Friends Also Matter: Examining Friendship Adjustment Indices as Moderators of Anxious-Withdrawal and Trajectories of Change in Psychological Maladjustment

Autor/inn/en	Markovic, Andrea; Bowker, Julie C.
Titel	Friends Also Matter: Examining Friendship Adjustment Indices as Moderators of Anxious-Withdrawal and Trajectories of Change in Psychological Maladjustment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 53 (2017) 8, S.1462-1473 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000343
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Friendship; Depression (Psychology); Early Adolescents; Middle School Students; Grade 6; Peer Relationship; Student Adjustment; Anxiety; Withdrawal (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Peer Groups; Children; Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Gender Differences; Grade 7; New York (Buffalo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Freundschaft; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Peer-Beziehungen; Adjustment; Studentin; Adaptation; Angst; Rückzugsverhalten; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Child; Kind; Kinder; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Geschlechterkonflikt; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07
Abstract	The present study evaluated whether 3 indices of friendship adjustment (mutual friendship involvement, friendship stability, friendship quality) are important, but overlooked, moderators of the impact of anxious-withdrawal on trajectories of psychological maladjustment during early adolescence. Participants included 271 young adolescents (51% boys; M[subscript age] = 11.83 years; 42% ethnic minority) who completed peer nomination and self-report measures at 3 waves in a longitudinal study. In line with hypotheses, growth curve analyses revealed that anxious-withdrawal predicted less negative psychological adjustment trajectories for friended young adolescents, albeit somewhat differently for boys and girls. Understanding the unique significance of friendships in the lives of anxious-withdrawn young adolescents could improve interventions as their friendships may be more successfully targeted than their group-level peer difficulties. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01