Future Directions in . . . Friendship in Childhood and Early Adolescence

Rubin, Kenneth H.; Fredstrom, Bridget K.; Bowker, Julie C.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00445.x

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“…It has been shown that especially aggressive youths have a tendency to have aggressive peers as their best friends compared to non-aggressive youths. Research shows that having aggressive or deviant friends is associated with increasing aggressive or antisocial behaviors in adolescents (Ciairano, Rabaglietti, & Beyers, 2007;Rubin, Fredstrom, & Bowker, 2008). In addition, youths who are involved in at least one mutual antipathy develop more aggressive and antisocial behaviors than youths who are not involved in this sort of relationship (Hartup, 2005).…”

Section: Friend Behavior and Child And Adolescent Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, most of the studies regarding children's friendship have included native born middle-class EuroAmerican children and young adolescents, and little is known about the friendships of immigrant children, who often vary culturally from Euro-Americans (Franco & Levitt, 1998;Rubin, Fredstrom, & Bowker , 2008). The limited research on the impact of friends on immigrant youths, particularly Hispanic and Latino adolescents, will be reported in the next section.…”

Section: Friends and Immigrationmentioning

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“…In this case, friends can be a protective factor. However, having friends may become a risk factor when aggressive or antisocial youths are engaged with other aggressive and antisocial peers, as they socialize in a maladaptive way (Hartup, 1999;Haselager et al, 1998;Rubin, Fredstrom, & Bowker, 2008). It has been shown that especially aggressive youths have a tendency to have aggressive peers as their best friends compared to non-aggressive youths.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…al., 1998;Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006;Rubin, Fredstrom, & Bowker, 2008;). Literature suggests that antisocial peers have poor social skills, they are not positive role models and relationships with them are generally characterized by more conflict and deviant behaviors (Hartup & Stevens, 1999).…”

Section: Friend Problem Behavior and Immigrant Youths' Emotional And mentioning

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“…Friendship improves the self-esteem and well-being of individuals and friends support each other to cope with life stresses and developmental transitions (Hartup & Stevens, 1999). However, friends who endorse or exhibit problematic behaviors may promote negative behavior in their youthful friends (Rubin, Fredstrom, & Bowker, 2008). Therefore, friend relationships may have particular importance for immigrant children and adolescents who experience disruption in their friendship networks in the process of migration to another country.…”

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The Impact of Friends on Newly Immigrant Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Adjustment

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analyses revealed that friend support and friend problem behaviors were related to children's self-esteem and externalizing behaviors. In addition, friend problem behavior alone predicted children's psychological symptoms and depression scores. Furthermore, age/grade was found to be a moderator for the relation between friend problem behavior and immigrant youth behavioral adjustment such that compared to elementary and high school cohorts, middle school youths showed more externalizing behaviors when they had friends performing problem behaviors.Results supported the idea that both friend support and friend behavior are related to newly immigrant youths' emotional and behavioral adjustment. This study informs further research and interventions concerning the development of programs to facilitate immigrant youths' adjustment by revealing friendship factors related to their adaptation.

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Section: Friends and Immigrationmentioning

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Children in Peer Groups

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Bukowski

Bowker

2015

Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science

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The features, processes, and effects of children's experiences with their peers exist on multiple levels of social complexity and intersect with many other developmental domains. Peers are implicated in several theoretical accounts of multiple development domains, including the models proposed by Piaget, Sullivan, the social learning theorists, Vygotsky, ethologists, and the symbolic interactionists. The extensive data base on peer relations points to the diverse set of positive and negative experiences that children and adolescents can have with their peers and to the breadth of the processes that account for peer effects on multiple forms of outcome including behavior (e.g., aggression), affect (e.g., depression, anxiety), school performance, self‐perceptions, moral perspectives, and physical and mental health. The chapter reviews the effects of several experiences including acceptance and rejection, exclusion, friendship, victimization, popularity, and experiences within groups. Specific attention is devoted to variation in processes and effects as a function of culture and gender.

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Homophilous Friendship Assortment Based on Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Middle Childhood: The Moderating Effect of Peer Network Size

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Even though homophily (love of the same) is often thought of as a standard feature of friendships, the empirical evidence for attraction based on personality trait similarity is mixed at best. One reason for the inconsistent findings across studies could be variation in the large‐scale social environment in which the studies have been conducted. We investigated whether diversity in the everyday social ecologies of 7‐ to 8‐year‐old children (N = 549) moderates whether friendships are formed on the basis of similar personality traits and similar levels of Cognitive ability. Moderated polynomial regression and response surface analyses showed that classroom size moderated homophily based on Openness to Experience: children similar in Openness were more likely to form friendship ties, but only in larger classrooms. Moreover, we found homophily for Cognitive ability, especially among girls. The results for Openness and Cognitive ability were independent of each other. We discuss the social relevance of trait Openness and the notion that capacity to reciprocate underlies homophily based on Cognitive ability. Copyright © 2017 European Association of Personality Psychology

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Future Directions in . . . Friendship in Childhood and Early Adolescence

Cited by 73 publications

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The Impact of Friends on Newly Immigrant Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Adjustment

The Impact of Friends on Newly Immigrant Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Adjustment

Children in Peer Groups

Homophilous Friendship Assortment Based on Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Middle Childhood: The Moderating Effect of Peer Network Size

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