Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 306 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA.
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 224 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Sep;47(9):1830-1841. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0846-1. Epub 2018 Apr 3.
Getting along with peers becomes increasingly important to health and well-being during early adolescence (10-14 years). Young adolescents may succeed with peers when they are well-liked by and popular among the larger peer group (or at the group-level of social complexity). They might also fare well with peers when they are able to form numerous mutual and high quality friendships (at the dyadic-level of social complexity). Theory emphasizes the interrelatedness of different types of peer experiences, but few longitudinal studies have examined the interplay among and between group- and dyadic-level peer experiences in the same study. As a result, it is not known whether group-level peer experiences are predictors of dyadic-level peer experiences, and/or vice versa. To address this limitation, this study examined the prospective and reciprocal relations between four indices of peer experiences, preference (or being highly liked and not disliked by peers), popularity (or having a reputation as popular), friendship quantity (or having many mutual friends), and friendship or relationship quality, during early adolescence. Participants were 271 adolescents (49% girls; M = 11.52 years) who completed peer nominations of preference and popularity, a self-report measure of friendship quality, and nominated friends at two waves (Wave 1: November, Grade 6; Wave 2: October, Grade 7). Structural equation modeling indicated that friendship quantity predicted increases in preference and popularity and that friendship quality predicted increases in friendship quantity. Initial popularity was associated with decreases in preference. The importance of these findings for future research is discussed along with study limitations.
与同伴相处在青少年早期（10-14 岁）对健康和幸福变得越来越重要。当青少年在较大的同伴群体中受欢迎且广受欢迎（或在社会复杂性的群体层面上）时，他们可能会在同伴中取得成功。当他们能够形成众多相互的高质量友谊（在社会复杂性的二元层面上）时，他们也可能与同伴相处融洽。理论强调不同类型的同伴经历之间的相互关系，但很少有纵向研究在同一研究中检查群体和二元层面的同伴经历之间的相互作用。因此，尚不清楚群体层面的同伴经历是否是二元层面同伴经历的预测因素，反之亦然。为了解决这个局限性，本研究在青少年早期期间，检查了同伴经历的四个指标（偏好或被同伴高度喜爱且不被不喜欢）、受欢迎程度（或拥有受欢迎的声誉）、友谊数量（或拥有许多相互的朋友）和友谊或关系质量之间的前瞻性和互惠关系。参与者为 271 名青少年（49%为女孩；平均年龄为 11.52 岁），他们在两个波次完成了同伴提名的偏好和受欢迎程度、友谊质量的自我报告测量以及提名朋友的任务（波 1：11 月，6 年级；波 2：10 月，7 年级）。结构方程模型表明，友谊数量预测了偏好和受欢迎程度的增加，而友谊质量预测了友谊数量的增加。最初的受欢迎程度与偏好的降低有关。讨论了这些发现对未来研究的重要性，同时还讨论了研究的局限性。
