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EJ322823 SO514390

Title: The Cycle of Popularity: Interpersonal Relations among Female Adolescents.
Author(s): Eder, Donna
Source: Sociology of Education, v58 n3 p154-65 Jul 1985
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1985

This study showed that friendship with popular girls is an important avenue for peer status among junior high females. Many popular girls avoid interactions with students of lower status, causing resentment and dislike. There develops a cycle of popularity, in which feelings toward popular girls move from positive to negative. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: *Adolescents; Educational Research; Educational Sociology; *Females; Friendship; *Interpersonal Relationship; Junior High Schools; Peer Influence; Peer Relationship; Social Life
Identifiers: *Popularity