NB group Normative Beliefs about prosociality and aggression, respectively.
The associations between bullying and both social status measures were not affected by group normative beliefs.
Moreover, this study considers that group normative beliefs determine specific social contexts that ascribe social value to behaviors.
Group normative beliefs about aggression and prosociality were calculated as an aggregate of all group members' scores.
Therefore, this study tests whether the behavioral (i.e., aggression and bullying) correlates of social status are equally affected by group normative beliefs.
Fig. 1 Slopes of aggression (left) and bullying (right) regressed on popularity (upper panel) and social preference (lower panel), by different levels of group normative beliefs about aggression.
NB group Normative Beliefs about prosociality and aggression, respectively Table 3 HLM models regarding the effects of individual bullying, aggression, gender, and group normative beliefs about aggression and prosociality on individual social preference Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Est.
Finally, it is worth noting that the effects of group normative beliefs about the association between aggression and social status only reached significance levels; therefore, results should be taken with caution.
Table 2 HLM models regarding the effects of individual bullying, aggression, gender, and group normative beliefs about aggression and prosociality on individual popularity Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Est.
Individual popularity was not associated with group normative beliefs about aggression and prosociality (model 3 in Table 2), whereas normative beliefs about prosocial behavior were associated with social preference (model 3 in Table 3; 0.379, p < 0.05).
Week two will focus on fostering perceptions of friendship group normative support for sun protection.
