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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 23-40Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00146
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peer relations; friendship; social networks; sociometrics
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Three conceptually distinct dimensions of classroom social position (number of mutual friendships, social network centrality and sociometric status) were examined in relation to each other and to peer-nominated behavioral reputation among 205 7- and 8-year old children. There were moderate correlations in children 5 standing across the three dimensions, but categorical analyses underscored the limits to these associations (e.g., 39% of Rejected children had at least one mutual friendship, 31% of Popular children did not). Each dimension was associated with a distinct profile of peer-nominated social behavior and, in multiple regression analyses, accounted for unique variance in peer-nominated behaviors. Number of friendships was uniquely associated with prosocial skills; network centrality was uniquely associated with both prosocial and antisocial behavioral styles; and being disliked was uniquely associated with the full range of social behaviors. Results provide empirical validation for the conceptual distinctions among number of reciprocated friendships, social network centrality and being liked or disliked.
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