Effects of perceived attractiveness and academic success on early adolescent peer popularity

被引:46
作者
Boyatzis, CJ [1 ]
Baloff, P
Durieux, C
机构
[1] Bucknell Univ, Dept Psychol, Lewisburg, PA 17837 USA
[2] Calif State Univ Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92634 USA
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D O I
10.1080/00221329809596155
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Effects of perceived attractiveness and academic performance on 9th graders' ratings of peers' popularity were investigated. Participants were 270 9th graders (152 girls, 118 boys) who read a vignette describing a hypothetical same-sex peer with whom the student had been assigned to complete a project. The partner's attractiveness and academic performance were systematically varied in four conditions: high attractiveness/high grades, high attractiveness/low grades, low attractiveness/high grades, and low attractiveness/low grades. After reading the vignette, the students rated the partner's popularity. As hypothesized, analyses of variance revealed that attractive partners were significantly more popular than unattractive partners, regardless of whether the partner had high or low grades. Contrary to expectation, attractiveness was not more important to girls than to boys. Integration with past research and suggestions for future research are offered.
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