ABSTRACT
Adolescents are acutely aware that who the y associate with affects their own status. Often disassociation is a prerequisite to desirable associations. In early adolescence, disassociatin g yourself from your parents, in at least some ways,
is virtually a status peers. A girl from a Catholic school driven by their parents occupied the lowest to be associated with your parents in Avoiding low status peers is also important . A New Jersey male reports, "It was critical to one's status to be seen talking only to people in your own status group. By talking to someone who was beneath you, you ran the risk of lowering your own status. ". These avoidance concerns obviously restrict interaction between groups.
