The Importance of Friends: Friendship and Adjustment among 1st-Year University Students

Autor/inn/en	Buote, Vanessa M.; Pancer, S. Mark; Pratt, Michael W.; Adams, Gerald; Birnie-Lefcovitch, Shelly; Polivy, Janet; Wintre, Maxine Gallander
Titel	The Importance of Friends: Friendship and Adjustment among 1st-Year University Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 22 (2007) 6, S.665-689 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558407306344
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Student Adjustment; Friendship; Student Attitudes; Questionnaires; Interviews; On Campus Students; Commuting Students; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Canada; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Freundschaft; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Pendler; Korrelation; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	In a study of new friendships and adjustment among 1st-year university students, students at six Canadian universities completed questionnaires that assessed the quality of new friendships and adjustment during their first academic year. In-depth, face-to-face interviews about students' new friendships were conducted with a subsample of these students. Results indicated a significant positive relation between quality of new friendships and adjustment to university; this association was stronger for students living in residence than for those commuting to university. The interview data provided insight into the processes through which the relation between quality of new friendships and adjustment occurs. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of new friendships in helping individuals to adjust to a new social environment. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10