Trajectories of Perceived Friendship Quality during Adolescence: The Patterns and Contextual Predictors

Autor/inn/en	Way, Niobe; Greene, Melissa L.
Titel	Trajectories of Perceived Friendship Quality during Adolescence: The Patterns and Contextual Predictors
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16 (2006) 2, S.293-320 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2006.00133.x
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Attitudes; Friendship; Urban Youth; Longitudinal Studies; Minority Groups; Individual Differences; Ethnicity; Self Esteem; Family Relationship; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ethnische Minderheit; Individueller Unterschied; Ethnizität; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Wandel
Abstract	Findings are presented from an ecologically grounded, longitudinal study of 206 urban, ethnic minority adolescents that used hierarchical linear modeling to examine: (1) individual trajectories of change in adolescents' perceptions of general and closest same-sex friendship quality from middle to late adolescence; (2) the effects of gender and ethnicity on these trajectories of change; and (3) the relative influence of adolescents' perceptions of individual-level (i.e., self-esteem) and contextual-level (i.e., family relationships and school climate) variables on change over time in perceptions of friendship quality. Findings indicated that adolescents' perceptions of the quality of friendships improved from middle to late adolescence. Boys reported sharper increases over time than girls in their perceptions of the quality of their closest, same-sex friendships. Furthermore, perceptions of contextual level variables (i.e., family relationships, teacher/student relations, and student/student relations) were significantly associated with change over time in perceptions of general and or closest same-sex friendship quality. (Author).
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