Maria Grazia Lo Cricchio, Pasquale Musso, Alida Lo Coco, Cristiano Inguglia, Francesca Liga, Julie C Bowker, Kenneth H Rubin
Peer reputation (PR) refers to how peer groups collectively view an individual in terms of socio-behavioral characteristics, such as aggression, social withdrawal, leadership, and prosociality. Despite considerable research on PR, few studies have considered PRs in relation to indices of friendship, particularly with a person-centered approach. The goal of the current study was to adopt such an approach and identify peer reputation configurations and their defining characteristics, and to examine how such configurations are linked to friendship prevalence and quality...
May 12, 2023: Journal of Genetic Psychology