Understanding the Link Between Social and Emotional Well-Being and Peer Relations in Early Adolescence: Gender-Specific Predictors of Peer Acceptance
Understanding the Link Between Social and Emotional Well-Being and Peer Relations in Early Adolescence: Gender-Specific Predictors of Peer Acceptance
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-009-9486-9
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发表时间：
2010-11-01
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4.9
通讯作者：
Thomson, Kimberly C.
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作者：
Oberle, Eva;Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A.;Thomson, Kimberly C.
过去的研究调查了同伴接受度与同伴评价的社会行为之间的关系。然而，人们对乐观和积极情绪等幸福指数如何预测同伴接受度高于同伴对反社会和亲社会行为的评价的方式知之甚少。青春期早期（大约在 9 岁到 14 岁之间）是人生中的一个时期，个体在许多不同层面上经历无数的变化，例如认知发展、青春期发展和社会角色重新定义引起的变化。本研究调查了 99 名四年级和五年级早期青少年（43% 为女孩），自我报告的情感同理心、乐观、焦虑（特质测量）和积极情感（状态测量）与同伴报告的同伴接受度之间的关系。由于我们的初步分析揭示了性别特异性模式，因此进行了分层回归分析，以分别研究男孩和女孩同伴接受度的预测因素。女孩对同龄人的接受程度显着取决于较高水平的同理心和乐观情绪以及较低的积极影响。对于男孩来说，较高的积极情绪、较低的同理心和较低的焦虑可以显着预测同伴的接受度。研究结果强调了除了同侪评级之外，纳入社会和情感健康指数对于理解青春期早期同侪接受度的重要性，并敦促对特定性别的同侪接受度进行更多研究。
Past studies have investigated relationships between peer acceptance and peer-rated social behaviors. However, relatively little is known about the manner in which indices of well-being such as optimism and positive affect may predict peer acceptance above and beyond peer ratings of antisocial and prosocial behaviors. Early adolescence-roughly between the ages of 9 and 14-is a time in the life span in which individuals undergo a myriad of changes at many different levels, such as changes due to cognitive development, pubertal development, and social role redefinitions. The present study investigated the relationship of self-reported affective empathy, optimism, anxiety (trait measures), and positive affect (state measure) to peer-reported peer acceptance in 99 (43% girls) 4th and 5th grade early adolescents. Because our preliminary analyses revealed gender-specific patterns, hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to investigate the predictors of peer acceptance separately for boys and for girls. Girls' acceptance of peers was significantly predicted by higher levels of empathy and optimism, and lower positive affect. For boys, higher positive affect, lower empathy, and lower anxiety significantly predicted peer acceptance. The results emphasize the importance of including indices of social and emotional well-being in addition to peer-ratings in understanding peer acceptance in early adolescence, and urge for more research on gender-specific peer acceptance.