Two studies examine the convergence between measures of friendship and measures of liking in the assessment of friendship and peer acceptance. In the first study, 551 (301 boys and 250 girls) Canadian primary school children (ages 8–11) nominated friends and liked-most classmates. In the second study, 282 (127 boys and 155 girls) US primary school children (ages 9–11) nominated friends and rated classmates on a sociometric preference scale. The results revealed considerable convergence in the assessment of friendship. Most first, second, and third ranked friends were also nominated and rated as liked-peers, suggesting that when measures of liking are used to identify friends, few top-ranked friendships are overlooked. There was less convergence in assessments of peer acceptance. Peer acceptance scores derived from friend nominations were more strongly correlated with peer acceptance scores derived from liking nominations than with those derived from sociometric preference ratings. We conclude that liking nominations accurately capture friendships, particularly best friendships. Friend nominations may be a suitable substitute for assessments of liking, but they are a poor substitute for assessments of sociometric preference.

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喜欢和朋友提名的互换性来衡量同伴的接受度和友谊

两项研究考察了友谊测量与喜欢测量在友谊和同伴接受度评估中的收敛性。在第一项研究中，551 名（301 名男孩和 250 名女孩）加拿大小学生（8-11 岁）提名了朋友和最喜欢的同学。在第二项研究中，282 名（127 名男孩和 155 名女孩）美国小学生（9-11 岁）提名朋友并根据社会计量偏好量表对同学进行评分。结果表明，在友谊的评估中存在相当大的趋同。大多数排名第一、第二和第三的朋友也被提名并被评为喜欢的同伴，这表明当使用喜欢的衡量标准来识别朋友时，很少有排名靠前的友谊被忽略。对同行接受度的评估趋同较少。来自朋友提名的同行接受分数与来自喜欢提名的同行接受分数比来自社会计量偏好评级的同行接受分数更密切相关。我们得出结论，喜欢提名准确地捕捉到了友谊，尤其是最好的友谊。朋友提名可能是评估喜好的合适替代品，但它们不能替代社会计量偏好评估。