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African American and European American Students' Peer Groups during Early Adolescence: Structure, Status, and Academic Achievement
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Wilson, Travis; Karimpour, Ramin; Rodkin, Philip C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
Focusing on a sample of 382 African American (206 female) and 264 European American (132 female) students in diverse fourth and fifth grade classrooms, this study investigated three questions concerning the connections between peer groups and academic achievement during early adolescence: (a) How is group structure (i.e., hierarchy and cohesion)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Educational Practices, Group Structure
Position in the Peer Group's Perceived Organizational Structure: Relation to Social Status and Friendship.
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Lease, A. Michele; Axelrod, Jennifer L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2001
Compared adolescent's position in the perceived peer group organization with measures of social status and mutual friendship among fourth- through sixth-graders. Found that peer group members who were marginal in the perceived structure were more likely than others to have a rejected status and be friendless. However, most rejected students were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Early Adolescents, Friendship
Distance from Peers in the Group's Perceived Organizational Structure: Relation to Individual Characteristics.
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Lease, A. Michele; McFall, Richard M.; Viken, Richard J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2003
Examined the relation between perceived dissimilarity to peers and several peer-reported characteristics in 478 students from 26 fourth- through sixth-grade classrooms. Found that perceived dissimilarity was related positively to perceptions that a student was odd, socially excluded and withdrawn, bullying, and inattentive; dissimilarity related…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Early Adolescents, Group Dynamics