Social Status and Classroom Behavior in Math and Science during Early Adolescence

This study examined whether compromised emotional clarity prospectively contributes to maladaptive social behavior (aggression, anxious solitude) and adverse social experiences (low social status, victimization) in early adolescence; gender differences in these effects also were explored. Youth ( N = 636, [Formula: see text] age = 10.94, SD = 0.37) completed a self-report measure of emotional clarity in fifth grade, and their teachers completed measures of youth aggression, anxious solitude, social status, and victimization in fifth and sixth grades. Prospective path analyses revealed that emotional clarity deficits predicted anxious solitude and low social status in both girls and boys, and predicted aggression and victimization in girls but not boys. These findings provide support for theoretical models of emotional and affective social competence, and indicate some gender differences in the social consequences of emotional clarity deficits. More broadly, this research implicates emotional clarity as a target for socioemotional learning programs in early adolescence.

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Self-esteem and peer-perceived social status in early adolescence and prediction of eating pathology in young adulthood

International Journal of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1002/eat.22875 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 51 (8) ◽

pp. 852-862 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Frédérique R.E. Smink ◽

Daphne van Hoeken ◽

Jan Kornelis Dijkstra ◽

Mathijs Deen ◽

Albertine J. Oldehinkel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Status ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Eating Pathology ◽

Perceived Social Status

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Associations Among Friendship Jealousy, Peer Status, and Relational Aggression in Early Adolescence

The Journal of Early Adolescence ◽

10.1177/0272431616670992 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 385-407 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Caroline Kraft ◽

Lara Mayeux

Keyword(s):

Social Status ◽

Relational Aggression ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Peer Status ◽

Self Report ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Negatively Associated ◽

Eighth Grade Students ◽

Peer Preference ◽

Low Levels

This study investigated the associations among peer status, friendship jealousy, and relational aggression in early adolescence, with a focus on peer status as a moderator of the association between relational aggression and friendship jealousy. Three hundred eighteen sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students completed a sociometric assessment of relational aggression, popularity, and peer preference, and a self-report friendship jealousy measure. Relational aggression was negatively correlated with peer preference, but positively correlated with popularity for boys and girls. Regression analyses showed that peer status moderated the association between friendship jealousy and relational aggression for girls and boys. At low levels of peer preference, high friendship jealousy was positively associated with relational aggression for girls, but negatively associated with relational aggression for boys. Findings are discussed in light of friendship and social status maintenance processes.

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