Peer group homogeneity in adolescents' school adjustment varies according to peer group type and gender

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noona Kiuru ◽  
Jari-Erik Nurmi ◽  
Kaisa Aunola ◽  
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Group Type ◽  
Group Homogeneity ◽  
Group Members ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Peer Nominations

This study investigated whether the members of adolescents' peer groups are similar in terms of their school adjustment and whether this homogeneity varies according to peer group type and gender. A total of 1262 peer group members who had recently moved to post-comprehensive education filled in questionnaires measuring their academic achievement, satisfaction with their educational track, school engagement, and school burnout. They also gave positive peer nominations on the basis of which 360 peer groups were identified and categorized as cliques, loose groups, and isolate dyads. The results showed that the members of adolescents' peer groups particularly resembled each other in terms of academic achievement. Moreover, the members of girls' cliques showed greater similarity to each other in terms of their satisfaction with educational track and school engagement than did the members of girls' loose groups. Girls' isolate dyads were, in particular, at risk for low adjustment at school.

Affiliation with depressive peer groups and social and school adjustment in Chinese adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 1087-1095
Author(s):  
Lingjun Chen ◽  
Xinyin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Group Context ◽  
One Year ◽  
Peer Nominations

AbstractThe purpose of the present study was to examine the role of depressive peer group context in individual social and school adjustment in a sample of 1,430 Chinese adolescents (672 boys, mean age = 15.43 years) from middle (n = 430) and high (n = 1000) schools. Peer groups were identified using the Social Cognitive Map technique. One-year longitudinal data on depression and social and school adjustment were obtained from self-reports, peer nominations, teacher ratings, and school records. Multilevel analyses showed that group-level depression positively predicted later individual depression. Moreover, group-level depression negatively predicted later social competence, peer preference, school competence, and academic achievement, and it positively predicted later peer victimization and learning problems. The results suggest that affiliation with more depressive peer groups contributes to more psychological, social, and school adjustment problems in a cascading manner among Chinese adolescents.

scholarly journals Obscured Transparency? Compensation Benchmarking and the Biasing of Executive Pay

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 4299-4317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathijs de Vaan ◽  
Benjamin Elbers ◽  
Thomas A. DiPrete
Keyword(s):  
Executive Compensation ◽  
Ceo Compensation ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Executive Pay ◽  
Peer Nominations ◽  
Practical Impact ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Do So

The disclosure of compensation peer groups is argued to provide shareholders with valuable information that can be used to scrutinize chief executive officer (CEO) compensation. However, research suggests that there are substantial incentives for executives and directors to bias the compensation peer group upward such that the CEO can extract additional rent. We leverage the idea that reciprocated peer nominations are unlikely to be biased to construct counterfactual peer groups that allow us to measure the bias of disclosed peer groups. Analyses of 11 years of comprehensive data on compensation peer groups demonstrate that the average firm uses an upwardly biased peer group. The size of the bias increases when incentives and opportunities to do so are more pronounced. Specifically, results show that bias is larger when financial targets are not met and when exercising discretion in the selection of peer firms is justifiable. More importantly, upward bias in compensation peer groups is highly predictive of an increase in CEO compensation, suggesting that there is a strong incentive for CEOs to strategically select peers. Finally, although average peer group bias has gone down in recent years, the predictive effect of bias on pay has gone up. These findings call into question the practical impact of recent efforts to introduce greater transparency into the process for determining executive compensation. This paper was accepted by Olav Sorenson, organizations.

The Role of Peer Groups in Male and Female Adolescents' Task Values and Physical Activity

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Yli-Piipari ◽  
Timo Jaakkola ◽  
Jarmo Liukkonen ◽  
Noona Kiuru ◽  
Anthony Watt
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Task Values ◽  
Group Members ◽  
One Year

The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the role of peer groups and sex in adolescents' task values and physical activity. The participants were 330 Finnish Grade 6 students (173 girls, 157 boys), who responded to questionnaires that assessed physical education task values during the spring semester (Time 1). Students' physical activity was assessed one year later (Time 2). The results indicated that adolescent peer groups were moderately homogeneous in terms of task values toward physical education and physical activity. Girls' peer groups were more homogeneous than those of boys in regards to utility and attainment values. Furthermore, the results for both girls and boys showed that particularly intrinsic task value typical for the peer group predicted group members' physical activity. The findings highlight the important role of peer group membership as a determinant of future physical activity.

Social networks and aggressive behaviour in Chinese children

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 401-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyuan Xu ◽  
Jo Ann M. Farver ◽  
David Schwartz ◽  
Lei Chang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Group Affiliation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Peer Preference ◽  
Aggressive Children

This exploratory study investigated Mainland Chinese children’s social networks and peer group affiliations with a particular emphasis on their aggressive behaviour. The participants were 294 elementary school students in Tianjin, P. R. China (mean age 11.5 years; 161 boys). Social network analysis identified relatively large and gender-specific peer groups. Although different measures were used, the pattern of homophily characteristic of Western aggressive children was partially supported. This finding may be due to the large size of the peer groups. The results showed that some aggressive children formed friendships with nonaggressive children. Moreover, for the aggressive children who were group members, the number of within-group friendships moderated the relation between aggression and overall peer preference. In addition, despite the moderating effect of within-group friendship, the relation between aggression and peer preference remained significantly negative even at the highest levels of friendship. Aggressive children who were isolated from all peer groups had higher hyperactivity ratings and were less liked by peers than were aggressive children who were group members. These findings illustrate how culture may be an influence on patterns of peer group affiliation.

