title: Behavioral Correlates of Prioritizing Popularity in Adolescence.
abstract: 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 (Mage= 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.
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. n.vandenbroek@psych.ru.nl.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van den Broek
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marike H F
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Deutz
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Elke A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Schoneveld
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Burk
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Antonius H N
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cillessen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D000067074:Peer Influence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D012928:Social Desirability; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Peer relationships; Popularity; Risk behavior; Social development; Social status