Double standards in status ascriptions? The role of gender, behaviors, and social networks in status orders among adolescents

IF 3.3 1区 社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY
Social Forces Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI:10.1093/sf/soae145
Mark Wittek, Xinwei Xu
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Abstract

We examine the gendered distribution of peer-ascribed status in schools. Using network data from more than 14,000 students in 676 classrooms, we explore gender differences in the ascription of status and the types of behavior rewarded with status. On average, girls receive slightly fewer status ascriptions than boys, and students tend to grant status more frequently within the same gender. Contextual analyses show that classroom demographics can moderate some of these patterns. We also uncover gender-specific differences and similarities in status-related behaviors. Notably, girls engaging in substance use are awarded with slightly more status ascriptions than boys. However, network models reveal that most behaviors affect peer status similarly for both genders, suggesting that previous findings of gender-behavioral differences based on regression analysis may be conflated with network processes. Our study updates long-held notions regarding gendered status orders in schools and highlights the value of a multidimensional approach to status processes. We discuss implications for future social network research on status ascriptions and other relational cognitions and consider how school-based interventions might benefit from our findings.
地位描述中的双重标准?性别、行为和社交网络在青少年地位排序中的作用
我们研究了学校中同伴赋予地位的性别分布情况。利用来自 676 个班级 14000 多名学生的网络数据,我们探究了在地位赋予和获得地位奖励的行为类型方面的性别差异。平均而言,女生获得的地位描述略少于男生,而且学生倾向于在同一性别内更频繁地授予地位。情境分析表明,课堂人口统计学可以缓和其中的一些模式。我们还发现了与地位相关行为的性别差异和相似性。值得注意的是,与男生相比,使用药物的女生获得的地位描述略多。然而,网络模型显示,大多数行为对两性同伴地位的影响是相似的,这表明以前基于回归分析得出的性别差异可能与网络过程相混淆。我们的研究更新了长期以来关于学校中性别地位排序的观念,并强调了从多维度研究地位过程的价值。我们讨论了未来关于地位描述和其他关系认知的社会网络研究的意义,并考虑了如何从我们的发现中受益于基于学校的干预措施。
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Social Forces
Social Forces SOCIOLOGY-
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6.30
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期刊介绍: Established in 1922, Social Forces is recognized as a global leader among social research journals. Social Forces publishes articles of interest to a general social science audience and emphasizes cutting-edge sociological inquiry as well as explores realms the discipline shares with psychology, anthropology, political science, history, and economics. Social Forces is published by Oxford University Press in partnership with the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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