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Popularity and Social Preference Pressure from Parents, Friends, and the Media: Linkages to Aggressive and Prosocial Behaviors
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Wright, Michelle F. – Youth & Society, 2020
Little attention has focused on how adolescents' perceptions of the pressure to be popular or socially preferred from parents, friends, and the media influence their engagement in face-to-face and cyber aggressive and prosocial behaviors. The present study examined these relationships among 857 seventh graders (M age = 12.19; 50.8% girls) from…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Social Influences, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students
Setting a Bad Example: Peer, Parental, and Celebrity Norms Predict Celebrity Bashing
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Ouvrein, Gaëlle; Pabian, Sara; Machimbarrena, Juan Manuel; Erreygers, Sara; De Backer, Charlotte J. S.; Vandebosch, Heidi – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
The present study investigated the effect of descriptive and injunctive norms of peers, parents, and favorite celebrities on adolescents' negative online behavior toward celebrities. The sample consisted of 1,255 adolescents ([X-bar][subscript age] = 14.17, SD = 0.47). Adolescents indicated what their peers, parents, and favorite celebrities think…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Popular Culture, Negative Attitudes, Peer Influence