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- Title
Popularity and Social Preference in Chinese Adolescents: Associations with Social and Behavioral Adjustment.
- Authors
Niu, Li; Jin, Shenghua; Li, Ling; French, Doran C.
- Abstract
This study examined the characteristics associated with popularity and social preference in 769 14-year-old adolescents (54 percent boys) from mainland China. Consistent with findings from other countries, popularity and social preference were moderately correlated and overt aggression was positively correlated with popularity but negatively correlated with social preference. Prosocial behavior, athletic skill, dating, academic achievement, and mutual friends were positively associated with both popularity and social preference, with the effects for prosocial behavior, athletic skill, and dating greater for popularity than for social preference. The strong correlations between popularity and prosocial behavior are consistent with Confucian ideas of moral leadership and the obligations of high status individuals toward others. Cultural values are also reflected in the association of popularity with academic achievement. The inconsistent findings from China regarding the relation between aggression and popularity may stem from multiple factors including the absence of a suitable Chinese translation for popularity.
- Subjects
CHINA; POPULARITY; SOCIAL adjustment; AGGRESSION (Psychology) in adolescence; PROSOCIAL behavior; PEER pressure; YOUTH
- Publication
Social Development, 2016, Vol 25, Issue 4, p828
- ISSN
0961-205X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/sode.12172