TY - JOUR
T1 - Middle school peer reputation in high-achieving schools
T2 - Ramifications for maladjustment versus competence by age 18
AU - Curlee, Alexandria S.
AU - Aiken, Leona S.
AU - Luthar, Suniya
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIH grant DA014385.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - In an upper-middle class setting, we explored associations between students' peer reputation in Grades 6 and 7 with adjustment at Grade 12. With a sample of 209 students, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of peer reputation dimensions supported a 4-factor model (i.e., popular, prosocial, aggressive, isolated). Structural equation models were used to examine prospective links between middle school peer reputation and diverse Grade 12 adjustment indices, including academic achievement (Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and grade point average), internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. Prosocial reputation was connected to higher academic achievement levels and fewer externalizing symptoms. Both prosocial and isolated reputations were negatively associated with dimensions of substance use, whereas popularity was positively associated. Implications for future research and interventions are discussed.
AB - In an upper-middle class setting, we explored associations between students' peer reputation in Grades 6 and 7 with adjustment at Grade 12. With a sample of 209 students, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of peer reputation dimensions supported a 4-factor model (i.e., popular, prosocial, aggressive, isolated). Structural equation models were used to examine prospective links between middle school peer reputation and diverse Grade 12 adjustment indices, including academic achievement (Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and grade point average), internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. Prosocial reputation was connected to higher academic achievement levels and fewer externalizing symptoms. Both prosocial and isolated reputations were negatively associated with dimensions of substance use, whereas popularity was positively associated. Implications for future research and interventions are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0954579418000275
DO - 10.1017/S0954579418000275
M3 - Article
C2 - 30037357
AN - SCOPUS:85052616462
SN - 0954-5794
VL - 31
SP - 683
EP - 697
JO - Development and psychopathology
JF - Development and psychopathology
IS - 2
ER -