英语翻译In movies,we often see the most popular teens dominate t

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In movies,we often see the most popular teens dominate their peers like alpha elites on a mission.We know these stereotypes all too well and assume they are just that -- blown up generalizations.But movies aside,is there some underlying truth that being popular makes teens more aggressive?
Published in the February issue of the journal American Sociological Review,one study followed approximately 3,700 students in 8th,9th and 10th grade for one school year and found that popular adolescents were more likely to act aggressively to climb the social hierarchy among their peers.
Although popular teens were more likely to act aggressively,the researchers found an exception:adolescents in the top and bottom 2 percent of the social hierarchy displayed the least aggression toward others.
Robert Faris,a sociologist at the University of California,Davis,and coauthor of the study,says this may be because teens at the bottom of the totem pole don't have the social power to pull off being aggressive,whereas kids at the top have no need to assert themselves.
"If an adolescent at the top of the social hierarchy were to act aggressively towards his or her peers,such action could signal insecurity or weakness rather than cement the student's position…" Faris says in a UC Davis press release.Simply put,the most popular kids have an easier time maintaining their statuses by being nice.
In the study,aggression was defined as any activity intended to "harm or cause pain" in another person.Whether aggression is actually successful in catapulting students to the top of the social ranks is still unclear,the authors said.

在电影中,我们经常看到最受欢迎的孩子像突击队中的阿尔法精英一般“统治”着他们的同龄人.我们对这些早已见怪不怪了,认为他们就是一群自我膨胀的青年一代.但是抛开电影,受欢迎的孩子变得十分好斗这种现象之下是怎样不为人知的真相呢?
发表在American Sociological Review杂志2月刊的一篇调查报告是调查人员追踪调查约3700名8、9、10级的学生整整一学年后写出的,他们发现,比较受欢迎的青少年更有爬上同龄人中的“统治层”的野心.
尽管如此,调查人员还发现了一个例外：在“同龄社会阶层”最高和最低位置的2％的青年显示出最小的进攻性.
加州大学Davis分校的社会学教授Robert Faris是这次实验调查的参与者之一,他指出,这个现象可能是因为底层的学生无法获得同龄人中间的社会力量进取发展自己的野心,而顶层的学生则无需这样做.
“如果出于顶层的青年对他的同龄人表现出进攻性挑衅行为,这种行为更多地表现出了不安全感或脆弱而不是自身地位的巩固.”Faris在一次加州大学Davis分校的媒体发布会上说道.简单来讲,就是说受欢迎的孩子对同龄人友好一些才是最有效最容易的保持他们“统治地位”的方式.
在研究中,侵犯挑衅被定义为“一切意在导致他人痛苦或受伤的行为”.研究者们认为,侵犯挑衅行为是否可以让学生一跃成为学生圈子里的头儿还尚没有定论.