Peer Network Dynamics and the Amplification of Antisocial to Violent Behavior Among Young Adolescents in Public Middle Schools

Kornienko, Olga; Dishion, Thomas J.; Ha, Thao

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“…Our findings on peer influence of AB during the Grade 6 to 7 transition, which we assessed with peer-reported measures in this study, diverge from prior results from this sample relying on self-reported frequency of antisocial and violent behaviors, most likely because of the use of reciprocated hang out ties as well as a differing operationalization of peer influence (Kornienko, Dishion, & Ha, 2017). Of interest, peer-reported measures of AB used in this study had a stronger effect on peer network selection dynamics compared with self-reported measures of deviancy and violence, which could be done covertly, outside of school, leading to a restricted knowledge by school peers, as examined by Kornienko and colleagues (2017).…”

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Dynamic pathways between rejection and antisocial behavior in peer networks: Update and test of confluence model

Kornienko

Dishion

2019

Dev Psychopathol

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The confluence model theorizes that dynamic transactions between peer rejection and deviant peer clustering amplify antisocial behavior (AB) within the school context during adolescence. Little is known about the links between peer rejection and AB as embedded in changing networks. Using longitudinal social network analysis, we investigated the interplay between rejection, deviant peer clustering, and AB in an ethnically diverse sample of students attending public middle schools (N = 997; 52.7% boys). Adolescents completed peer nomination reports of rejection and antisocial behavior in Grades 6–8. Results revealed that rejection status was associated with friendship selection, and adolescents became rejected if they were friends with others who were rejected. Youth befriended others with similar levels of AB. Significant patterns of peer influence were documented for AB and rejection. As hypothesized, rejected youth with low AB were more likely to affiliate with others with high AB instead of similarly low AB. In contrast, nonrejected youth preferred to befriend others with similarly high or low AB. Results support an updated confluence model of a joint interplay between rejection and AB as ecological conditions that lead to self-organization into deviant clusters in which peer contagion on problem behaviors operates.

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Dynamic pathways between rejection and antisocial behavior in peer networks: Update and test of confluence model

Kornienko

Dishion

2019

Dev Psychopathol

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“…We found that adolescents tended to adopt friends' aggressive behaviors over time, which was in line with the most previous studies (e.g., Logis et al, 2013;Rulison et al, 2013;Shin, 2017;Kornienko et al, 2018). The social learning theory (Bandura, 1977) could explain the influence process.…”

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“…However, specific to physical aggression, the research results are less consistent. The influence effects of physical aggression were observed in three studies (Rulison et al, 2013;Shin, 2017;Kornienko et al, 2018), but absent in two studies (Dijkstra et al, 2011;Dijkstra and Berger, 2018). When integrating verbal and physical aggression, this effect is non-significant (Sijtsema et al, 2010).…”

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“…physically aggressive peers is absent in samples from Chile (Dijkstra et al, 2011;Dijkstra and Berger, 2018) and the United States (Kornienko et al, 2018). Secondly, with regard to verbal aggression, a large-scale survey reported that having more friends is positively associated with verbal aggression (Wang et al, 2009).…”

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Adolescent Social Networks and Physical, Verbal, and Indirect Aggression in China: The Moderating Role of Gender

2020

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Aggressive adolescents are preferable in some Western cultures, whereas Confucianism places great emphasis on the inhibition of aggressive behaviors in Chinese culture. Using the longitudinal social network analysis, we used a sample of 1354 Chinese adolescents (54% boys, ages 12-15) who were followed over 1 year at three time points to examine the association between friendship dynamics and physical, verbal, and indirect aggression and the moderating role of gender. This study found the following: (1) Students who were verbally aggressive were regarded as attractive, whereas those who were indirectly aggressive were unattractive as friends; (2) adolescents selected peers with similar levels of aggression as friends; (3) adolescents were influenced by their friends' aggressive behaviors; and (4) girls were more susceptible than boys to the influence of physical aggression, although gender did not moderate the influence process of verbal and indirect aggression. The findings of this study provided a clearer insight into the selection and influence processes of the three subtypes of aggression and contributed to the diversity of samples. Chinese educators should pay more attention to both verbal aggression because of youths' preference for it and to girls with physically aggressive friends since they are more susceptible than boys.

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“…The sub-scale of anti-social personality disorder was applied [10]. The anti-social sub-scale consisted of 3 dimensions, i.e.…”

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Viewing the Anti-Social Personality Transformation of School Bullying Victims from the Perspective of Experimental Analysis

Kan¹

2019

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School bullying is on the rise around the world. The phenomenon of school bullying is a microcosm of the social environment, which means that the bullying phenomenon in the school can be magnified to the whole society, inducing and presenting as a crime, so it must be studied, controlled and prevented. In this paper, horizontal and vertical comparisons were made in the three dimensions of bullies, victims and irrelevant personnel, so as to study and analyze the psychological status of victims by means of scale measurement, and then reveal the relationship between victims and their own anti-social personality. Students from three different middle schools in X city, S Province were randomly selected as the research objects, who had finished the questionnaires of Middle School Bullying Questionnaire, Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory Brief Version, and Anti-social Screening Questionnaire Self-evaluation version. The current bullying situations were obtained through data analysis; significant differences were found in the dimensions of neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion among bullies, victims, and non-bullied; therefore, it was concluded that the bullying victims and their anti-social behavior tendencies were in positive correlation; school bullying had severe impacts on the social activities and personality formations of the victims. The results have provided the theoretical basis for the research on personality building of adolescent victims of school bullying.

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Peer Network Dynamics and the Amplification of Antisocial to Violent Behavior Among Young Adolescents in Public Middle Schools

Cited by 19 publications

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Dynamic pathways between rejection and antisocial behavior in peer networks: Update and test of confluence model

Dynamic pathways between rejection and antisocial behavior in peer networks: Update and test of confluence model

Adolescent Social Networks and Physical, Verbal, and Indirect Aggression in China: The Moderating Role of Gender

Viewing the Anti-Social Personality Transformation of School Bullying Victims from the Perspective of Experimental Analysis

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