The Effects of Social Status and Self-Esteem on Imitation and Choice of a Popular Peer

Q3 Psychology Journal of Relationships Research Pub Date : 2015-12-07 DOI:10.1017/jrr.2015.11

Tessa A. M. Lansu, A. Cillessen, Johan C. Karremans

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This study addressed the role of influencer and influencee peer status in social influence of status-unrelated behaviours among emerging adults, while disentangling two forms of peer status, being liked (preference) and being powerful (popularity). Peer influence was examined in 67 women (M age = 20.5 years, SD = 2.1 years) using an experimental design. Popularity of the influencers and influencees (participants), as well as influencees’ preference and self-esteem were considered. Peer influence was measured through imitation of status-unrelated behaviours and task partner choice. In both tasks, influencees moved away from, rather than towards, a popular peer. Popular young women with low self-esteem were most likely to imitate a popular peer. Unpreferred young women with high self-esteem were least likely to imitate a popular peer. The findings demonstrate that the role of peer status in social influence processes is not limited to adolescence, and that the peer status of influencers and the influencees continues to affect social influence on status-unrelated behaviour in emerging adulthood.

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社会地位和自尊对受欢迎同伴模仿和选择的影响

本研究探讨了影响者和受影响者的同伴地位在新兴成人中地位无关行为的社会影响中的作用，同时分离了两种形式的同伴地位，被喜欢(偏好)和强大(受欢迎)。采用实验设计对67名女性(M年龄= 20.5岁，SD = 2.1岁)的同伴影响进行了研究。影响者和受影响者(参与者)的受欢迎程度，以及受影响者的偏好和自尊被考虑在内。同伴影响是通过模仿与地位无关的行为和任务伙伴选择来测量的。在这两项任务中，受影响的人都远离而不是靠近受欢迎的同伴。受欢迎的低自尊年轻女性最有可能模仿受欢迎的同龄人。不受欢迎的自尊心强的年轻女性最不可能模仿受欢迎的同龄人。研究结果表明，同伴地位在社会影响过程中的作用不仅限于青少年，而且影响者和被影响者的同伴地位继续影响着成年初期与地位无关的行为的社会影响。

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