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We knew them when: Sixth grade characteristics that predict adolescent high school social identities
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We knew them when: Sixth grade characteristics that predict adolescent high school social identities

M.R. Stone, B.L. Barber and J.S. Eccles
The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol.28(2), pp.304-328
2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431607312743
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Abstract

Discriminant function analysis assessed the predictive relevance of nine characteristics measured in sixth grade for differentiating among social identities claimed 4 years later by 616 participants in the Michigan Study of Life Transitions. For females, the first discriminant function, associated with academic motivation, self-esteem, and appearance, accounted for 47% of between-group variability, and the second (sports competence and social skills) accounted for 36%. For males, the first discriminant function (academic ability and self-concept of appearance, in opposite directions) accounted for 54% of variability, and the second (sports competence) accounted for 30%. Findings suggest that differences among individuals with particular high school social identities predate adolescence and point to differences in the primary predictors of male and female identity categories.

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6 Social Sciences
6.24 Psychiatry & Psychology
6.24.15 Parenting and Child Development
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