LaFontana Kathryn M, Cillessen Antonius H N
Department of Psychology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06825, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2002 Sep;38(5):635-47. doi: 10.1037//0012-1649.38.5.635.
Children's perceptions of popular and unpopular peers were examined in 2 studies. Study 1 examined the degree to which 4th-8th-grade boys and girls (N = 408) nominated the same peers for multiple criteria. Children viewed liked others as prosocial and disliked others as antisocial but associated perceived popularity with both prosocial and antisocial behavior. In Study 2, a subset of the children from Study 1 (N = 92) described what makes boys and girls popular or unpopular. Children described popular peers as attractive with frequent peer interactions, and unpopular peers as unattractive, deviant, incompetent, and socially isolated. In both studies, children's perceptions varied as a function of the gender, age, and ethnicity of the participants.
两项研究考察了儿童对受欢迎和不受欢迎同伴的认知。研究1考察了四至八年级的男孩和女孩(N = 408)在多个标准上提名相同同伴的程度。孩子们认为受欢迎的同伴亲社会,不受欢迎的同伴反社会,但认为受欢迎与亲社会和反社会行为都有关联。在研究2中,研究1中的一部分儿童(N = 92)描述了男孩和女孩受欢迎或不受欢迎的原因。孩子们将受欢迎的同伴描述为有吸引力且同伴互动频繁,将不受欢迎的同伴描述为没有吸引力、行为异常、能力不足且社交孤立。在两项研究中,儿童的认知因参与者的性别、年龄和种族而有所不同。