Alexandra D. Ehrhardt , Adam J. Hoffman , Hannah L. Schacter
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Trajectories of adolescent friendship stability: Links to internalizing and physical health symptoms
Although the protective effects of high-quality friendships in adolescence are well-established, less is known about how adolescents' friendship stability changes over time and whether adolescents' friendship stability shapes health outcomes. Using six waves of data from 388 adolescents (Mage = 14.05, SD = 0.41; 61% female), the current study examined trajectories of friendship stability across high school and assessed whether friendship stability predicted internalizing and physical health symptoms. Results demonstrated declines in friendship stability throughout high school and indicated that greater average levels of stability, but not linear trajectories of stability, over time predicted better health. Findings suggest that although friendships become increasingly unstable across high school, adolescents with higher overall levels of friendship stability experience better health.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.