%0 Journal Article
%T Is It Good to Be Bad? A Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescent Popularity Motivations as a Predictor of Engagement in Relational Aggression and Risk Behaviors
%A Jordan P. Davis
%A Tara M. Dumas
%A Wendy E. Ellis
%J Youth & Society
%@ 1552-8499
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0044118X17700319
%X We examined the impact of adolescentsĄŻ popularity motivations on their involvement in relational aggression perpetration and victimization, heavy drinking, and antiauthority behavior, while also considering the role of teensĄŻ perception of their own popularity and psychosocial adjustment. High school students (N = 986; 50% female; Mage = 14.98 years) completed a battery of self-report questionnaires survey in the fall and again, 6 months later. Regression analysis controlling for Time 1 scores confirmed that stronger motivations to achieve or maintain popularity predicted increases in relational aggression perpetration and victimization, and antiauthority behavior. Furthermore, self-reported popularity predicted increases in heavy drinking, but only when popularity motivations were high. Finally, more frequent heavy drinking predicted increases in self-reported popularity over time. Findings emphasize the potential value of addressing adolescentsĄŻ popularity motivations in attempts at reducing the aforementioned negative behaviors and associated risks
%K relational aggression
%K heavy drinking
%K antiauthority behavior
%K popularity motivations
%K popularity
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0044118X17700319