TY - JOUR
T1 - Friend influence and susceptibility to influence
T2 - Changes in mathematical reasoning as a function of relative peer acceptance and interest in mathematics
AU - DeLay, Dawn
AU - Laursen, Brett
AU - Kiuru, Noona
AU - Poikkeus, Anna Maija
AU - Aunola, Kaisa
AU - Nurmi, Jari Erik
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants to from the Academy of Finland (7133146, 263891, and 252304). Brett Laursen received support from the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD068421) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (0909733).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by Wayne State University Press.
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - This study investigated friend influence over mathematics achievement in 202 same-sex friendship dyads (106 girl dyads). Participants were in the third grade (around age 9) at the outset. Each friend completed a questionnaire describing interest in mathematics and a standardized mathematical reasoning assessment. Peer nominations provided a measure of peer acceptance. The results revealed evidence that interest in mathematics moderates both the degree to which the higher-accepted friend was influential and the degree to which the lower-accepted friend was susceptible to influence. Specifically, the third-grade mathematical reasoning of the higher-accepted friend predicted an increase in the mathematical reasoning of the lower-accepted friend from third grade to fourth grade only when one friend was above average on interest in mathematics. These effects held after controlling for maternal support, parental education, friendship duration, friendship group norms, friend similarity on peer acceptance, friend similarity on interest in mathematics, and general academic functioning.
AB - This study investigated friend influence over mathematics achievement in 202 same-sex friendship dyads (106 girl dyads). Participants were in the third grade (around age 9) at the outset. Each friend completed a questionnaire describing interest in mathematics and a standardized mathematical reasoning assessment. Peer nominations provided a measure of peer acceptance. The results revealed evidence that interest in mathematics moderates both the degree to which the higher-accepted friend was influential and the degree to which the lower-accepted friend was susceptible to influence. Specifically, the third-grade mathematical reasoning of the higher-accepted friend predicted an increase in the mathematical reasoning of the lower-accepted friend from third grade to fourth grade only when one friend was above average on interest in mathematics. These effects held after controlling for maternal support, parental education, friendship duration, friendship group norms, friend similarity on peer acceptance, friend similarity on interest in mathematics, and general academic functioning.
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U2 - 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.62.3.0306
DO - 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.62.3.0306
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018278092
SN - 0272-930X
VL - 62
SP - 306
EP - 333
JO - Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
JF - Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -