1. Peer Group Status

2. Perry (1979) used a sociometric method to determine peer status groups

3. Determination of Peer Status Groups
Contains two dimensions:
Social Impact:
the visibility or prominence of a youth’s social behavior
Social Preference:
the prominence of a favorable evaluation

4. Preference Impact High Low High Low Isolated or Neglected
Amiable or Acceptable
Rejected
Controversial
Popular

5. Characteristics Isolated/Neglected Followers or wallflowers
Amiable/Acceptable
Normal or average
Rejected
Aggressive, disruptive, at risk for doing poorly in school

6. Characteristics Controversial
High leadership skills, but not always positive
Has lots of friends and enemies
Very intelligent
Popular
Intelligent, attractive and leaders

7. Stability of Peer Status Groups
Rejected
Most stable group of them all.
Least likely to change status groups, even later in life
Neglected
Least stable group of all groups
Can usually move up in status groups

8. Stability of Peer Status Groups
Amiable, Controversial and Popular
More likely to remain stable throughout life