Friendship and adjustment among adolescents |
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Authors: | Demir Meliksah Urberg Kathryn A |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. mdemir@sun.science.wayne.edu |
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Abstract: | This study investigated the relation of friendship and emotional adjustment in adolescents. Both quantitative (popularity, mutual friendships, and number of friends) and qualitative dimensions (perceived positive friendship quality and conflict) of friendship were used. Participants were 618, mostly European American, 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders. Structural equation modeling showed that positive friendship quality was the only friendship variable that predicted adjustment. An examination of gender effects indicated that this relation held only for boys. The quantitative aspects of friendship had a small, indirect effect on adjustment through their effects on positive quality. Conflict had a negative effect on positive quality and this effect was stronger for girls than for boys. The role of adolescents' perception in adjustment was highlighted and suggestions for future research were made. |
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Keywords: | Friendship Adjustment Friendship quality |
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