Factors Influencing the Selection of Associates

Perceptions of intimacy and friendship reciprocity moderate peer influence on aggression

“…This was a single item that attempted to find the peer with whom each participant felt the strongest affiliation. Some previous research has relied on items to assess friendship that do not explicitly ask individuals to name their best friend, such as asking young people whom they would take to a party (e.g., Seagoe, 1933) or asking participants to bring someone they spend the most amount of time with to a testing session (Dishion et al, 1995). Dishion et al (1996) found peer influence effects between friends, although the label "best friendship" was not necessarily used to describe the peer relationship.…”

Social Acceptance Studies of Pupils in Public Schools

“…Closely following the general provi sions as mentioned by the Progressive Education Association is a parallel suggestion cited by Anderson: 2 The importance of social development and the establishment of an appropriate environment for developing the social reactions of the child are becoming of increasing concern, for it is obvious that an individual must live in close relationships with other persons and be dependent upon in large measure for his success and happin ess .…”

“…2 per cent o f the eighteen studies listed in this report ; 50 per cent of the studies are devoted to the Junior high school level; 11.1 per cent to the high school level ; 5:6 per cent to the college level and a simil ar percentage to the kindergarten. It appears th at investigators are p rimarily interested in the elementary school and secondarily interested in the Junior high school.…”

“…l. The majority of studies as appear 111 this report seem to be concentrated on the el ementary-school level. 2. Th e questionnaire appea rs to wield the greatest influence in the determination of various fa ctors as related to the child's choice of 3.…”

I Know Who My Friends Are, but Do You? Predictors of Self‐Reported and Peer‐Inferred Relationships

“…These tendencies remain present through middle childhood and early adolescence (e.g., Neal, 2010), and longitudinal research has demonstrated that children are more likely to become friends with same-sex peers (Tuma & Hallinan, 1979). Children also tend to form relationships with others who are similar on a range of behavioral characteristics (Gifford-Smith & Brownell, 2003), including academic orientation (e.g., Kindermann, 2007; Ryan, 2001; Tuma & Hallinan, 1979) and athleticism (e.g., Crockett, Losoff, & Peterson, 1984; Seagoe, 1933), which provide opportunities for children to form relationships. Academic grouping may bring children with similar academic orientations into contact, while similarly athletic children may have opportunities to interact through sports participation (Cairns & Cairns, 1994).…”