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Article

The Inclusion of Other-Sex Peers in Peer Networks and Sense of Peer Integration in Early Adolescence: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study

by
Paweł Grygiel
1,*,
Sławomir Rębisz
2,
Anna Gaweł
1,
Barbara Ostafińska-Molik
1,
Małgorzata Michel
1,
Julia Łosiak-Pilch
1 and
Roman Dolata
3
1
Institute of Education, Jagiellonian University, 31-135 Cracow, Poland
2
Institute of Education, Rzeszów University; 35-010 Rzeszow, Poland
3
Faculty of Education, University of Warsaw, 00-561 Warsaw, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(22), 14971; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214971
Submission received: 29 September 2022 / Revised: 31 October 2022 / Accepted: 11 November 2022 / Published: 14 November 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Schools as Contexts for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence)
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Abstract

The main goal of the analysis presented in this paper is to examine the dynamics of including other-sex peers in the peer networks of early adolescents, aged 11 (at T1) and 13 (at T2), and the relationship between sex heterophily and changes in the sense of peer integration. The analysis was conducted using the Latent Difference Score (LDS) model with data from a representative nationwide longitudinal study in Poland (n = 5748). With reference to the dynamics related to the heterophilic process, the research confirmed that at the beginning of grade 5 of primary school, heterophily is still relatively rare, yet towards the end of early adolescence, there is a gradual shift, more strongly in girls, towards breaking through the strictly same-sex segregation and embarking on heterophilic relationships. Importantly, the LDS model—even when controlling for different measures of peer network—showed significant and positive (among both girls and boys) relations between establishing cross-sex relationships and the sense of peer integration. The results indicate that the appearance of the opposite sex in the peer network between grades 5 and 6 will improve the sense of peer integration. The findings are discussed in relation to results from other studies in the field.
Keywords: peer relations; sex heterophily; sex homophily; sociometric popularity; early adolescents; well-being peer relations; sex heterophily; sex homophily; sociometric popularity; early adolescents; well-being

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Grygiel, P.; Rębisz, S.; Gaweł, A.; Ostafińska-Molik, B.; Michel, M.; Łosiak-Pilch, J.; Dolata, R. The Inclusion of Other-Sex Peers in Peer Networks and Sense of Peer Integration in Early Adolescence: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14971. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214971

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Grygiel P, Rębisz S, Gaweł A, Ostafińska-Molik B, Michel M, Łosiak-Pilch J, Dolata R. The Inclusion of Other-Sex Peers in Peer Networks and Sense of Peer Integration in Early Adolescence: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(22):14971. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214971

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Grygiel, Paweł, Sławomir Rębisz, Anna Gaweł, Barbara Ostafińska-Molik, Małgorzata Michel, Julia Łosiak-Pilch, and Roman Dolata. 2022. "The Inclusion of Other-Sex Peers in Peer Networks and Sense of Peer Integration in Early Adolescence: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 22: 14971. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214971

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Grygiel, P., Rębisz, S., Gaweł, A., Ostafińska-Molik, B., Michel, M., Łosiak-Pilch, J., & Dolata, R. (2022). The Inclusion of Other-Sex Peers in Peer Networks and Sense of Peer Integration in Early Adolescence: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 14971. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214971

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