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Predicting Peer Acceptance in Dutch Youth

A Multilevel Analysis

Miranda J. Lubbers

Institute for Educational Research (GION), University of Groningen, The Netherlands, m.j.lubbers{at}rug.nl

Margaretha P. C. Van Der Werf

Institute for Educational Research (GION), University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Hans Kuyper

Institute for Educational Research (GION), University of Groningen, The Netherlands

G. Johan Offringa

Institute for Educational Research (GION), University of Groningen, The Netherlands

This article uses an ecological approach to predict students’ peer acceptance within junior high school classes. The authors investigate whether various characteristics (self-perception of physical attractiveness and athletic competence, cognitive ability, agreeableness, extraversion, age, parents’ education, number of siblings, siblings at same school, parental control, percentage of classmates who attended the same primary school, ethnicity) predict peer acceptance and whether effects are consistent across classes. Participants are 6,847 students (±13 years) from 461 classes in the Netherlands. Girls’ and boys’ data are analyzed separately using multilevel analyses. Extraversion and the percentage of classmates from the same primary school are the strongest predictors of peer acceptance for boys and girls. Smaller effects are observed for self-perception of athletic competence (boys and girls), agreeableness (girls), and ethnicity (boys). The effects are consistent across classes. The need for more complex models of peer acceptance is discussed.

Key Words: peer acceptance • secondary school • ecological model • gender

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 26, No. 1, 4-35 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431605282747
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