Editing Popularity (section)

=== Cultural factors ===
According to Talcott Parsons, as rewritten by Fons Trompenaars, there are four main types of culture,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Riding the waves of culture: Understanding cultural diversity in global business|last=Trompenaars|first=Alfons|publisher=McGraw Hill|others=Hampden-Turner, Charles.|year=1998|isbn=0786311258|edition=2nd|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ridingwavesofcul00trom/page/97 97–98]|oclc=37513179|url=https://archive.org/details/ridingwavesofcul00trom/page/97}}</ref> marked by:
* love/hate (Middle East, Mediterranean, Latin America);
* approval/criticism (United Kingdom, Canada, Scandinavia, Germanic countries);
* esteem/contempt (Japan, Eastern Asia); and
* responsiveness/rejection (the United States).

Only the responsiveness/rejection culture results in teenagers actively trying to become popular. There is no effort for popularity in Northern or Southern Europe, Latin America or Asia. This emotional bonding is specific for the [[high schools in the United States]]. In the love/hate cultures, the family and close friends are more important than popularity. In the approval/criticism cultures, actions are more important than persons, so no strong links develop during school.