scholarly journals Participant Recruitment Challenges in Researching Peer Groups and Migration Retrospectively

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-69
Author(s):  
Paula Pustułka ◽  
Natalia Juchniewicz ◽  
Izabela Grabowska
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Participant Recruitment ◽  
Know How ◽  
Recruitment Challenges ◽  
Group Members ◽  
And Migration

This paper discusses the challenges of researching peer groups through a multi-focal, temporal lens in a retrospective manner. Embedded in a broader “Peer Groups & Migration” Qualitative Longitudinal Study (QLS), the article focuses on recruiting young respondents (aged 19-34 at present) who originally come from one of the three medium-sized towns in Polish localities and are either migrants or stayers connected to mobile individuals. The respondents are tracked retrospectively and asked to discuss their adolescence, as well encouraged to provide contacts to their youth Peer Group members. Based on fieldwork experiences and field access challenges, four models of recruiting migrants’ high school peer groups are presented. Furthermore, variants and rationales of non-recruitment are also provided. Focusing on the process of establishing a long-term and large-scale peer panel in the QLS, the paper contributes detailed know-how and strategies around participant recruitment.

scholarly journals Expectations for cross-ethnic inclusion by Asian American children and adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 664-683
Author(s):  
Aline Hitti ◽  
Laura Elenbaas ◽  
Jee Young Noh ◽  
Michael T. Rizzo ◽  
Shelby Cooley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Group Members ◽  
American Children ◽  
Prejudicial Attitudes ◽  
Peer Contexts

Asian American youth’s inclusion decisions were investigated in cross-ethnic peer contexts (Asian and non-Asian). Ten-, 13-, and 16-year-old participants ( N = 134), enrolled in U.S. schools, decided whether to include a same-ethnic peer with different interests or a different-ethnic peer with similar interests. Findings showed that with age, participants more frequently included a peer who shared interests even when this peer was not of the same ethnicity. Participants expected their peer groups to be equally inclusive of others of both ethnic backgrounds, and expected that in-group parents would be less inclusive of cross-ethnic peers. In addition, adolescents expected parents to have prejudicial attitudes about ethnic out-group members. Views about peer group and in-group parents’ inclusivity diverged from adolescents’ own inclusivity. These findings point to areas for intervention regarding the promotion of cross-group friendships and the reduction of prejudice.

Associations of Early Adolescents’ Best Friendships, Peer Groups, and Coolness With Overt and Relational Aggression

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 828-856
Author(s):  
Joy Huanhuan Wang ◽  
Sarah M. Kiefer ◽  
Nicholas David W. Smith ◽  
Liang Huang ◽  
Hannah L. Gilfix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
Best Friends ◽  
Relationally Aggressive ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Best Friendships

This study examined associations of best friend and peer group aggressive characteristics with students’ overt and relational aggression, and whether coolness moderated these associations across the fall and spring of the first year in middle school. Students ( N = 174; 57% females) self-reported best friendship and peer group members, as well as peer-nominated coolness and aggression (overt, relational). Results indicated positive relations of best friend and peer group aggressive characteristics with subsequent aggression, and that coolness moderated these associations. Specifically, non-cool youth had higher levels of subsequent overt and relational aggression with aggressive best friends, but lower levels of later relational aggression when in relationally aggressive peer groups. In contrast, cool youth had lower levels of subsequent relational aggression with relationally aggressive best friends, but higher levels of later relational aggression when in relationally aggressive peer groups. Implications for examining multiple peer contexts and coolness during early adolescence are discussed.

Promoting persistence: Peer group influences on students’ re-engagement following academic problems and setbacks

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin W. Vollet ◽  
Thomas A. Kindermann
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Academic Problems ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Academic Difficulties ◽  
Entire Cohort ◽  
School Year ◽  
Consistent Group ◽  
Group Members

This study examined the role that peer groups play in shaping students’ academic re-engagement across their first year in middle school and whether influences are stronger from peers with whom students remained affiliated over time. Data were collected on an entire cohort of 366 sixth graders (48% female) in a small town. Students reported on their behavioral re-engagement—or persistence following academic problems or failure, on the extent to which they experienced academic setbacks, and on their teachers’ involvement. Teachers rated students’ academic engagement. Peer groups were identified in fall and spring using socio-cognitive mapping, distinguishing fluid peers (i.e., group members in fall only) and stable peers (i.e., members in both fall and spring). Peer group profiles of re-engagement were calculated for fluid peers, stable peers, and both combined. Results showed that the overall peer group profiles of re-engagement in fall did not predict changes in students’ re-engagement over the school year when unstable members were included. However, when modeled separately, stable peer group profiles of re-engagement were a positive predictor of changes in students’ own re-engagement, whereas profiles of fluid peers’ re-engagement were not. The findings suggest that peer group members with whom students maintain consistent group affiliations across the year play a central role in supporting students’ re-engagement when overcoming academic difficulties.

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