Aggressiveness, pro-Sociality and Social Status: Identifying Admired Profiles among Preadolescents in Chile

this study, based on the growing evidence of the relation between aggressiveness and prosociality as indicators of social status, addresses admiration among adolescents as a way to make status operational and evaluates the possible function of this social behavior. the hypothesis that guide the stud...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berger, Christian
Formato: Artículo revisado por pares
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: International Journal of Research in Education 2012
Materias:
Aggressiveness in Adolescence; Adolescents; Social Conditions; Individual Differences in Adolescence; Social Behavior
Agresividad en la adolescencia (Psicología); adolescentes; condiciones sociales; diferencias
Agressivité dans l′adolescence; (psychologie); Adolescents; conditions sociales; différences individuelles dans l′adolescence; conduite sociale
Agressividade na adolescência (Psicologia); adolescentes – condições sociais; diferenças individuais na adolescência, conduta social
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/MAGIS/article/view/3776
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-031&d=article3776oai
Aporte de:
Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
Descripción
Sumario:this study, based on the growing evidence of the relation between aggressiveness and prosociality as indicators of social status, addresses admiration among adolescents as a way to make status operational and evaluates the possible function of this social behavior. the hypothesis that guide the study is that, as aggressiveness and pro-sociality are valued features as they are linked to status, the admired adolescents, who are able to influence their peers, are those with such a profile. 274 pupils of 5th and 6th grades participated in the survey. the results reveal that the most common feature among admired adolescents is pro-sociality, followed by social prominence. However, two profiles of admired adolescents were identified that stand out by aggression: the “strong” profile includes, besides pro-sociality and social prominence, high scores on aggressiveness and popularity, while the profile called “model” ncludes, besides pro-sociality and social prominence, very low scores on aggressiveness and moderate scores on popularity. Differences between sexes are addressed. the results are discussed from the viewpoint of peer relations and possible implications for individual and group development among adolescents.

Ejemplares similares