Bower Andrew R, Nishina Adrienne, Witkow Melissa R, Bellmore Amy
Human Development Graduate Group, Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Department of Psychology, Willamette University, Willamette, OR, 97301, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2015 Dec;44(12):2275-88. doi: 10.1007/s10964-015-0346-5. Epub 2015 Aug 28.
Little is known about attributes that elicit romantic desirability in early adolescence. The current study, with a sample of 531 sixth-grade students (45% boys) attending ethnically diverse middle schools, used a resource control framework to explore which self-reported behaviors (e.g., empathy and aggression) and peer-reported status (e.g., acceptance and perceived popularity) predict the likelihood of being considered romantically desirable (i.e., receiving at least one "crush" nomination from an opposite sex grademate). Self-reported empathy was positively associated with students' romantic desirability (primarily for those with high peer acceptance), whereas self-reported aggression on its own did not. Both peer-acceptance and popularity also were positively associated with students' romantic desirability, and aggressive behavior reduced popularity's effect. Although aggression may be integral for obtaining high peer status across cultures, prosocial behaviors were romantically valued. Our findings suggest that peer-vetted social status elicits romantic interest and during early adolescence, nice guys and gals really do not finish last.
关于在青春期早期引发浪漫吸引力的特质，我们所知甚少。本研究以531名就读于种族多样的中学的六年级学生（45%为男生）为样本，运用资源控制框架来探究哪些自我报告的行为（如同理心和攻击性）以及同伴报告的地位（如被接纳程度和感知到的受欢迎程度）能够预测被认为具有浪漫吸引力的可能性（即从异性同班同学那里获得至少一次“暗恋”提名）。自我报告的同理心与学生的浪漫吸引力呈正相关（主要针对那些同伴接纳度高的学生），而自我报告的攻击性本身则不然。同伴接纳度和受欢迎程度也都与学生的浪漫吸引力呈正相关，且攻击性行为会削弱受欢迎程度的影响。尽管在不同文化中，攻击性可能是获得高同伴地位不可或缺的因素，但亲社会行为在浪漫方面受到重视。我们的研究结果表明，经过同伴审核的社会地位会引发浪漫兴趣，在青春期早期，好人真的不会落得最后。
