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Members of High Functioning and Engaged cliques demonstrated the best long-term outcomes, whereas Maladjusted clique membership predicted low achievement, chronic substance abuse, and confrontation with authorities and Disengaged clique members and others who abstained completely typically exhibited abnormally high anxiety and inhibition.
Across the high school years, crowd significance as a basis for affiliation wanes, [19] as does the influence of crowds on an individual's behavior. [1] In fact, some studies [20] indicate that the importance of crowds peaks at age 12 or 13. By the end of high school, adolescents often feel constrained by impersonal, crowd-derived identities. [21]
[5] "Though people have secured friendships before high school, often these relationships tend to fluctuate or end completely, and new ones emerge. Students must choose which peers to hang out with and why. This leads to the formation of social groups, or cliques. Cliques can range from a group of acquaintances to the opposite extreme-gangs." [6]
The 1985 classic movie The Breakfast Club focused on high school cliques and how people struggle to be individuals within the confines of their groups. In 25 years, not much has changed. But now ...
This unity transcended typical high school cliques, fostering a culture of individuality and collective support. Click here to see a video and read more about Maleia. Alexandra Zitterich, Jack Britt
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A clique (AusE, CanE, UK: / ˈ k l iː k / or US: / ˈ k l ɪ k /; French:), in the social sciences, is a small group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests rather than include others. [1] Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardless of gender, ethnicity, or popularity.
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