Predictors and Sequelae of Instability in Adolescent Peer Groups

Unpacking the misfit effect: Exploring the influence of gender and social norms on the association between aggression and peer victimization

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/0165025421992867 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 016502542199286

Author(s):

Ellyn Charlotte Bass ◽

Lina Maria Saldarriaga ◽

Ana Maria Velasquez ◽

Jonathan B. Santo ◽

William M. Bukowski

Keyword(s):

Social Norms ◽

Peer Victimization ◽

Relational Aggression ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Peer Group ◽

Peer Groups ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Report ◽

Social Regulation ◽

Adolescent Peer Groups

Social norms are vital for the functioning of adolescent peer groups; they can protect the well-being of groups and individual members, often by deterring harmful behaviors, such as aggression, through enforcement mechanisms like peer victimization; in adolescent peer groups, those who violate aggression norms are often subject to victimization. However, adolescents are nested within several levels of peer group contexts, ranging from small proximal groups, to larger distal groups, and social norms operate within each. This study assessed whether there are differences in the enforcement of aggression norms at different levels. Self-report and peer-nomination data were collected four times over the course of a school year from 1,454 early adolescents ( M age = 10.27; 53.9% boys) from Bogota, Colombia. Multilevel modeling provided support for social regulation of both physical aggression and relational aggression via peer victimization, as a function of gender, grade-level, proximal (friend) or distal (class) injunctive norms of aggression (perceptions of group-level attitudes), and descriptive norms of aggression. Overall, violation of proximal norms appears to be more powerfully enforced by adolescent peer groups. The findings are framed within an ecological systems theory of adolescent peer relationships.

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Hubungan antara Penerimaan Kelompok Teman Sebaya dengan Konsep Diri pada Remaja Panti Asuhan di Kabupaten Badung, Bali

Jurnal Psikologi Udayana ◽

10.24843/jpu.2016.v03.i01.p01 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

I Gusti Agung Tri Santiari ◽

David Hizkia Tobing

Keyword(s):

Peer Group ◽

Peer Groups ◽

Reliability Coefficient ◽

Self Concept ◽

Significance Level ◽

Acceptance Scale ◽

Adolescent Peer Groups ◽

Individual Self ◽

The Relationship ◽

Group Acceptance

Self concept is a reflection of the judgement of others (Charles Cooley, in Watson, Borlall-Tregerthan, & Frank, 1984). The formation of individual self concept is influenced by several factors, one of which is peers in adolescence is a very important figure for indiciduals. Not all teens get through phase of adolescence his parents. There are some situations that cause adolescent should live apart from their parents, by staying at the orphanage institution for example. This different conditions will certainly affect the processes occurring friendship with the adolescent peer groups which will certainly affect the formation of self concept. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between peer group acceptance of the self concept in adolescents orphanage in the District Badung, Bali.Subjects in this study were 170 adolescents (girls=101, boys=69) who lived in the orphanage which is in the District Badung-Bali. The instrument of this research are self concept and peer group acceptance scale. Self concept scale consisted of 30 item with a reliability coefficient of 0,875. Peer group acceptance scale consisted of 21 item with a reliability coefficient of 0,873.Product moment correlation analysis result showed the correlation of 0,719 with a significance level of 0,000 (p<0,05), which means that there is a significant and positive relationship between peer group acceptance and self concept in adolescents orphanage in the District Badung, Bali. The higher the intensity of the peer group acceptance, the more positive self concept in adolescents orphanage in the District Badung, Bali.Keywords : Self Concept, Peer Group Acceptance, Adolescenct, Orphanage.

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