Department of Psychology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Chonbuk, South Korea.
PLoS One. 2022 Mar 24;17(3):e0265385. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265385. eCollection 2022.
Peer relations become significant socializing agents for diverse behaviors during adolescence. This study investigated relationship selection and social influence of early adolescents' close friends and admired peers with regard to academic behavioral engagement. A stochastic actor-based model of social network analysis was used to examine classroom social networks across 2 waves (Mage = 11.46; N = 542) based on peer nominations. Adolescents were asked to nominate their "close friends they hang around with and talk to the most" and peers that they "admire, respect, and want to be like" Results indicated that adolescents who were similar in academic engagement more often became friends. Also, close friends' and admired peers' academic engagement contributed to adolescents' own academic engagement over time. The results suggest that both close friends and admired peers are important channels for social contagion of academic behavior and that examining social relations beyond friends are important for advancing our understanding of peer social influence during adolescence.
同伴关系成为青少年时期各种行为的重要社会化因素。本研究调查了早期青少年的密友和崇拜的同伴在学业行为参与方面的关系选择和社会影响。使用基于随机演员的社会网络分析模型，根据同伴提名，在 2 个时间点（平均年龄=11.46；N=542）上考察课堂社交网络。要求青少年提名他们“经常一起闲逛和交谈的亲密朋友”以及他们“钦佩、尊重和想效仿的”同伴。结果表明，在学业参与方面相似的青少年更容易成为朋友。此外，密友和崇拜的同伴的学业参与也有助于青少年自身的学业参与随时间的推移而增加。研究结果表明，密友和崇拜的同伴都是学术行为社会传染的重要渠道，超越朋友关系来考察社会关系对于深入了解青少年时期同伴的社会影响很重要。
