Academic Predictors of Early Adolescents' Perceived Popularity: The Moderating Effects of Classroom Academic Norm Salience

Excessive online chatting can lead to unwanted consequences such as compulsive Internet use over time. Not all adolescents use chatting for the same purpose, however, and these links may not be as pronounced for socially anxious adolescents as they likely communicate with others online in order to compensate for offline social inadequacies. The current study investigated whether social anxiety moderated the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use over time. Using a sample of 523 early adolescents (269 girls; Mage = 14.00) from a 3-wave longitudinal study, the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use were investigated via manifest autoregressive models, and moderating effects of social anxiety were tested via multiple-group comparison procedures. The results showed bidirectional links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use from Time 2–Time 3, as excessive chatting predicted more symptoms of compulsive Internet use, whereas compulsive Internet use predicted more excessive chatting – over and above the effects of gender. These links were present for adolescents low on social anxiety, but they were largely missing for highly socially anxious adolescents. Thus, social anxiety may have protective effects for early adolescents who spend too much time chatting online, as it may help reduce the risk of developing symptoms of compulsive Internet use.

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Moderating Effects of Group Status, Group Cohesion, and Gender on Socialization of Physical and Social Aggression in Early Adolescents' Peer Groups

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e644722012-001 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Bing Shi ◽

Hongling Xie

Keyword(s):

Early Adolescents ◽

Peer Groups ◽

Group Cohesion ◽

Social Aggression ◽

Moderating Effects ◽

Group Status ◽

Status Group ◽

And Gender

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Association between negative life events and early adolescents’ depression: The moderating effects of Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Gene Val158Met polymorphism and parenting behavior

Acta Psychologica Sinica ◽

10.3724/sp.j.1041.2019.00903 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 51 (8) ◽

pp. 903

Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Negative Life Events ◽

Early Adolescents ◽

Parenting Behavior ◽

Comt Gene ◽

Moderating Effects ◽

Val158met Polymorphism

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Grit and peer relationships in early adolescence: A person-centered approach

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407520921557 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 (7) ◽

pp. 2250-2269 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Xiaoyu Lan

Keyword(s):

Peer Relationships ◽

Psychosocial Functioning ◽

Latent Profile Analysis ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

Early Adolescents ◽

Self Report ◽

Analysis Of Covariance ◽

Self Perception ◽

Perceived Popularity ◽

Person Centered Approach

Although a burgeoning body of research has illustrated the association of grit with academic and psychosocial functioning in adolescence, little is known about how adolescents with differing grit profiles may diverge in regard to peer relationships (i.e., perceived popularity and friendships). Guided by the dynamic interactionism framework, the current study, using a person-centered approach, explores grit profiles of Chinese early adolescents and examines whether these profiles exhibit mean differences in perceived popularity and friendships. A total of 1,150 early adolescents aged from 10 years to 13 years (53.4% male) were involved in this study; participants were asked to complete self-report questionnaires concerning grit and self-perception of friendships and complete peer nominations within each classroom in terms of perceived popularity. A latent profile analysis revealed five grit profiles based on two facets of grit (i.e., perseverance and consistency). Moreover, multivariate analysis of covariance—controlling for age, gender, and socioeconomic status—showed that early adolescents who scored higher on both perseverance and consistency were nominated as more popular individuals than those with low-to-moderate perseverance and low consistency. In contrast, perseverance was more essential than consistency in determining greater self-perception of friendships. To summarize, the current study suggests that both perseverance and consistency are pivotal in terms of perceived popularity, whereas perseverance is critical in regard to the self-perception of friendships.

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