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2016Number of pages
11 p.
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Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 12, (2016), pp. 2444-2454ISSN
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Journal title
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume
vol. 45
Issue
iss. 12
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 2444
Page end
p. 2454
Subject
Developmental Psychopathology; Social DevelopmentAbstract
Little is known about individual differences in adolescents' motivation to achieve and maintain popularity. This study examined the moderating effects of prioritizing popularity on the associations between popularity and adjustment outcomes in late adolescence. Participants were 314 Dutch eleventh-grade students (M age = 16.83 years; 52 % male) who completed measures of popularity, prioritizing popularity, and prosocial, antisocial, and risk behaviors. It was hypothesized that associations between popularity and adjustment outcomes are stronger for adolescents who prioritize popularity. The results indicate that the combination of being popular and valuing popularity was strongly related to antisocial and risk behaviors, but not to prosocial behaviors. Adolescents' social status motivations thus play an important role in the association of popularity with antisocial and risk behaviors in late adolescence.
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