Social goals and bullying: Examining the moderating role of self‐perceived popularity, social status insecurity and classroom variability in popularity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Košir ◽  
Saša Zorjan ◽  
Anja Mikl ◽  
Marina Horvat
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
Perceived Popularity ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
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.

Bullying, defending, and outsider behaviors: The moderating role of social status and gender in their relationship with empathy

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Lucas-Molina ◽  
Alicia Pérez-Albéniz ◽  
Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero ◽  
Marta Giménez-Dasí
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Dynamic Social Networks and Physical Aggression: The Moderating Role of Gender and Social Status Among Peers

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly L. Rulison ◽  
Scott D. Gest ◽  
Eric Loken
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Dynamic Social Networks ◽  
Moderating Role

Positive influence of peers' interpersonal character on children's interpersonal character: The moderating role of children's and peers' social status

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 157-172
Author(s):  
Lisha Liu ◽  
Liangyuan Xu ◽  
Xue Xiao ◽  
Lu Liu ◽  
Yanfang Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Moderating Role

Socioeconomic Privilege and Meaningful Work: A Psychology of Working Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsey L. Autin ◽  
Blake A. Allan
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Basic Need Satisfaction ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Psychology Of Working ◽  
Work First ◽  
Moderating Role

Surveying a diverse sample of working adults, the current study examined the role of socioeconomic privilege in workers’ desire for and experience of meaningful work. First, we tested for differences across social status groups in desire for and experience of meaningful work, finding that, although desire for meaningful work was consistent across groups, experience of meaningful work was more likely to be endorsed by those who identified with higher social status. Building off this finding, we examined the moderating role of basic need satisfaction in the link between desire for and experience of meaningful work, finding survival and self-determination need satisfaction to be significant moderators. Results suggested that meaningful work is desired consistently across social status groups and that socioeconomic privilege may play a significant role in one’s experience of meaningful work via satisfaction of basic needs.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO CHOOSE AGRICULTURE AS A PROSPECTIVE CAREER: THE MODERATING ROLE OF CAREER PROSPECT

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Humaira Mat Taib ◽  
Abdul Rahman Abdul Rahim ◽  
Zaki Aman ◽  
Ramle Moslim
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Parental Influence ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Career Prospect ◽  
Student's Attitudes ◽  
Malaysian Students ◽  
Moderating Role

This research explores the roles of social status and parental influence on student's attitudes to choose careers in agriculture with the moderating role of career prospects among Malaysian students. The survey method was adopted to collect the data from 183 students who enrolled in agricultural related courses. Data of five major sections such as demographic profiles, attitude, social status, parental influence and career prospect were collected by questionnaire. The PLS-SEM technique was used to analyze the data using Smart PLS 3.0. The average age of the respondent is 21 years old with females 66.1% and male 33.9%. The majority are Malay (89.6%), followed by Chinese (6.6%) and Indian (3.8%). This study suggested that social status has significant influenced the student attitude towards careers in agricultural sectors, but not parental status. Furthermore, career prospects moderated the positive relationship between social status and student's attitudes towards an agricultural career. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

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