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Relationships Between Tattling, Likeability, and Social Classification

A Preliminary Investigation of Adolescents in Residential Care

Patrick C. Friman

Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home; University of Nebraska

Douglas W. Woods

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Kurt A. Freeman

Oregon Health & Science University

Rich Gilman

University of Kentucky

Mary Short

University of Texas, Galveston

Ann M. McGrath

University of Kansas

Michael L. Handwerk

Father Flanagan’s Boys’Home

Little research has been published on tattling, even less on its social impact, and we found none directly investigating tattling by adolescents. This study assessed the extent to which tattling, as perceived by peers and caregivers of adolescents in a residential care program, was associated with various dimensions of social status and other behavioral correlates. Eighty-eight adolescent participants rated their housemates on likeability, perceived rates of tattling, and other behavioral descriptors. In addition, caretakers also rated each youth in terms of perceived tattling. On the basis of likeability ratings, participants were classified into one of five categories: popular, average, controversial, neglected, and rejected. Results showed a significant negative correlation between likeability and perceived tattling rates. In addition, youth classified as socially rejected were more likely to be perceived by both their peers and care providers as engaging in high rates of tattling.

Key Words: tattling • social rejection • social skills • peer reporting • residential care • relational aggression

Behavior Modification, Vol. 28, No. 3, 331-348 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0145445503258985
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