TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The norms of popular peers moderate friendship dynamics of adolescent aggression
JO  - Child development
A1  - Laninga-Wijnen, Lydia
A1  - Harakeh, Zeena
A1  - Steglich, Christian
A1  - Dijkstra, Jan K.
A1  - Veenstra, René
A1  - Vollebergh, Wilma
SP  - 1265
EP  - 1283
VL  - 88
IS  - 4
N2  - This study examined whether peer norms for aggression within the classroom impact friendship selection, maintenance, and socialization processes related to aggression across the 1st year of secondary school (N = 1,134 students from 51 classes, Mage  = 12.66). As hypothesized, longitudinal social network analyses indicated that friendship selection and influence processes related to aggression depended on the popularity norm within the classroom (i.e., the class-level association between popularity and aggression) rather than the descriptive norm (aggregated average of aggressive behavior). Hence, only in classes where the valence of aggression is high (because it is positively associated with popularity), adolescents tend to select their friends based on similarity in aggression and adopt the aggressive behavior of their friends.<br><br>© 2016 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-3920
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12650
ID  - ref1
ER  -