Gender Differences in Friendship Values: Intensification at Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Rudolph, Karen D.; Dodson, Jillian F.
Titel	Gender Differences in Friendship Values: Intensification at Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 42 (2022) 4, S.586-607 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rudolph, Karen D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/02724316211051948
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Friendship; Elementary School Students; Junior High School Students; Age Differences; Student Attitudes; Intimacy; Peer Relationship; Psychological Patterns; Recreational Activities; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Value Judgment; Social Support Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Freundschaft; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Schülerverhalten; Intimität; Peer-Beziehungen; Freizeitgestaltung; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Werturteil; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung
Abstract	Friendships can provide a critical buffer against stress for youth, but the extent to which they serve this role depends on whether they provide resources that youth value most. These valued provisions may differ for girls and boys and across stages of development. This study examined whether gender differences in friendship values intensify across the adolescent transition, specifically from elementary to junior high school. Youth (73 elementary schoolers; 80 junior high schoolers; M[subscript age] = 11.40 years; SD[subscript age] = 1.55) completed a novel friendship values measure assessing how much youth valued psychological provisions (intimacy, support) and recreational provisions (companionship, enjoyment) in their friendships. Consistent with predictions, results revealed that junior high school girls place higher value on psychological provisions, whereas junior high school boys place higher value on recreational provisions, differences that were less apparent during elementary school. These gender differences in friendship values may have trade-offs for adolescent socioemotional development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01