Adolescent Peer Relationships and Behavior Problems Predict Young Adults' Communication on Social Networking Websites

Autor/inn/en	Mikami, Amori Yee; Szwedo, David E.; Allen, Joseph P.; Evans, Meredyth A.; Hare, Amanda L.
Titel	Adolescent Peer Relationships and Behavior Problems Predict Young Adults' Communication on Social Networking Websites
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 1, S.46-56 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0017420
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Friendship; Young Adults; Internet; Social Networks; Computer Mediated Communication; Web Sites; Interpersonal Communication; Peer Relationship; Predictor Variables; Early Adolescents; Age Differences; Adjustment (to Environment); Longitudinal Studies; Depression (Psychology); Middle School Students; Sociometric Techniques; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Computerkonferenz; Web-Design; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Peer-Beziehungen; Prädiktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Soziometrie
Abstract	This study examined online communication on social networking web pages in a longitudinal sample of 92 youths (39 male, 53 female). Participants' social and behavioral adjustment was assessed when they were ages 13-14 years and again at ages 20-22 years. At ages 20-22 years, participants' social networking website use and indicators of friendship quality on their web pages were coded by observers. Results suggested that youths who had been better adjusted at ages 13-14 years were more likely to be using social networking web pages at ages 20-22 years, after statistically controlling for age, gender, ethnicity, and parental income. Overall, youths' patterns of peer relationships, friendship quality, and behavioral adjustment at ages 13-14 years and at ages 20-22 years predicted similar qualities of interaction and problem behavior on their social networking websites at ages 20-22 years. Findings are consistent with developmental theory asserting that youths display cross-situational continuity in their social behaviors and suggest that the conceptualization of continuity may be extended into the online domain. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10