Agentic or Communal? Associations between Interpersonal Goals, Popularity, and Bullying in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
Agentic or Communal? Associations between Interpersonal Goals, Popularity, and Bullying in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00632.x
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发表时间：
2012-05-01
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2
通讯作者：
Cillessen, Antonius H. N.
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作者：
Caravita, Simona C. S.;Cillessen, Antonius H. N.
本研究调查了感知受欢迎程度是否介导和/或调节代理目标与欺凌之间的关联，以及社会计量受欢迎程度是否介导和/或调节公共目标与欺凌之间的关联。还检查了年龄和性别差异。参与者包括 276 名四年级和五年级学生（童年中期样本）和 196 名七年级和八年级学生（青春期早期样本）。通过社会测量、自我报告的人际目标来评估同伴地位和欺凌行为。理论模型包括中介效应和调节效应。在地位如何调节目标和欺凌之间的关联方面发现了与年龄相关的逆转。社会计量流行度介导了代理目标与童年中期欺凌的关联，但介导了公共目标与青春期早期欺凌的关联。感知受欢迎程度介导了童年中期的公共目标与欺凌的关联，但代理目标与青春期早期的欺凌的关联。在童年中期，感知受欢迎程度也调节了代理目标对欺凌行为的影响。研究结果讨论了欺凌作为提高青春期早期地位的手段的作用。
This study investigated whether perceived popularity mediates and/or moderates the association between agentic goals and bullying, and whether sociometric popularity mediates and/or moderates the association between communal goals and bullying. Age and gender differences were also examined. Participants were 276 fourth and fifth graders (middle childhood sample) and 196 seventh and eighth graders (early adolescence sample). Peer status and bullying were assessed with sociometric measures, interpersonal goals with self-reports. The theoretical model included both mediation and moderation effects. An age-related reversal was found in how status mediated the associations between goals and bullying. Sociometric popularity mediated the association of agentic goals with bullying in middle childhood but of communal goals with bullying in early adolescence. Perceived popularity mediated the association of communal goals with bullying in middle childhood but of agentic goals with bullying in early adolescence. In middle childhood, perceived popularity also moderated the effect of agentic goals on bullying. The results were discussed in terms of the role of bullying as a means to enhance status in early adolescence.