Although the lack of conceptual clarity has been observed to be a widespread and
fundamental problem in psychology, conceptual clarification plays a mostly marginal role in …

Social comparisons with peers are important sources of self-development during
adolescence. Many previous studies showed that students' academic self-concepts (ASC) …

Even in diverse schools that provide opportunities for interreligious friendships, Muslim
youth disproportionally tend to be friends with Muslims rather than non-Muslims. Echoing …

Configurational dispersion describes the distribution of team members across sites. Two of
its dimensions include how unevenly members are distributed—ie, configurational …

Peerbeziehungen gelten als relevante Faktoren im Hinblick auf verschiedene (sport-)
unterrichtliche Konstrukte, wurden in der Forschung aber bisher zumeist allein auf Basis von …

Prior research has found that student achievement is positively related to students' social
standing in class. However, negative stereotypes about high academic achievers prevail …

Longitudinal multivariate social network analysis (N= 3692 adolescents; 136 classrooms)
showed that adolescents were more likely to perceive their friends as popular but did not …

While there is little discernible difference between girls and boys in maths competence
during secondary education, on average, girls have lower confidence in their maths skills …

Does position in the friendship network affect social status in early adolescence? Previous
research shows that friendship relations are not equivalent to popularity hierarchies, but …

Mobility of individuals between a wide variety of geographic locations, social positions, or
roles is frequently analysed in the social sciences. In recent research, mobility has …