Daily School Context of Adolescents' Single Best Friendship and Adjustment |
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Authors: | Melissa R. Witkow Nicolette P. Rickert Laura E. Cullen |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Willamette University, Salem, OR, USA;2. Department of Psychology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA |
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Abstract: | Research on adolescent best friendships typically focuses on school-based friendships, ignoring important differences between classroom-based and out-of-school friendships. With data from 156 ninth-grade students, many of whom named more than 1 best friend across the 14-day period, the authors examined associations between the daily school context of one's best friendship and adjustment. Benefits of in-grade best friendships were found in academic engagement when a composite was assessed across the 2-week period. Daily findings were more complex and were different between weekends and school days. Out-of-grade best friends were named more frequently on weekends, and on weekend days in which they named an out-of-school best friend participants spent more time with that friend but felt like less of a good student. Implications for our understanding of friendship context and for the measurement of friendship itself are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Adolescence best friendship daily report peer relationships school context |
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