Adolescents' Social Status Goals: Relationships to Social Status Insecurity, Aggression, and Prosocial Behavior

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-160

  Li, Yan ^a   Wright, Michelle F ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggression; Peer status; Popularity; Prosocial behavior; Social cognition; Social preference; Social status goal; Social status insecurity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84891624861     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9939-z     Document Type: Article

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