). This is not surprising, given the consistent parenting correlates of physical aggression in prior research. There is evidence of fairly regular correspondence between children’s relational aggression and their parenting and home environment. We comprehensively consider the range of existing studies that have considered parenting correlates, and we group similar studies together. While most studies have utilized social learning theory as the foundation for empirical inquiry, there are researchers who consider alternative theories (attachment, social cognition) and emphases (e.g., direct vs. indirect effects of parenting) in their consideration of individual differences for relational aggression. Parenting influences are also qualified by children’s differential susceptibilities (e.g., biological or temperamental variations). In considering all of these issues, the contrast with physical aggression is carefully observed.

An Integrated Review of Indirect, Relational, and Social Aggression

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Archer ◽  
Sarah M. Coyne
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Indirect Aggression ◽  
The Social ◽  
Direct Aggression ◽  
Adaptive Framework ◽  
The Impact

Over the last decade, researchers have found that girls may be just as aggressive as boys when manipulative forms of aggression, such as gossiping and spreading rumors, are included. These forms of aggression are known by 3 different names: indirect aggression, relational aggression, and social aggression. This review examines their commonalities and differences, and concludes that they are essentially the same form of aggression. We show that analogous forms are not found in other species. We offer a functional account: indirect aggression is an alternative strategy to direct aggression, enacted when the costs of direct aggression are high, and whose aim is to socially exclude, or harm the social status of, a victim. In this light, we consider sex differences and developmental trends and the impact of this aggression on victims. We conclude that indirect, relational, and social aggression are much more similar than they are different, and we suggest ways in which future research can be facilitated by integrating the three areas under an adaptive framework.

Parental Social Cognition of Children's Social Status

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-358
Author(s):  
Murray Krantz ◽  
Carla Wade
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Social Rejection ◽  
Children's Achievement ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the study was to describe the relationship between mothers' knowledge of their children's friendship preferences and their children's achievement of social status. Sociometric nominations for 52 girls and 50 boys in Grades 2 and 3 were used to determine children's social status and 57 mothers were interviewed for their “sociometric awareness” of their children's social status among peers. Both children's and maternal sociometric awareness were correlated positively with social acceptance and negatively with social rejection by peers. Mothers of “rejected” children were less aware of the positive friendship preferences of their children than mothers of children of more favored status.

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