Mutual antipathies during early adolescence: More than just rejection

Witkow, Melissa R.; Bellmore, Amy; Nishina, Adrienne; Juvonen, Jaana; Graham, Sandra

doi:10.1080/01650250444000513

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“…We extend this by examining the role of perceived popularity (hereafter simply referred to as popularity) in the emergence of antipathies. Only two studies have directly examined the associations between perceived popularity and antipathetic relationships (Rodkin, Pearl, Farmer, & Van Acker, ; Witkow, Bellmore, Nishina, Juvonen, & Graham, ). Witkow et al.…”

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Competition, Envy, or Snobbism? How Popularity and Friendships Shape Antipathy Networks of Adolescents

Berger

Dijkstra

2013

J of Research on Adolesc

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This study examined how status (popularity) and friendship relations affected the development of adolescents’ dislike relations (i.e., antipathy networks) over time. Three competing hypotheses were formulated about the role of status: antipathy relations result from either similarity in status (competition hypothesis) or dissimilarity in status when lower status peers reject higher status peers (envy hypothesis) or vice versa (snobbism hypothesis). Hypotheses were tested in a longitudinal sample of adolescents from Chile (fifth to sixth grade; 52% boys; N = 273). Antipathy and friendship networks were examined simultaneously using longitudinal social network modeling (SIENA). Higher status adolescents were more likely to reject their lower status peers, in line with the snobbism hypothesis. Furthermore, best friends tended to agree upon which peers to reject over time.

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Section: Theoretical Explanations For Links Between Popularity and Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

Competition, Envy, or Snobbism? How Popularity and Friendships Shape Antipathy Networks of Adolescents

Berger

Dijkstra

2013

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…Unfortunately, what defines and animates many middle school peer groups is antipathy toward other peer groups. We know that dyadic antipathies interfere with school work habits and academic success (Witkow, Bellmore, Nishina, Juvonen, & Graham, 2005), that peer competition and hostility interfere with collaborative learning and reduce transactional and instructional exchanges (Wentzel, 2009), and that peer conflict has a corrosive effect on school grades (Adams & Laursen, 2007). It follows that educational outcomes suffer in schools dominated by peer group tensions.…”

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Opposites detract: Middle school peer group antipathies

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Bukowski

Nurmi

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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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This study examines variability in patterns of peer group antipathy. Same-grade adolescent peer groups were identified from sociometric nominations of preferred affiliates in a community sample of 600 Finnish 9th grade middle school students (M = 15.0 years-old). Hierarchical linear modeling determined characteristics of youth in actor groups (nominators) that predicted antipathy for youth in target groups (nominatees) on the basis of target group characteristics. Most antipathies were based on dissimilarity between groups representing the mainstream culture and groups opposed to it. The higher a peer group's school burnout, the more its members disliked students in peer groups with higher school grades and students in peer groups with higher sports participation. Conversely, the higher a peer group's school grades, the more its members disliked students in peer groups with higher school burnout. Students in peer groups with less problem behavior disliked students in peer groups with more problem behavior. There was some evidence of rivalry within the mainstream culture: The higher a group's school grades, the more its members disliked those in groups whose members participated in sports.

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“…In this study, we operationalize negative relations among middle adolescence through the individual’s perception of disliked peers (not as personal dislike) and use the term “reputational dislike.” It should be noted that our concept of “reputational dislike” is different from the conventional group-level concept of peer rejection that is based on the aggregation of the personal dislike (or least liked) and known to be associated with social maladjustment in the developmental psychology literature (Card, 2010; Gorman, Schwartz, Nakamoto, & Mayeux, 2011; Witkow et al, 2005). We postulate that “reputational dislike” does not necessarily involve personal feelings, although it could overlap with personal dislike to some extent.…”

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“…Research on child/adolescent developmental psychology has shown that negative peer relationships are correlated with maladjustment, including aggression and victimization, peer rejection, peer acceptance, perceived popularity, social preference, and other interpersonal processes and behaviors (Card, 2010; Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 1998; Witkow, Bellmore, Nishina, Juvonen, & Graham, 2005). In developmental psychology research, negative relations form a social context of “antipathetic relationships” (i.e., mutual dislike at the dyad level) that are distinct from group-level “peer rejections” (i.e., sum of nominations of being disliked by peers that reflect a collection of opinions about a target individual) (Card, 2010; Parker & Gamm, 2003).…”

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“…Although efforts have been made to separate these two effects and to identify their unique associations with social maladjustments (Abecassis, Hartup, Haselager, Scholte, & Van Lieshout, 2002; Card & Hodges, 2007; Erath, Pettit, Dodge, & Bates, 2009; Murray-Close & Crick, 2006; Witkow et al, 2005), there is an inherent limitation in conceptualizing the complex dynamics of negative relationships in terms of these two constructs. This study examines the dynamics of negative peer relations using a conceptualization of the social context of negative relations that goes beyond the two constructs of the antipathetic relationships and peer rejection in three ways.…”

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Popularity breeds contempt: The evolution of reputational dislike relations and friendships in high school

2017

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In this study, we examined the dynamics of the perception of “dislike” ties (reputational dislike) among adolescents within the contexts of friendship, perceived popularity, substance use, and Facebook use. Survey data were collected from a longitudinal sample of 238 adolescents from the 11th and 12th grades in one California high school. We estimated stochastic actor-based network dynamic models, using reports of reputational dislike, friendships, and perceived popularity, to identify factors associated with the maintenance and generation reputational dislike ties. The results showed that high-status adolescents and more frequent Facebook users tended to become perceived as or stay disliked by their peers over time. There was a tendency for friendships to promote the creation and maintenance of reputational disliking but not vice versa. Adolescents tended to perceive others as disliked when their friends also perceived them as disliked. There was no evidence that either cigarette smoking or drinking alcohol affected reputational dislike dynamics. This study highlights the important role that the hierarchical peer system, online peer context, and friendships play in driving information diffusion of negative peer relations among adolescents.

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Mutual antipathies during early adolescence: More than just rejection

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Competition, Envy, or Snobbism? How Popularity and Friendships Shape Antipathy Networks of Adolescents

Competition, Envy, or Snobbism? How Popularity and Friendships Shape Antipathy Networks of Adolescents

Opposites detract: Middle school peer group antipathies

Popularity breeds contempt: The evolution of reputational dislike relations and friendships in high school

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