Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
School of Mathematical Sciences, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Sep;47(9):1813-1829. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0830-9. Epub 2018 Mar 13.
Dominance in the peer group is important for adolescents. Resource Control Theory posits that both coercive and prosocial (positively assertive) strategies are associated with dominance. Combining Resource Control Theory with Socioanalytic Theory on personality, we hypothesized that inspiring group members would be an additional effective strategy. This study examined whether the three behavioral strategies and two types of social skills (social competence and manipulation) predicted dominance (resource control and popularity). Participants were 619 Dutch adolescents (M = 13.1; 47% female) in the first grade of secondary school. They completed peer reports (behavioral strategies and dominance) and self-reports (social skills). Only inspirational and coercive strategies substantially predicted dominance. Main effects of social skills emerged. Moderation between strategies and social skills was only observed for girls (e.g., coercive strategy use was associated with more popularity for girls with higher levels of social manipulation skills). This study furthered our understanding of the predictors of dominance in adolescence by including inspirational behavior and examining prosocial and antisocial skills.
同辈群体中的支配地位对青少年很重要。资源控制理论认为，强制性和亲社会（积极自信）策略都与支配地位有关。将资源控制理论与人格的社会分析理论相结合，我们假设激励群体成员将是另一种有效的策略。本研究考察了三种行为策略和两种社交技能（社交能力和操纵）是否预测支配地位（资源控制和受欢迎程度）。参与者是荷兰中学一年级的 619 名青少年（M=13.1；47%为女性）。他们完成了同伴报告（行为策略和支配地位）和自我报告（社交技能）。只有激励和强制性策略对支配地位有实质性的预测作用。社交技能的主要影响也显现出来了。仅在女孩中观察到策略和社交技能之间的调节作用（例如，对于社交操纵技能水平较高的女孩，使用强制性策略与更高的受欢迎程度相关）。本研究通过纳入激励行为并考察亲社会和反社会技能，进一步了解了青少年支配地位的预测因素。
