Examining context shifts’ effect on relationship trajectories in friendships using Turning Point Theory

Dominguez, Jess; Hall, Jeffrey A.

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“…For another example, children in the moderate-decreasing class exhibited subsequent decreasing friendship quality and poorer school adjustment over time. Effective interventions administered around the turning point of deteriorating friendship would be beneficial to alter potential negative developmental patterns (Dominguez & Hall, 2020). Third, the time-varying relations between friendship quality trajectories and school adjustment outcomes suggest that frequent, ongoing assessments of friendship quality would be beneficial in monitoring children's friendship quality development and school adjustment.…”

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Chinese children’s heterogeneous friendship quality trajectories: Relations with school adjustment.

Liu¹,

Tian²

2022

School Psychology

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Friendships affect children's development and adjustment. This longitudinal study examined the possible heterogeneity and gender differences in the trajectories of children's friendship quality, as well as the relations between distinct friendship quality trajectories and school adjustment. A total of 3,779 Chinese elementary school students (45.5% girls, M age = 9.94 years, SD = 0.72 at Time 1) completed measures of relevant constructs on five occasions at 6-month intervals. Latent class growth modeling revealed four heterogeneous developmental trajectory classes of friendship quality: high-increasing (49.6%), moderatedecreasing (5.1%), moderate-increasing (31.9%), and low-stable (13.4%). Girls were more likely than boys to fall into the higher friendship quality trajectory classes in reference to the low-stable class. Children in the high-increasing class and low-stable class showed the best and the worst school adjustment, respectively. The identification of four heterogeneous developmental trajectories of friendship quality with differential school adjustment outcomes highlights the importance of intervention programs tailored to specific groups for promoting children's friendship quality and school adjustment. Impact and ImplicationsThe findings revealed four heterogeneous friendship quality trajectories classes in Chinese schoolchildren, with boys displaying higher odds of being in the low-stable class than girls. Also, friendship quality was positively related to children's subjective well-being in school and academic achievement. Friendship interventions should be tailored to members of specific groups for promoting optimal school adjustment.

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Chinese children’s heterogeneous friendship quality trajectories: Relations with school adjustment.

Liu¹,

Tian²

2022

School Psychology

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“…For example, early turning points in the acquaintance process would likely be a first meeting, the first meaningful conversation, and the first time of meeting a friend of one's new acquaintance. Using the turning point perspective, Dominguez and Hall (2020) found evidence for the significance of context shifts (i.e., shifting the context from the location of meeting to a new location) as an early turning point in the development of relationships.…”

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Acquaintanceships (weak ties): Their role in people's web of relationships and their formation

Sprecher

2022

Personal Relationships

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The multidisciplinary field of personal relationships has focused primarily on strong ties (romantic relationships, friendships, family relationships). However, acquaintances (weak ties) are pervasive in people's lives, contribute to well‐being, influence strong ties, and can become strong ties over time. This review article synthesizes several areas of literature about the role of acquaintances (weak ties) in the web of relationships and about the formation of acquaintanceships. The terms acquaintances and weak ties are used interchangeably in this article to refer to the type of relationship that exists in the peripheral layers of social networks. In the first section, I discuss the literature on factors associated with the size of people's acquaintance network, needs met by acquaintances (compared to those of closer ties), health and happiness benefits of interaction with acquaintances, and the dark side of acquaintances including having unwanted acquaintances. In the second section, I discuss how acquaintanceships are formed, and particularly the type that can develop into a closer tie. This section summarizes research from the literatures on friendship formation, relationship initiation, attraction, and first interactions of dyads at zero‐acquaintance. I end the article by identifying several research topics on acquaintances that could be studied by the next generation of scholars.

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Perceptions of workplace friendships and how they have changed since the Covid-19 pandemic

Syme

2024

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Self-determination theory explains how well-being is achieved by engaging in particular behaviours. A friend in the workplace brings feelings of relatedness, autonomy and competence. Contemporary research suggests that enforced social distancing, homeworking, or hybrid working practices brought about by Covid-19, changed friendship dynamics in the workplace. A qualitative method using semi-structured interviews was conducted to explore the research question ‘Perceptions of workplace friendship and how they have changed since the Covid-19 pandemic’. Four female participants were interviewed with transcripts analysed using Thematic Analysis. Implications from the study serve to strengthen many original theories, confirming that robust research has been conducted into the area of workplace friendship. This research project went further to investigate how perceptions of workplace friendship have changed since Covid-19. Results suggest a higher level of emotional support was reciprocated between workplace friends during the pressure of working through Covid-19. Physical proximity was reported as essential in sustaining friendship links. Some friendships were difficult to continue due to social distancing or enforced separation through homeworking, the ensuing tension left many feeling uncomfortable.

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Examining context shifts’ effect on relationship trajectories in friendships using Turning Point Theory

Cited by 3 publications

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Chinese children’s heterogeneous friendship quality trajectories: Relations with school adjustment.

Chinese children’s heterogeneous friendship quality trajectories: Relations with school adjustment.

Acquaintanceships (weak ties): Their role in people's web of relationships and their formation

Perceptions of workplace friendships and how they have changed since the Covid-19 pandemic

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