TY - JOUR
T1 - Rejection, feeling bad, and being hurt
T2 - Using multilevel modeling to clarify the link between peer group aggression and adjustment
AU - Rulison, Kelly L.
AU - Gest, Scott D.
AU - Loken, Eric
AU - Welsh, Janet A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this research was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( T32-DA-017629; F31-DA-024497 ), The Pennsylvania State University Children, Youth and Families Consortium, and a grant awarded to the participating school district as part of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative jointly sponsored by the Departments of Education, Justice and Health & Human Services.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - The association between affiliating with aggressive peers and behavioral, social and psychological adjustment was examined. Students initially in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade (N = 427) were followed biannually through 7th grade. Students' peer-nominated groups were identified. Multilevel modeling was used to examine the independent contributions of adolescents' typical peer context (between-person effect) and changes in peer context (within-person effects) to adolescents' adjustment. Typically affiliating with aggressive groups and affiliating with more aggressive groups than usual predicted higher aggression for all youth. Typically affiliating with aggressive groups predicted negative adjustment (lower social preference and self-worth, higher victimization) for girls but neutral or positive adjustment for boys. Although typical peer context was consistently associated with adjustment, changes in peer context predicted small changes in adjustment for several outcomes. Results underscored the need to adopt a more differentiated picture of adolescents' dynamic peer context and its association with normative development.
AB - The association between affiliating with aggressive peers and behavioral, social and psychological adjustment was examined. Students initially in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade (N = 427) were followed biannually through 7th grade. Students' peer-nominated groups were identified. Multilevel modeling was used to examine the independent contributions of adolescents' typical peer context (between-person effect) and changes in peer context (within-person effects) to adolescents' adjustment. Typically affiliating with aggressive groups and affiliating with more aggressive groups than usual predicted higher aggression for all youth. Typically affiliating with aggressive groups predicted negative adjustment (lower social preference and self-worth, higher victimization) for girls but neutral or positive adjustment for boys. Although typical peer context was consistently associated with adjustment, changes in peer context predicted small changes in adjustment for several outcomes. Results underscored the need to adopt a more differentiated picture of adolescents' dynamic peer context and its association with normative development.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.07.005
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.07.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 20832107
AN - SCOPUS:78149408113
VL - 33
SP - 787
EP - 800
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
SN - 0140-1971
IS - 6
ER -