2 SOCIAL WORLDS - SOCIAL CORRELATES AND STABILITY OF ADOLESCENT STATUS GROUPS

Adolescents' peer group status in high school was examined using self- report, peer nominations, and archival data collected during 2 consecu tive school years. Higher status students (popular and controversial) had more close friends, engaged more frequently in peer activities, an d self-disclosed more than lower status students (rejected and neglect ed). They were also more involved in extracurricular school activities and received more social honors from their schoolmates. Although the higher status students were more alike than different, controversial a dolescents did report more self-disclosure and dating behavior than po pular students. Lower status students were also highly similar, althou gh rejected students reported lower grades. Regarding the temporal sta bility of these status groups, the adolescent sample exhibited slightl y higher overall stability than that found in previous investigations of younger children.